When the X-Men finally get their own movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they’ll be directed by none other than Jake Schreier. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige shared this tidbit with ComicBook.com on Sunday while promoting The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Schreier made his MCU debut just this year with Thunderbolts*, so he’s definitely familiar with the found-family team-up genre. The X-Men became available to the MCU when Disney and 20th Century Fox merged in 2019, and Feige has been fielding questions about the characters since before then. Schreier was rumored to be the frontrunner to direct, but this is the first time Feige has confirmed the news himself.
“It’s official, Jake Schreier is doing X-Men for us, and we’re very, very lucky,” Feige said. “And we’re very, very lucky to have him and very excited to have him. And so we’re beginning. It’s all starting now. The script’s underway.” The producer confirmed that the positive response to Thunderbolts* played a role in Schreier getting this gig, but his faith in the director extends beyond that.
“Jake’s an incredibly smart guy, and he’s an incredibly talented filmmaker,” he said. “We had a great experience with him on Thunderbolts*. And if you saw that movie, what he did with those character interactions, he also has his pulse on, shall we say, a younger demographic. He’s younger than me for sure, but he’s tapped into that in a way that I think was important for Thunderbolts*, much more important for X-Men. Because X-Men, as it was in the comics, will be a very youth-oriented, focused and cast movie.”
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