Summary
- A Stranger Things star is rumored to be considered for a role in the MCU’s X-Men movie.
- The sixth Avengers film may set up the X-Men characters in the MCU post-Avengers: Secret Wars.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has recruited notable actors from all around Hollywood for its comic book roles. With the MCU now preparing to wrap up the Multiverse Saga and head into its next era, one Stranger Things star is being eyed for a huge role.
Marvel is currently in the middle of Phase 5 with Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and Fantastic Four: First Steps next on the slate. Looking past that, a pair of Avengers movies (Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars) areset to wrap up the Multiverse Saga before the MCU moves into its next phase. This new era is speculated to bring mutants fully into the MCU, which will involve a new X-Men movie. Since Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, the rights to Marvel’s X-Men characters now sit with Marvel Studios, and studio president Kevin Feige has made it clear he intends to bring the X-Men to the MCU.
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The MCU’s X-Men Casting Rumors Heat Up
Rumors about the cast of the new X-Men team are starting to heat up. Industry insider Jeff Sneider reported on his podcast and website that Stranger Things star Sadie Sink is currently being considered for a role in the MCU as Jean Grey, aka the Dark Phoenix. The role was held by Famke Janssen in the original X-Men trilogy and then by Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner in the prequels X-Men: Apocalypse and X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Sink is best known for her role as Max in Stranger Things, which she will reprise in the fifth and final season in 2025. She has also starred in The Whale, opposite Brendan Fraser, Netflix’s Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Taylor Swift’s All Too Well short film. It’s unclear whether Sink has auditioned for the role, has been offered the part, or is just in early consideration for the character.
How Will The X-Men Be Brought Into the MCU?
The MCU’s X-Men movie has yet to attach a director or confirm a release date, so it’s still very early days for the project, and as such any rumors should be taken cautiously until confirmed. It seems likely that the X-Men will be a big part of the MCU post-Avengers: Secret Wars, but that doesn’t preclude the mutant team being set up in the sixth Avengers film. “The whole story of Secret Wars really leads us into a new age of mutants and of the X-Men,” Feige confirmed earlier in the year.
Some X-Men characters were recently introduced into the MCU in Deadpool & Wolverine, which saw Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman reprise their roles. However, the pair still exist in a different part of the Multiverse to the Sacred Timeline. It’s possible that Avengers: Secret Wars will change all that, and introduce a continuity where the Avengers and X-Men exist on the same Earth for the first time in the MCU. However it ends up happening, expectations are high for the MCU’s X-Men movie, and fans are eager to see which actors take on the roles of the iconic characters.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a sprawling movie and television franchise that weaves together individual stories of superheroes including Captain America, Thor, Spider-Man, Hulk, Black Widow, and many more. The first film in the franchise, Iron Man, was released in 2008. The MCU has garnered critical praise and financial success, earning billions at the box office and becoming a cultural phenomenon.
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