Casting The X-Men For The MCU

How do you do the X-Men right?

by Ewan Paterson
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With the Disney-Fox takeover now complete, True Believers and X-Men fans in particular are now looking to the future of the MCU with baited breath. With one Fox property (the Fantastic Four) already piquing interests within the halls of Marvel Studios, it's only natural that Marvel's mutants will be doing the same.

As opposed to the Fantastic Four, however, introducing the X-Men into the Marvel Cinematic Universe does present its own challenges. First of all, Marvel will have to account for why mutants haven't been public, or even been referenced, throughout the franchise's history. Secondly, they'll have to decide what kind of X-Men movie they want to make. Do they want to retread Fox's movies, or does a film revolving around an entirely different group of X-Men present the better option?

No one knows, but it's clear that Marvel's X-Men will be distinctly different to Fox's own, and that they won't be on the scene for at least another three years. It's also unlikely that any of the cast from the series' latest continuity will cross into the MCU either, so new faces, new costumes, and new lineups will be called for.

But how do they do it? And who should play who?

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.