The X-Men movies should follow the progression of the comics

The first movie sets up the OG ‘63 team against Magneto.

The second movie expands the roster, with Professor X looking into a few mutants from other countries. Basically a Giant size sequel.

The third movie introduces Sinister and teases Apocalypse for a fourth movie.

No more Scott being a bland leader, no more Wolverine being injected into everything and no more Phoenix reboot (X3, Age of Apocalypse ending, Dark Phoenix was enough)

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SeegullJockey2025-10-28 11:52

I'd love for them to start with the og 5 but I have a hard time seeing them start without Wolverine and Storm. I hope they can make it like X-Men 97 though where the og were Xavier's first students and the first team in the past.

JorryckMassani2025-10-28 15:13

They need to sideline Wolverine from the mainstream X-Men movies. He's too popular of a character and will draw focus away from the rest of the team. He shouldn't join the main roster until at least the third movie while being in his own solo films in the meantime.

100%, though, Storm should be main roster from the start.

RihoSucks2025-10-28 18:51

Yeah im totally wolverine'd out at this point. I hope he doesnt show up till way later.

Sylar_Lives2025-10-28 21:06

Depending on how long they keep Hugh, it seems like they are going to be lumping him in with Deadpool for the time being.

JorryckMassani2025-10-29 02:59

I really hope not. DP&W was supposed to be his last go, though Doomsday might be it, too. There's supposed to be some kind of in universe reboot, and the rules are that we're gonna get all new actors for some roles, like Captain America and Iron Man, so I'd hope that means new X-Men with new actors.

cwatson2142025-10-29 04:11

Til he's 90

Hot-Can1032025-10-28 16:45

totally get that, having the og crew would be a great way to kick it off

Funmachine2025-10-28 19:33

I don't think Wolverine is gonna be in the new films anyway. They'll likely try to establish the franchise apart from him.

SeegullJockey2025-10-29 01:21

Years ago if you'd ask me I'd say he won't be in it but with how current Marvel is struggling I don't think they'll do it without him. Just don't make him the main character like in 97.

Caciulacdlac2025-10-28 11:56

They won't base the first movie on the og 5. They're all white and Marvel will want racial diversity in the movie.

zlmb5_2025-10-28 12:06

one is gay and another might be blue, seems diverse enough

Caciulacdlac2025-10-28 12:11

They won't make a movie with an all-white cast

zlmb5_2025-10-28 12:34

idk man, but why wouldn't they ? and they might make one of the not og5 characters POC, prof x or something

PirateBeany2025-10-28 19:20

I don't think any of the OG 5 \*has\* to be white/anglo. That said, Warren Worthington III is a very preppy rich boy who reeks of Nantucket/Hamptons privilege, and Jean's red hair is part of her image; both of them definitely are white-coded to me. But Scott, Bobby, Hank, and Professor X himself seem wide open.

Wrong-Vermicelli47232025-10-29 21:24

It’s 2025, let’s be real these days Warren could be any race. There mixed red heads so even Jean can be non white. That being said my bet is Storm 100% in the movie and Hank or Bobby are also POC. That or they use jubilee and or Sunspot.

urbanglowcam2025-10-28 13:42

Fantastic FourrRRrrRRRrr 🎶

Capital_Gate67182025-10-28 13:47

Pedro Pascal is Latino

SoloRemy2025-10-28 13:59

Did you not see Avengers or Fantastic Four?

Caciulacdlac2025-10-28 14:11

Nick Fury?

SoloRemy2025-10-28 14:18

Supporting cast. Fury isn’t a main character. He’s kind of a plot device actually. Same goes for POC in the Howling Commandos or Ned and MJ. I’m not saying I’m opposed to race swapping any character or retroactively making them part of a minority culture. Making Bobby gay was relatively recent and was instrumental in revitalizing the character in my opinion.
It was stated that Marvel wouldn’t make a movie with an all white cast and I’d argue that most of them were all white main casts anyway. Guardians is the best representational main cast film I can think of off the top of my head while I’m supposed to be studying Statics.

