X-MEN: Marvel Studios Producer Reveals Hopes For Bishop And Storm In The MCU; Shares Update On Reboot

While mutants have started appearing in the MCU recently, there's still no sign of the long-awaited X-Men reboot. Now, Marvel Studios producer Nate Moore has shared an update along with his own hopes...

By JoshWilding - Jan 10, 2023 11:01 AM EST

Filed Under: X-Men

Marvel Studios regained the rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises when Disney acquired 20th Century Fox. Now, the plan is for Marvel's First Family to debut in 2025, but despite the emergence of mutants such as Ms. Marvel and Namor the Submariner, there's still no sign of Professor X's team.

During a recent interview with Deadline, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever producer Nate Moore was asked whether any filmmakers have been lined up to helm an X-Men reboot. To that, he responded, "No, we're early, early, early days, yeah."

We'd have been shocked to see Moore turn around and start dropping the names of directors Marvel Studios might be eyeing to help them put a fresh spin on the X-Men, so that non-response isn't a surprise. However, it does suggest there are no imminent plans to move forward with a new movie, likely meaning the team won't be part of the Multiverse Saga.

Bring on the Mutant Saga, eh?

In the same interview, Moore was asked if there are any specific Black superhero movies he hopes to tell in the MCU. "There’s no secret the X-Men are coming home, and boy, if you talk about Storm and Bishop, they’re two of the great characters in that franchise, that I certainly could pitch you ideas all day of."

There's nothing to say those characters will be part of Marvel Studios' plans, but given Moore's role in telling stories in this world, we're sure he'll be pushing for them both to take centre stage. A new, comic-accurate take on Storm is overdue, while Lucas Bishop definitely deserves better than his minor role in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Patience is clearly going to be key when it comes to seeing the X-Men in the MCU, and while we joked about a "Mutant Saga," these heroes might just end up being the focal point of Phases 7, 8, and 9.

What are your hopes for the X-Men on screen moving forward?

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mountainman - 1/10/2023, 12:01 PM

Storm is one of the most iconic mutants and should absolutely be introduced early on. Bishop should wait a bit. After the multiverse saga, going into bleak alternate future time travel might be a bit much.

ObserverIO - 1/10/2023, 12:03 PM

@mountainman - Storm met Xavier when she was still a street thief, in the comics. I kinda want the original five, but maybe Storm can take the young kid who isn't part of the team role.

Like Jubilee in the first few episodes of the animated series, which I have just coincidentally started binging today.

mountainman - 1/10/2023, 12:05 PM

@ObserverIO - Personally I’m not hoping for the original five because that will inevitably lead to race swaps. The X-Men are a diverse team and I’m sure the MCU wants them to show that way in their first movie.

TheSuperMex - 1/10/2023, 12:14 PM

@ObserverIO - I like the OG 5 but they are the most boring team. A prequel Disney+ series for the OG 5 would be a better fit for them. Have the uncanny team or the 90s animated series team.

ScaryTerry - 1/10/2023, 1:12 PM

@mountainman - My pitch would be a movie which begins in the 70’s or 80’s which has the original 5 fighting Magneto on Krakoa and all of them are put into a stasis of sort. Xavier manages to escape, but before he’s able to recruit his second generation of Xmen to help, he gets snapped. After the battle with Thanos, he comes back and that’s where our movie begins.

No one gets race swapped, because second generation checks all the boxes.

ScaryTerry - 1/10/2023, 1:18 PM

@mountainman - I need to clarify… Xavier escapes after decades of being in statis. Also, it would explain how Magneto could be a victim of the Holocaust without suspending our disbelief about his age.

FilmGuy7878 - 1/10/2023, 1:27 PM

@ScaryTerry - I honestly love this idea. Some casting ideas, Freddie Stroma as Cyclops, Rose McIver as Jean Grey, Louis Hofmann as Nightcrawler, Mark Webber as Wolverine, Savannah Steyn as Storm, Justin H. Min as Sunfire, and if we're going with either the Sean Cassidy or Theresa Cassidy version of Banshee, I have choices for both, Kristofer Hivju or Saoirse-Monica Jackson.

ScaryTerry - 1/10/2023, 1:33 PM

@FilmGuy7878 - I dig it!

ScaryTerry - 1/10/2023, 1:36 PM

@mountainman - [frick] it! I’m not done! Let’s make it the late 80’s maybe early 90’s so Magneto has time sire Pietro and Wanda! It would also explain his absence from their lives!

KEVIN FIEGE GIVE ME A JOB RIGHT THE [frick] NOW!

