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Marvel’s New ‘X-Men’ Movie Eyes ‘Thunderbolts’ Director Jake Schreier
"Thunderbolts*" director Jake Schrier is being eyed to direct Marvel's next "X-Men" adventure.
Sources stress the deal is in early talks and hasn’t been finalized, but Schrier catapulted to the top of Disney and Marvel Studios’ wish-list after after “Thunderbolts*” became one of the MCU’s best reviewed movie in years. Screenwriter Michael Lesslie, who recent credits include “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” penned the screenplay with Kevin Feige on board to produce the newest “X-Men” entry. The once-untouchable film franchise has fielded undeniable blockbusters since COVID, like “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” But the superhero empire has also shown some concerning signs of wear-and-tear with misfires such as “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” “The Marvels” and “Captain America: Brave New World.”
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