Wrong-Vermicelli47232025-10-30 17:17

One came out over 10 years ago when that wasn’t a big deal. Pedro pascal and people from South America regardless of race are considered POC by a lot of people.

ipostatrandom2025-10-28 14:16

Fantastic four just released, they looked white to me.

Special_Kestrels2025-10-28 14:58

one was orange

FewWatermelonlesson02025-10-28 15:57

The Fantastic Four aren’t supposed to be an allegory for being in a minority group.

They’re not going to have their first X-Men group be all white.

ipostatrandom2025-10-28 18:15

It probably wont start out with an og group anyhow. We have Rambeau who's with a version of the X-Men right now, I suspect they'll play a part in Secret Wars and then after the soft reboot the X-Men will be all established with a wide range of characters.

ipostatrandom2025-10-28 14:14

He wasnt blue in the beginning.

zlmb5_2025-10-28 16:10

Yeah I know, that's why I said might , they might start with him being blue like fox did

ipostatrandom2025-10-28 18:17

Tbf, fox started out white too but yeah, in his first film appearance he was blue, i get ya.

BravoLeader30002025-10-28 12:14

Is there a good reason why Marvel can't race swap one or more of the OG 5?

Caciulacdlac2025-10-28 12:20

They might not want to cause a controversy. It's not out of the question though.

berfthegryphon2025-10-28 12:24

If Snape can be black for the HBO show, marvel can race swap some characters where race isn't a big part of their story. For example you couldn't make Storm white.

BravoLeader30002025-10-28 12:35

She's not one of the OG 5. I don't see why Cyclops, Jean Grey, Iceman, Beast, or Angel couldn't be black (or, for that matter, Hispanic or Asian).

FraterSofus2025-10-28 13:27

Race swapping doesn't bother me most of the time, but Snape was the worst possible choice for that.

Wrong-Vermicelli47232025-10-29 21:26

Totally agree, way better choices, Neville is right there

zlmb5_2025-10-28 12:40

People won't like it, race swapping is just l lazy thing they do

Wrong-Vermicelli47232025-10-29 21:24

People don’t like when they make new POC characters as well. There no pleasing some people.

zlmb5_2025-10-30 09:38

Why would they make new characters? A lot of the X-Men are poc, just not the og5

Wrong-Vermicelli47232025-10-30 17:16

If y’all want the og 5 they’re race bending , if you don’t then sure they will use POC characters. My point is we aren’t getting a movie of just 5 white people (6 if you include Professor Xavier) and or storm.

zlmb5_2025-10-31 14:04

Idc, I love the X-Men as they are, if somebody hates the X-Men because they didn't turn his favourite character to a poc then they might also be a bigot to some degree

Wrong-Vermicelli47232025-10-31 16:32

Oh I agree ,also not like marvel follows the comics anyways so the characters are going to be different regardless.

stick1_2025-10-28 12:49

Might as well just put storm there

Adorable_Ad_34782025-10-28 17:48

Beast and Nightcrawler are the easiest to raceswap. They're gonna be blue most of the time. They can be played by black, Asian, Latino, etc... actors.

I can imagine Jean and Scott as white Latinos, someone like Jenna Ortega in a red wig is believable as Jean. Angel and Prof X? No way, white privilege is part of their characters, the same way Bruce Wayne needs to be white.

Iceman? Eh. Whatever. Maybe.

VacantThoughts2025-10-28 21:23

Nightcrawler is German, it could make sense for him to be black but I don't know many Latinos or Asians from Germany, not that there aren't any, but why disregard what the character is for tokenism.

Adorable_Ad_34782025-10-28 21:31

Nightcrawler is the biological son of Mystique and Destiny with some Azazel (demon) DNA.

