Marvel Studios‘ X-Males film is gaining momentum because the mission lands a author.
Michael Lesslie, who is understood for his work on the sequence The Little Drummer Lady and the current prequel characteristic The Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, is in talks to pen the characteristic targeted on Marvel Comics’ iconic mutant workforce, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The movie doesn’t at present have a launch date or a director connected.
X-Males stays a preferred property for Disney following the current success of well-reviewed Disney+ sequence X-Males ’97. The sequence is a reboot of X-Males: The Animated Collection, which launched in 1992.
The workforce made its comics debut in 1963 from creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The property made its characteristic movie debut with twentieth Century Fox’s 2000 launch X-Males from director Bryan Singer. Two sequels adopted, with the workforce getting rebooted for 2011 prequel movie X-Males: First Class from director Matthew Vaughn. The rebooted workforce received three sequels, with the newest being 2019’s Darkish Phoenix.
Hugh Jackman, who originated his position of X-Males mainstay Wolverine within the 2000 movie, returns because the character alongside Ryan Reynolds in Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine, hitting theaters July 26. Jackman has additionally performed Wolverine in a trio of stand-alone movies that culminated with 2017’s much-loved Logan from director James Mangold.
Deadline was first to report the information of Lesslie’s involvement.
Extra to come back.