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With the 2026 Comic-Con<\/u> drawing to a close, we\u2019re all still digesting Saturday night\u2019s big Marvel panel news<\/u>\u2026 or what little there was of it, really. Sure, we got a new Ghost Rider movie<\/u> announcement, to star Ryan Gosling, as well as official confirmation that not only is Black Panther III coming from Ryan Coogler<\/u>, but it will star Alien: Romulus\u2019 David Jonsson as T\u2019Challa\u2019s now-adult son Toussaint. There were various other bits revealed about Avengers: Doomsday<\/u> and Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/u>, yes, but not only did the one big announcement that many fans were hoping for never come, we really shouldn\u2019t have even expected it in the first place: Yes, the X-Men big-screen reboot<\/u> went unmentioned.<\/p>\n
Now, we know this film is in development at Marvel<\/u>, even if the studio hasn\u2019t formally announced it yet. Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier is reportedly on board to bring a whole new take on the Merry Mutants into the MCU, apparently once The Multiverse Saga comes to a close with Avengers: Secret Wars in 2027. The thing is, Marvel boss Kevin Feige and his team have plenty on their minds right now, and starting up promotion on a movie that isn\u2019t even in production yet is far from a priority.<\/p>\n\n\nMore From Marvel at SDCC 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\nThey Already Have X-Men!<\/h2>\n Look, the idea of a brand-new, MCU-specific team of mutants is of course exciting, but the fact is that once Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, and hence the rights to the X-Men film series that debuted back in 2000, Marvel Studios has begun integrating those fan-favorite takes on the characters into the MCU. There was Patrick Stewart as Professor Xavier in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Kelsey Grammer\u2019s Beast in The Marvels, and more recently, a variety of OG X-Men (and their Brotherhood of Mutants frenemies) popping up in trailers for Avengers: Doomsday.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nKelsey Grammer (Beast), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), and James Marsden (Cyclops) all took the stage at Marvel’s SDCC panel this year. (Photo Credit: Joe Scarnici, 2026 Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/output><\/p>\n
Indeed, a bunch of the actors who play those characters were on stage for the Doomsday portion of the MCU panel on Saturday, including Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), James Marsden (Cyclops), and Grammer. How awkward would it be to promote a new team of X-Men while the old team is standing onstage? (I guess ask Letitia Wright, who may or may not have had problems with Marvel<\/u> during production of Black Panther 2, but either way is now being replaced as the bearer of that mantle.)<\/p>\n
Fans love the Fox X-Men, and the very nature of the multiversal Doomsday and Secret Wars is the perfect way to bring them fully into the fold. They\u2019ve still got some time in the spotlight left\u2026 before Marvel presumably wipes out their very existence, that is!<\/p>\n
The Sadie Sink\/Jean Grey\/Spider-Man: Brand New Day Situation<\/h2>\n Spider-Man: Brand New Day is out this coming Friday, and everyone and his mutie brother believes that actress Sadie Sink will be playing one of the most famous X-Men of them all: Jean Grey<\/u>. The way Marvel\/Sony have hidden who the character is up until this point, plus the fact that she seems to have mind powers (based on the trailers) and she\u2019s got, you know, red hair<\/em>, all certainly could be clues that the Stranger Things star is going to be the first of the rebooted X-Men who we meet.<\/p>\nI\u2019m personally still not convinced that it\u2019s Jean Grey in Brand New Day. And I\u2019ve certainly been wrong before! But the idea that Feige would introduce the new X-Men in a co-production with Sony just seems off.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s say Sink is in fact playing Jean Grey. Then you could see how that would put Feige in a bind in terms of maintaining a huge secret.
\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nBut let\u2019s say that Sink is in fact playing Jean, aka Marvel Girl\/Phoenix. Then you could see how that would put Feige and his people in a bit of a bind in terms of maintaining what would be designed to be a huge spoiler \u2013 and without a doubt is something they\u2019ve gone out of their way to keep secret this long. To then take the stage six days before the film opens and announce a new X-Men team \u2013 which will presumably include Jean \u2013 would undo all of that hard work.<\/p>\n
Feige Needs to Focus on Avengers: Doomsday Right Now<\/h2>\n Right now, Feige is focused on promoting Doomsday, which is just five months away and, frankly, designed to be a rejuvenation of the sagging MCU. Spider-Man is basically out of his hands at this point (and also is mainly Sony\u2019s problem on the marketing side).<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nIt\u2019s no secret that the MCU has taken a tumble since Avengers: Endgame. The loss of its biggest draws \u2013 Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, and Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow \u2013 plus the oversaturation of MCU movies and, in particular, television series on Disney+ has led to the general sense in the zeitgeist that Marvel\u2019s best days are behind it. Feige is a sharp dude \u2013 he basically created the MCU and reshaped Hollywood in the process \u2013 so you can be sure that he\u2019s very aware of how big the stakes are for Avengers: Doomsday.<\/p>\n
And so he needs to make sure this mega-movie, which seemingly stars almost every Marvel character ever put on screen, is a hit. That\u2019s why he loaded the stage in Hall H with Avengers and X-Men and Fantastic Four members and more. He\u2019ll get to his new X-Men a couple of Comic-Cons down the line, but right now he has to prioritize.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\nBut what do you think? Should they have announced the new X-Men at Comic-Con 2026? Vote in our poll and let\u2019s discuss in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\nTalk to Scott Collura <\/em>@scottcollura.bsky.social<\/strong><\/em>, or listen to his <\/em>Star Trek podcast, Transporter Room 3<\/strong><\/em>. Or do both!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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