He's also born blue. He can be played by any actor of any race in blue paint. It's the same case for Gamora or Nebula. The skin color of the actor is irrelevant, they just need to be able to speak English with a believable German accent.

zlmb5_2025-10-28 11:59

yeah that's also my idea, start with the og 5, then interduce storm, wolverine nightcrawler... and all of the giant ones, and i also think the first X-MEN movie should be called X-MEN BLUE and the sequel being X-MEN GOLD, it would be sooo cool and unique , and maybe the third one being X-MEN RED? or maybe ROUGE because its also a name for red

Hnro-422025-10-28 12:52

This is controversial, but i think xmen evolution strikes the right balance

Antrikshy2025-10-28 15:00

Best adaptation, don’t change my mind.

bestoboy2025-10-28 16:46

This is my hope too. Wolverine can take a smaller role since he's a part-time teacher doing his own thing, Storm can be the main squad leader teaching Scott how to lead. Also southern goth rogue

MX24192025-10-28 18:07

If they are making the cast younger then yes I agree but if they are older I like the route of Wolverine and the Xmen or Xmen series. Scott still being the leader no question.

harmoniaatlast2025-10-29 00:56

By that token, this would shove continuity closer to pre-House of M (which is absolutely not gonna get adapted hahaha). Probably around New X-Men, but actually adapting those stories in some way (I mean hey, we somehow got Cassandra Nova last year).

Mr. Sinister has gone completely unused for some reason, and that needs to change ASAP. Magneto as a villain... meh.

Everyone knows Magneto as a villain top to bottom, front to back. There's nowhere near enough intrigue to yet another evil Magneto story and really, the motherfucker hasn't been evil since the mid 2000s.

DeleteSoul2025-10-28 13:16

I would do the original 5, plus some 80's additions.

As someone who is LGBT, a racial and religious minority AND a comic book reader, please stop trying to patronize me, Marvel. I do not need to be pandered to. It's insulting.

I do not need to see characters gender/race/sexuality/age-bent to "see" myself and connect to the story. What I need is a good story. **STORY OVER MESSAGE.** It's been 6 years since they got the rights back to the X-men. They had plenty of time to come up with an Oscar-worthy script... with a diverse cast of characters straight from the comics.

And I want to see mutant villain teams. I am tired of sentinels and humans as the main antagonists.

SoloRemy2025-10-28 13:53

I’ve always said I’d like to see the OG five first. Introduce them in post credit scenes in a few other projects. For example, I’d have the first scene be a slim, brown haired teenager around 15 standing on a pitcher’s mound assessing the game. Staring down the batter, crowd is cheering and booing, kid is under a ton of pressure and sweating when suddenly his eyes start to glow and then erupt with twin ruby red beams of force obliterating the stands. No one is seriously hurt but it’s a near thing. Cut to the kid’s home a few days later. The kid is in his room eyes covered in bandages and he hears someone say, “Scott? There’s someone here to see you. He says he can help. Cut to bald dude in wheelchair and end scene.
Do a couple of post credits scenes like that (maybe Hank dealing with his physical changes or Warren dealing with his father and his new wings)and then have the first film be the OG five at the school learning to use their abilities and getting to know each other and developing their characters and have the climax be Magneto and the Brotherhood (maybe with Wanda?) at the missile base.
Movie ends and new post credit scenes beginning with small, stocky, furry dude sitting at a bar and bald wheelchair dude rolls up on him and says, “My students have gone missing and I need your help. I’m putting together a team…” and the second movie is Giant Size X Men #1
I wasn’t as excited about most of the Fox movies because there were a load of characters who weren’t immediately recognizable to me. Some were even “fused” versions of multiple characters in one actor. Even the first movie is actually just a REALLY good Wolverine movie. I think if Marvel doesn’t get greedy and spaces it out and keeps the characters’ personalities and images recognizable, they’ll develop superior films to the Fox films.

