Marvel Hires Hunger Games Writer for X-Men Reboot
Marvel Studios' X-Men reboot just gained momentum, as the studio has hired writer Michael Lesslie for its screenplay. The X-Men reboot is expected to be teased in this summer's Deadpool & Wolverine, with the film arriving in theaters after the next two Avengers sequels.
As reported by Deadline, Lesslie is the first person to board the project, as no direct or release date has been attached to the film. Lesslie is known for writing The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, the Assassin's Creed movie, and Michael Fassbender's Macbeth.
While Marvel Studios has been working on an X-Men reboot for a while now, the wild success of X-Men '97 has hastened the process. The first tease of X-Men was included in the ending of Ms. Marvel, where it was revealed that Kamala Khan is the MCU's first confirmed mutant. Following that, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's villain Namor was also confirmed to be a mutant.
The X-Men hype continues in Deadpool & Wolverine this summer, and Marvel has already started to lay the seeds for the MCU's mutants in other projects. Last year's The Marvels featured a post-credits scene showing Monica Rambeau coming face-to-face with Kelsey Grammer's Beast.
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While it's not confirmed yet, the X-Men reboot will most likely feature a new cast donning the spandex costumes. It may not be even called X-Men, as MCU chief Kevin Feige has referred to the project as "The Mutants" during 2019's San Diego Comic-Con.
Deadpool & Wolverine releases on July 11, 2024.
