New X-Men Movie at Marvel Studios Enters Early Development

The mutants are coming! The mutants are coming! A brand new report means that now, with the writers’ strike over, Marvel Studios has put the wheels in movement to begin taking conferences about an upcoming X-Men movie. That is the absolute earliest stage of the method—however it is the beginning of the method, and that’s saying one thing.

Based on Deadline, later this fall Marvel Studios will begin taking pitch conferences with writers who’re fascinated with scripting the movie, no matter it finally ends up being. There’s no deliberate launch date so if Marvel doesn’t hear a pitch it likes, it’s not the tip of the world, however it could decelerate growth on a extremely anticipated undertaking followers have been ready for since Disney introduced it was buying Fox way back in 2017. The thought, nonetheless, is {that a} author will likely be employed someday early subsequent yr, and issues will transfer on from there.

The concept of mutants has already begun to be seeded within the Marvel Cinematic Universe and, with next year’s hypothetical release of Deadpool 3 (the actors’ strike could delay that), Fox’s Marvel properties have already begun to invade the MCU. Implausible 4 can be transferring alongside, with a tentative Could 2, 2025 launch date, a yr after Deadpool. These two are then, once more tentatively, going to be adopted by Avengers: The Kang Dynasty in Could 2026 and Avengers: Secret Wars in Could 2027. So, realistically, it is probably not till 2028 that this X-Males film, pitched in 2023, would see the sunshine of day.

However it’s occurring. It’s coming. And X-Males followers can start to get excited. Plus, for those who’re an expert author you can begin desirous about your dream X-Males undertaking. And name your agent about it. Now’s the time.

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