Edit: I edited the first paragraph because I felt I wasn’t clear enough in indicating where I’d like to see the first film start.

ipostatrandom2025-10-28 14:27

I dont really follow? The first scene and post credit-scene is Cyclops but if not X-Men, whose movie is this?

SoloRemy2025-10-28 14:32

The first post credit scene I meant to describe as one thing. Scott in his bedroom would be part of the baseball scene. Runtime would only be a couple of minutes.
Could be at the end of any movie. Like the twins showing up in a post credits scene in Winter Soldier. Maybe a Spider Man or Ms Marvel project? Sorry I wasn’t clear.

ipostatrandom2025-10-28 14:45

ah ok, that makes more sense now.

It's a good idea. We know Feige isn't that keen on rebooting stuff though, when we get the X-Men I think they're going to be established already.

Remember that Rambeau is with a group of X-Men currently, I think they will participate in Secret Wars somehow. Then after the soft reboot they'll probably be more established.

SoloRemy2025-10-28 14:56

I agree. Deadpool Vs Wolverine too. The characters will already be established. Wishful thinking on my part.
Feige has been pretty successful with this approach too but I can’t help thinking he’s painting himself into a corner if they decide to go this way. Marvel tends to adapt existing stories from the books and there isn’t much left of the X Men to adapt. What are they going to do? The Mutant Massacre? The X Cutioner’s Song? I hope they don’t try Krakoa. They will have established characters with histories that audiences may or may not have seen and not much material to go forward with. Plus, the actors are aging. I’m sure you could get away with recasting Kitty Pryde or even Rogue but woe to the actor who has to follow Hugh Jackman or even Halle Berry. It’s going to be interesting to see how they get around this stuff

ipostatrandom2025-10-28 15:30

Are you counting the animated* series because when it comes to the movies I feel there's a lot left?

Although im not that big a fan of x-men in space. Like Scott's father being a space-pirate or stuff like that, i prefer when their stories are more down to earth, pun not intended.

SoloRemy2025-10-28 15:53

No, I think of the animated shows as their own thing (although Feige may not be!). There HAS to be material left that goes to the original premise of the X Men representing and defending outsiders but I can’t think of much that would make a complete film except the origin story. Everything I think of is a part of something else like Kitty Pryde and Dazzler’s intro being a part of the Dark Phoenix story arc.What storylines were you thinking about?

I like the Starjammers too but they might be better suited elsewhere. The Summers’ boys would certainly benefit by getting out from under that convoluted backstory. Have the Brood and the Shi’ar in a Captain Marvel movie!

RevD19782025-10-28 13:56

I had similar ideas. It is tough to be the X-Men without it being controversial or political - that's the nature of their books.

I have the feeling they will be folding in the established FoX-Universe, in my arc there is a reboot.

If I had the pencil - Start with some iteration of Giant-Size X-Men (5-8 characters) as an already established team going up against Magneto and The Brotherhood. The Brotherhood catch wind of a conspiracy against mutant kind. The X-Men stop them but we find out there was merit to their beliefs all along - say the Weapon X program/ Neverland - Sinister teased.

In the sequel you can introduce some of the New Mutants being trained by that team going against a govt sponsored team of mutants as the govt feels it is best to intervene in bodily autonomy and the false pretense of "Human" rights - It won't be Freedom Force but X-Factor (Havok's squad). They have to eventually team up to defeat Hodge/ the Professor/ Cornelius/ Sinister (take your pick) and a Sentinel or Weapon X team. Cable is teased in a stinger in a Days of Future Past future.

That tease leads us into the end of this trilogy, pretty much X-tinction Agenda - Genosha and Sentinels - Big finale!
Sinister and Apocalypse teased for future.

FictionFantom2025-10-28 14:31

These movies come out like 5-6 years apart now (unless you’re Spider-Man). I don’t think the MCU X-Men has the time for a slow burn.

FafnirSnap_94282025-10-28 14:57

I agree. I've always liked this idea. It allows for Marvel and creatives to take their time and stay close to the foundations of the characters.

