The X-Men are finally making their long-awaited move into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it looks like the mutants could play a major role in the MCU’s next chapter. Marvel Studios is developing a brand-new “X-Men” movie that will introduce a new generation of the iconic superhero team, following years of speculation about how the characters would eventually be folded into the MCU.
The timing is particularly interesting. While familiar faces from Fox’s “X-Men” movies are set to return in “Avengers: Doomsday,” Marvel’s upcoming reboot is expected to take the franchise in a fresh direction rather than simply continuing the previous movies. “Thunderbolts” director Jake Schreier is attached to helm the project, with Michael Lesslie writing the screenplay.
