Marvel’s New ‘X-Men’ Movie Lands ‘Hunger Games’ Screenwriter Michael Lesslie

[queenursula]

Screenwriter Michael Lesslie is in talks with Marvel Studios to write the first “X-Men” movie since the mutant superhero franchise was acquired by Disney in its purchase of 21st Century Fox in 2019. https://t.co/WZ6nyEm9lm
- Variety (@Variety) May 21, 2024
Screenwriter Michael Lesslie (“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”) is in talks

Comments

[asnindie]

Idk why they think they'll make better xmen films. But good luck to em.

[queenursula]

Disney’s first go with X-Men 97 was considered to be one of the best X-adaptations in years.

Fox had some really good stuff but they were very inconsistent. They botched Dark Phoenix twice.

[asnindie]

Yeah but marvel will ruin it with shoving all the other marvel crap in to it.

[queenursula]

Not necessarily. Based on the ending of The Marvels and what’s going on with Fantastic Four they’ll likely start off in their own self contained universe.

[alienjive]

There is 1000% potential to make better X-Men films. While I think the first two movies are fantastic, there's still a lot they got wrong about certain characters (namely Storm and Cyclops, who wholeheartedly deserve better live action depictions).

That said, X-2 is a near perfect film imo, and they should look to it as a blueprint (as well as X-Men 97).

[alwayspolaris]

Rogue, Storm, Mystique, and Nightcrawler deserved better. Honestly they nailed Cyclops lol. I do still enjoy those first two movies and like half of first class.

*The casting was fine for all but Storm but they just threw away their backstories.