FilmGuy7878 - 1/10/2023, 1:50 PM

@ScaryTerry - genius move my friend. I applaud you.

ScaryTerry - 1/10/2023, 2:04 PM

@FilmGuy7878 - Thanks man!

ScaryTerry - 1/10/2023, 2:06 PM

@FilmGuy7878 - Don’t forget about Thunderbird.

FilmGuy7878 - 1/10/2023, 2:23 PM

@ScaryTerry - Oh of course. Martin Sensmeier as Thunderbird.

mountainman - 1/10/2023, 2:42 PM

@ScaryTerry - The OG 5 could work if some of the later members were also included. Storm, Sunfire, Thunderbird (or Warpath), Bishop, Darwin, Psylocke (the Japanese version), Jubilee, Cecilia Reyes, Moonstar, Northstar, Armor, Karma, Dust, etc. So many diverse characters to pull from the page.

mastakilla39 - 1/10/2023, 2:47 PM

@ScaryTerry - You forgot in your pitch that Xavier is supposed to lose his legs or ability to walk from Lucifer. I will take Mephisto as an alternative to Lucifer if its too controversial.

ObserverIO - 1/10/2023, 2:57 PM

@mountainman - I wouldn't be against any race-swapping for Cyclops, Beast or Iceman. We've already had some good, strong white-skinned depictions of those guys in previous movies. I'm okay if they mix it up a bit now.

But I will staunchly oppose any casting of Jean Grey that is not a natural redhead.

And I'd like to see a more accurate Warren Worthington, if possible. But I'm more flexible on that.

mountainman - 1/10/2023, 3:01 PM

@ObserverIO - I guess it’s personal preference that I like the characters to be who I grew up with, and that includes the race they have been for decades.

Jean would be the first on the list of race swaps since Hollywood loves doing that with red heads.

Doubt they would race swap Bobby or Hank - they’ll likely make Bobby gay and Hank will be CGI’d.

To me, Warren makes sense being white since he is from a generationally wealthy family.

I’d rather not have Scott race swapped, simply because the Summers family is large and what would now necessitate a whole lot of other race swaps for continuity.

I feel like the X-Men are a very diverse team on the page so I couldn’t see why any race swaps would be needed.

ObserverIO - 1/10/2023, 3:03 PM

@TheSuperMex - People always think of them as boring because of their matching uniforms, but think about it: Cyclops. Cyclops is not boring. Cyclops is essential. Quintessential.

Jean Grey. Mother[frick]ing Phoenix dude.

Beast. The Beast. How can you have an X-Men in the MCU and not introduce Beast straight away, so he can then leave them and become an Avenger. And he's visually a big blue CG beast, so not boring at all.

Iceman. Yes, bitch, Iceman. You know what that means? Iceman means Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. A teenager with ice powers. Basically a reverse Johnny Storm.

I sometimes feel that when people say boring they simply mean no-Wolverine.

ObserverIO - 1/10/2023, 3:05 PM

(I forgot to mention Angel because he's boring, lol.

Oh except for when he's Archangel, fourth Horseman of Apocalypse!)

FilmGuy7878 - 1/10/2023, 3:09 PM

@ObserverIO - Utkarsh Ambudkar would be my pick for a race-bended Beast. He played a pretty similar character in terms of personality to Hank in Never Have I Ever.

A black Scott however would sorta be wrong. A black man being a teacher's pet to a older white guy... you see what I mean?

I honestly don't care if they racebend Iceman, we need more gay men of color out in the comic world.

Rose McIver is my pick for Jean Grey and yes I know she's not a natural redhead but she can definitely pull off the caring and patient nature of Jean as well as the snarky, angsty bad bitch attitude of the Dark Phoenix.

abd00bie - 1/10/2023, 3:10 PM

@mountainman - Please no more time travel, multi-verse mumbo jumbo. X-Men should be about bigotry and prejudicial issues. Plus days of Future Past was pretty good and well executed.

FilmGuy7878 - 1/10/2023, 3:18 PM

@ObserverIO - I agree with you on all of this. The OG 5 are far from being uninteresting characters. All five of them have never fully gotten their due on the big screen and it's really disappointing.

Personally, I wouldn't start with the OG 5 right away. I would use Scott, Jean, and Hank as part of the main team (with Sunfire, Thunderbird, Storm, Longshot, and Kitty Pryde) and bring in Bobby and Warren when it's necessary to the plot in future sequels.

The three of them can make references to when they were teens and being a part of the OG 5 but don't make it the starting point. However when the 5 of them are together, make it feel like a high school reunion. These guys have known each other since they were teenagers, it needs to feel like it.

