From the moment Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, Marvel nerds have waited and waited and waited for the day when Marvel would announce its own X-Men movie.
That was 2017. Since then, Marvel made Deadpool & Wolverine, threw Patrick Stewart’s Professor X into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, teased the addition of the X-Men to the main Marvel Cinematic Universe in a Marvel post-credits scene, and just introduced a new Jean Grey, played by Sadie Sink, as a surprise in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Later this year, the Fox X-Men cast will get what feels like one final hurrah in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, which co-stars Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen (Magneto), James Marsden (Cyclops), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), Kelsey Grammer (Beast), and Channing Tatum (Gambit).
What happens after Doomsday. Well, first Avengers: Secret Wars happens. But after that, the X-Men are finally coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, full stop. Today as part of a panel at the D23 convention, Marvel confirmed the cast and release date of the film.
They are (at least so far):
- Christopher Abbott as Professor X
- Samara Weaving as Emma Frost
- Kit Connor as Cyclops
- Sadie Sink as Jean Grey
- Inde Navarrette as Rogue
- Maya Boyd as Storm
- Adam Driver as Mister Sinister
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As for the company’s immediate upcoming schedule, they have Avengers: Doomsday scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026, and Avengers: Secret Wars opening on December 17, 2027.
X-Men premieres in theaters on May 5, 2028.
Avengers: Doomsday Official Images
In “Avengers: Doomsday,” beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.
