As The Fantastic Four: First Steps enyers the second weekend of its global launch, Marvel Studios is reportedly preparing to begin work on another project made possible by the 2019 Disney-Fox deal.
According to Variety’s Tatiana Siegel, Kevin Feige and the Marvel Studios Parliament are currently “fine tuning” the script by Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes writer Michael Lesslie and that casting for the project will “begin soon.”
Though there’s been no word from Marvel on which X-Men will comprise the team, rumors have claimed that the team will be female-focused and though it will introduce some characters who have not yet appeared in live-action, the plan is to include “main characters we all know” with Kitty Pryde and Gambit set to play large roles.
Jake’s going to make a youth-focused reboot. That may be reflected in mutant castings, and it’ll definitely be felt in the tone and perspective of the film.
-Kevin Feige
Director Jake Schreier, who also helped Thunderbolts* for the studio, has called the source material “inherently interesting and complex” adding that “the core idea of what X-Men is involves complexity.” And while that sounds like a story that might be better suited for experienced stars, Siegel ‘s report indicates that Marvel is “looking for younger talent, rather than A-listers” in an effort to shrink the film’s budget. That idea certainly meshes well with recent comments by Feige, who describedarvel Comics line of mutant books as places to “tell stories about young people who feel different and who feel Other and who feel like they don’t belong,” adding that’s the same direction the studio is heading with the new film.
Even as the studio begins the casting process, Siegel’s report cautions that fans should not get too excited about the film hitting theaters soon. Despite having a July 23, 2027 date set aside for an unnamed film, Marvel does not intend to use it for X-Men. As previously stated by Feige, the studio’s “new age of mutants” won’t get underway in full until after Avengers: Secret Wars which will cap off the Multiverse Saga on December 17,2027.
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Source: Variety
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