A new X-Men movie is coming. This much we know to be true. Jake Schreier, director of Marvel’s recent film Thunderbolts, is also expected to be directing it. That had yet to be officially confirmed, but io9—and one of Schreier’s fellow Marvel directors— both agree that it’s true.
Speaking to Metro Entertainment about his new show Ironheart, executive producer Ryan Coogler (who also, of course, directed both Black Panther movies) shut down rumors that he could direct a new X-Men movie because “Jake is directing that.” Jake, as in Jake Schreier, who was in early talks last month. io9 reached out to Marvel about Schreier’s involvement, and a spokesperson confirmed the news. Jake Schreier is directing X-Men.
And while both we and Coogler have confirmed the X-Men director, someone should tell Schreier. Speaking at a film festival in Malta, reported on by Collider, Schreier was asked if he was directing X-Men and he would not ‘fess up.
“Even if I were confirmed on that movie, I don’t think I would be allowed to answer that question,” he said. “I guess what I would say is that it always starts from character and working with great writers and collaborators, and certainly thinking about how to do something different with any project that you take on. That’s as much as I can say.”
Well, Jake, we’ll say it just like Ryan said it. You’re directing X-Men. At least for now. There’s always the chance things could change before the film goes in front of cameras. And, it might be a good long while before that happens. Marvel is currently in production on only one film, Avengers: Doomsday, which is scheduled to come out next December. Because of that, the studio is not doing a major panel at San Diego Comic-Con this year, which is where news on X-Men could be broken. Will we have to wait a year for more information? That seems possible. But in that time, we now know Schreier is on the case.
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