Marvel Boss Kevin Feige Teases 'Sagas Upon Sagas' of X-Men Movies, With Young Cast Ready for '100 More'

Marvel brag Kevin Feige has teased immense plans for X-Men, and said that "there tin beryllium 100 more" movies featuring the characters.

This play saw the upcoming X-Men reboot's halfway formed confirmed connected signifier astatine Disney's D23 instrumentality extravaganza, with Sadie Sink's Jean Grey joined by Kit Connor arsenic Cyclops, Christopher Abbott arsenic Professor Xavier, Samara Weaving arsenic Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette arsenic Rogue and Maya Boyd arsenic Storm.

Speaking astatine the event's consequent Disney Worldbuilders sheet (via Murphy's Multiverse), Feige said the cast's young property near country for "sagas upon sagas" of stories, with decades of comic publication past inactive untapped. And it sounds similar Marvel decidedly wants to pat that past arsenic overmuch arsenic possible, with large plans for its mutants successful the MCU that widen good beyond 2028's movie.

"Having 85, astir 90 years of comic publication history, there's truthful galore stories yet to tell," Feige said. "We announced a precise young, caller formed for a spot called X-Men the different day. And that's great, due to the fact that there's been 10 large X-Men movies [but] determination tin beryllium 100 more.

"There's sagas, upon sagas, with these comics that haven't been told yet," helium continued. "And that's large due to the fact that the stories that inspired maine to privation to marque these kinds of movies haven't been told yet. I'm rather excited astir doing them."

Marvel volition bid farewell to members of Fox's bequest X-Men successful the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, which is acceptable to spot Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James Marsden and much reprise their iconic superhero roles (and, according to McKellen, besides spot Magneto destruct New Jersey). Whether immoderate of them makes it retired of Doomsday live remains to beryllium seen, however.

And successful the meantime, Marvel has of people already begun introducing its caller procreation of X-Men with Jean Grey appearing successful Spider-Man: Brand New Day. While initially introduced arsenic a villain, the movie ends with Jean connected a autobus headed upstate, presumably acceptable to transverse paths with different mutants (or popular up successful Avengers: Secret Wars first).

Marvel has present mapped retired its adjacent fewer years of movies, with Avengers: Doomsday connected December 18, past a twelvemonth hold until Avengers: Secret Wars successful December 2027. After that, X-Men leads a acold busier 2028 for Marvel erstwhile it arrives connected May 5. The Ryan Gosling-starring Ghost Rider follows adjacent connected July 28, earlier Black Panther 3 rounds retired the twelvemonth connected December 15.

Ready for your Avengers: Doomsday homework? Marvel has released a watchlist of 15 movies and TV shows you should ticker earlier this December rolls around.

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