ScottishExile2025-10-28 15:52

As a huge comics reader, I’ve always been the opposite. Why would I just want to see the same beats that were written (and let’s face it, written better) by Lee, Thomas, Claremont etc half a century ago?

I’d rather they do something that fits with the wider MCU while still reflecting the key themes of the X-Universe (persecution, racism, found family - there’s loads of directions you can go in).

There’s so much great material beyond the O5 that can be used to reflect what X-Men mean in 2025 without having to rehash either previous movies or just copy the same progression from comics written in 1963.

VacantThoughts2025-10-28 21:35

Yeah I think the best comic book movies that have been made are from the more obscure and deep pulls from comic stories not starting at issue 1 because it is the obvious starting point.

Wrong-Vermicelli47232025-10-30 17:20

Comic in general change shit all the time, so I never understood why would need it to be exactly the same. Both dc and marvel also use the multiverse. This isn’t a novel series or manga where there only one canon. So yeah I agree with you.

FewWatermelonlesson02025-10-28 15:55

No they shouldn’t. The OG 5 era of the team is usually skipped over for a good reason.

groglox2025-10-28 17:08

X men blue/gold era please. Gimmie my storm and cyclops squad leadersssss

Adorable_Ad_34782025-10-28 17:44

The problem is that the O5 were boring as a team.

There is a reason why the sales were awful and the comic was canceled until the All-New era. You can do a successful X-Men film without Wolverine or Storm. But doing one without any of them? Yeah, no.

Angel and Iceman are not it. If Marvel Studios wants to start small, Jean, Scott, Storm, Beast, and a newcomer (Kitty? Jubilee?) is the perfect recipe.

With Wolverine showing up in the sequel.

jtfjtf2025-10-28 19:10

I think they should start off with an adaptation of Giant Size since the MCU likes to skip origin stories. Then they'll have two X-Men teams with a lot of characters.

Xeviat2025-10-28 19:46

I'd love to see them put the new XMen in the FF universe. Just start fresh. Retro future present would let them avoid all the baggage of the MCU.

Spideytorchsolos2025-10-28 20:29

They absolutely should do Phoenix. That’s like saying they should adapt Thor without giving him his Thor powers. Phoenix is crucial to Jean’s character. It should be done more accurately which means taking time with it. That was the problem with Fox, they made her become Phoenix and in the same movie become dark Phoenix. Phoenix isn’t the problem it’s the lack of development

SWPrequelFan815662025-10-28 20:53

One of the things they could do to close the gap between the '63 team in one movie, and then recruiting more mutants for the sequel -- just having the international mutants already being students at Xavier's seen in the first movie, like how Iceman, Kitty Pryde, and Colossus were previewed in earlier installments of the FoX-Men before joining the team.

Meme_Machine1012025-10-28 22:42

I’d rather them start with the 90s roster and flashback to the o5 days. That roster just isn’t especially interesting beyond the first few issues.

KostisPat2572025-10-28 23:17

I think a more balanced team would be ideal.

Have a relatively young cast as the OG5 (Cyclops, Jean, Beast, Iceman, Angel) along with Storm as their main teacher/field leader. Have the OG5 already be somewhat experienced, but still make mistakes. Also introduce Colossus, Nightcrawler and Banshee (along with Moira) as secondary characters who help out the main cast, and then have them take on bigger roles in the second movie where we see Iceman and Angel leave the team.

Rogue should also join in the second movie after being part of Magneto's crew in the first.

Don't make Magneto into the first villain though. Just introduce him as Xavier's old friend, who he has had a fallout with, but still has respect for, and have him play the role of the "devil's advocate" without being an outright villain just yet.

