Overview

• Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige officially confirmed that Jake Schreier will helm the upcoming X-Men movie.
• Michael Lesslie, whose credits include The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, is writing the screenplay.
• The film remains in early development with no cast announcements, plot details or release date set.
• Schreier made his MCU debut this year on Thunderbolts* and has been praised for his pulse on younger audiences.
• The mutants joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Disney’s 2019 acquisition of 20th Century Fox, ending years of speculation.