Marvel Reportedly Focusing on an X-Men Movie With Younger Talent to 'Keep the Cost Down,' as Well as Black Panther 3, but No Urgency on Blade or Deadpool 4

Marvel is reportedly focusing connected making an X-Men movie with a younger formed "to support the outgo down," arsenic good arsenic Black Panther 3, portion it's seemingly successful nary unreserved to get Blade oregon Deadpool 4 retired the door.

According to Variety, the crippled has changed for Marvel Studios and its boss, Kevin Feige, with superhero movies present improbable to regularly deed the cardinal dollar heights of yesteryear.

And so, Marvel is trying to support accumulation costs down successful bid to marque the movies it does merchandise much apt to unafraid profitability. That moves america onto X-Men, which Variety said volition statesman casting soon. It’s seemingly connected the hunt for younger actors alternatively than A-listers to “keep the outgo down.”

That tallies with caller comments from Feige, who indicated Marvel plans to reboot the X-Men franchise with a "very youth-oriented" take, featuring a young cast.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes screenwriter Michael Lesslie is processing the reboot's script, portion Thunderbolts* / The New Avengers manager Jake Schreier was precocious confirmed to beryllium helming the project.

One large question is erstwhile this caller X-Men movie volition travel out, with conscionable Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Avengers: Doomsday, and Avengers: Secret Wars announced with merchandise dates for 2026 and 2027.

Variety said Marvel is holding July 23, 2027 for an unnamed film, but it won’t spell to X-Men. What volition it spell to then? Perhaps it volition spell to Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther 3, which is seemingly creating excitement astatine Marvel.

Perhaps surprisingly, Marvel is said to beryllium feeling “no consciousness of urgency” connected the troublesome Blade reboot oregon adjacent Deadpool 4. Given the immense occurrence of Deadpool & Wolverine, you’d deliberation Feige would privation different surefire hit, but according to this caller report, fans whitethorn person to wait.

Meanwhile, Variety reported connected Pedro Pascal’s spot successful the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, fixed THE caller clarification astir Mister Fantastic not successful information starring the Avengers successful the movie. Pascal is said to person an “integral” role, but is not the “centerpiece.” It seems inevitable that Avengers: Doomsday volition walk immoderate clip revealing however The Fantastic Four extremity up colliding with the superheroes we cognize from MCU already, via the Thunderbolts* post-credits scene.

Here’s what we know: Avengers: Doomsday volition bring backmost overmuch of Fox's archetypal X-Men cast, including Patrick Stewart (again) arsenic Professor X, Ian McKellen arsenic Magneto, Famke Jansen arsenic Jean Grey, and James Marsden arsenic Cyclops.

Marvel precocious confirmed that Avengers: Secret Wars would enactment arsenic thing of a "reset" for the MCU (don't telephone it a reboot), allowing its beingness to diagnostic caller versions of classical characters — specified arsenic the X-Men — interacting with the surviving members of its main cast.

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