Do Mr. Negative in the first movie and have him secretly be at the top of the Sentinel program, with Senator Kelly being just a figurehead. Show Negative's entire backstory with Apocalypse in Ancient Egypt just like in the comics, connect it to the Eternals lore even to enhance the story, and make Mr. Negative someone who is afraid of Apocalypse's return and the threat he poses for everyone, which is why he's trying to create the Sentinels to be able to fight him. I think that would be a good twist, while keeping the backstory and motive of Negative from the comics intact. Of course, Sinister would survive at the end, and having seen the power of Cyclops and Jean Grey, he would try to replicate it, thinking it could defeat Apocalypse.

Then, the second movie can focus on Magneto becoming more active due to Kelly and Trask doubling down on the Sentinel program and creating Master Mold (which would turn rogue at the end) and it could show Rogue's slow turn to the good side by the end of the second act. The team could be Cyclops, Jean, Beast, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Rogue at the end. The movie could also introduce Kitty Pryde as a new student who has a small background role and a flirt with Colossus.

The end of the trilogy could be Days of Future Past, giving Kitty Pryde a more protagonistic role and introduce Bishop. Nimrod would of course be one of the main villains.

This would conclude the Sentinel trilogy and the more, relatively, street-level/political stories of the X-Men, only to move to the more fantastical in the second trilogy.

At the same time, we would have a Wolverine series running parallel to the X-Men trilogy, showing all of his past with Sabertooth, Yukio, Stryker and the Adamantium experiments, Team X and Silverfox, Alpha Flight, Gambit, Omega Red etc

The second trilogy would start off with the Shi'ar Civil War, introducing Lilandra, D'Ken, the M'Kran Crystal and the Starjammers, including Corsair, Cyclops' father. Wolverine and Gambit would join the X-Men here, starting Gambit and Rogue's relationship and the Wolverine/Jean/Scott love triangle. And of course, Jean would sacrifice herself at the end of the movie, trying to save everybody, only to secretly be saved by the Phoenix force who created a duplicate of her body and assumed Jean's identity, all the while the real Jean is stuck in a coma inside a crashed space-ship in the middle of the ocean.

Then, the fifth movie would be an adaptation of the Dark Phoenix Saga, fully accurate with Emma Frost, Sebastian Shaw and the Hellfire Club, ending with the Dark Phoenix, sacrificing herself, making the X-Men, she died for real this time, only for Sinister to plant a clone of Jean Grey that he managed to create, making it seem like the Phoenix died, but Jean's body somehow survived. The Phoenix however finds a new host inside Madelyne.

The final movie of the second trilogy would start off with Scott and Jean's marriage. Having almost lost her twice, Scott wants to waste no time and marries Jean right away in fear that he might lose her again. Madelyne and Scott have a child, Nathan Summers, and they have a normal, happy life, when Jean wakes up from her coma and comes back to the X-Mansion to see everything that she has missed.

Madelyne eventually learns that she is not the real Jean Grey, but just a clone created and used by Mr. Sinister, giving birth to the Inferno storyline, where she goes insane after she has her powers awakened by a demonic pact and she becomes the Goblyn Queen.

Finally, we have the 7th/8th 2-part film, which would be a conclusion to the Mutant Saga as a whole, featuring the return of Apocalypse and of course, an older Nathan Summers aka Cable, Scott's and Madelyne's son, coming from the future to stop him.

This is more or less exactly the progression of the comics and TAS/'97, so it would be pretty accurate and make for a great film series. Of course we can also have mutant-related series on the side exploring lesser-known mutants and teams like Excalibur and the New Mutants.

maximussakti2025-10-29 20:11

I gonestly dont need prof x, magneto and wolverine, they done enough. I want to see an adult Scott and Jean leading a team of younger cast.

Wrong-Vermicelli47232025-10-29 21:19

Let’s move on from magneto for at least two films

Think-State302025-10-30 03:00

First movie should be the OG Cyclops led team (plus Magneto) get lost in space, time dilation brings them to present day.

Professor X stayed on earth and made the new team led by Storm.

OG team and new team have to learn to work together despite being strangers.

This keeps Magneto a holocaust survivor and we can have both a Cyclops led team and a Storm one too.