ObserverIO - 1/10/2023, 3:20 PM

@FilmGuy7878 - I dig all of those casting calls.

" A black man being a teacher's pet to a older white guy... you see what I mean?"

I don't know what you mean. Is that like servile or something? I'm not sure teacher's pet would automatically make us think of slavery would it? At least I wouldn't equate it that way.

FilmGuy7878 - 1/10/2023, 3:24 PM

@ObserverIO - In a way, sort of a servile. In the comics, Scott is devoted to Xavier and his cause. He's Xavier's model student and basically uses him as an example to other mutants. Also like you said, if you make Scott black, it causes a ripple effect with all the other Summers kin.

In conclusion, keep Scott a white awkward boy scout.

FilmGuy7878 - 1/10/2023, 3:25 PM

@FilmGuy7878 - not even like an example, he basically is a pawn in Xavier's campain.

ObserverIO - 1/10/2023, 3:26 PM

@FilmGuy7878 - What if Xavier's black. Like Giancarlo Esposito?

The1st - 1/10/2023, 3:27 PM

@mountainman - I'm hoping both she and Cyclops get their due. Particularly Storm, given how much the character has done in Hickman's latest run. I'm beginning to wonder if they start with Whedon's run and it leads to Krakoa in the MCU, but that's a lot to gloss over and or rework. I imagine that's what's also behind it taking so long.

FilmGuy7878 - 1/10/2023, 3:31 PM

@ObserverIO - That could work. I've been a follower of this podcast called the Mutant Ages where they got a similar question of would Xavier or Scott work if they were race-bended. They explained that the traits of Xavier wouldn't really work as much if he was black. He was made to be a rich white guy. Even though he is disabled and a mutant, he still had white privilege meaning he can get through life scot-free and on top of that, he had the easiest power to hide.

Xavier can be really unlikable and sorta evil in the comics and I hope the MCU translates some of his corrupt moral compass into the movies unlike the Fox films.

But Giancarlo has always been one of my top picks for Xavier next to Mathew Macfadyen.

FilmGuy7878 - 1/10/2023, 3:35 PM

@The1st - I really hope they don't start with Whedon. 1. his team is all white people. 2. it would skip over so much history and lore, and 3. the first X-Men story really doesn't need to be a big world ending threat, I would prefer a smaller scale story like an adaptation of God Loves, Man Kills or maybe the Hellfire Club.

The1st - 1/10/2023, 3:43 PM

@FilmGuy7878 - I can't tell if you're being serious or not, but I agree with 2 and 3 to an extent. I have no qualms with them being the original team though. Unless the X-Men are about to become the flagship of the MCU in the future, that's a lot of ground to cover in terms of lore.

ObserverIO - 1/10/2023, 3:46 PM

@FilmGuy7878 - I'm not certain I subscribe to that notion of privilege being exclusively white. Certainly not in this day and age.

Even old money families could easily become black over generations. And not that many generations either. So Bruce Wayne or Charles Xavier could easily have the same privilege and also be black I think.

But mostly, I just love Giancarlo Esposito and would love to see him as Xavier.

FilmGuy7878 - 1/10/2023, 3:49 PM

@The1st - I do like what Whedon did with characters like Kitty, Beast, and Cyclops but characters like Emma Frost and Wolverine joining the team should come later down the line.

The MCU team should combine elements from the OG 5, Giant Size team, and the late 80s/early 90s team. Cyclops, Jean, and Beast (OG 5), Storm, Sunfire [female version], and Thunderbird (Giant-Size), and Longshot and Kitty Pryde (late 80s).

inkniron - 1/10/2023, 12:02 PM

Shouldn’t be too hard, considering that there are dozens of X-Men to choose from. The problem is, giving any character enough screen time to develop a great story arc behind them with that many. One of the many reasons I would prefer to be a TV series, but we know that isn’t as lucrative and probably not going to happen that way.

TheRose - 1/10/2023, 12:03 PM

Bishop creator Whilce Portacio originally intended for Bishop to be Filipino, but the powers-that-were-at-the-time turned him down. Admittedly, I'd be a little elated to see this finally be a reality. It would work best if it was a Black-Filipino actor, but I'm not certain I know of many who would fit the bill (Bruno Mars is a little slim to fit as Bishop, haha).

I'll be more than happy with classic Bishop as well, since his Blackness has become iconic to his characterization, but Portacio's original intent would be great to see.

RolandD - 1/10/2023, 12:03 PM

It’s a shame they did so little with Halle Berry as Storm. I still cringe whenever I think of lines with Toad.

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