Would you like to see the MCU utilize the character William Stryker in their version of the X-Men?

The character as many of us know him is largely a creation of Bryan Singer and FOX, with the comic version being a less significant evangelical extremism with no ties to Wolverine or the Weapon X program. Personally, I find the movie version to be one of the franchises greatest villains and hope to see some version of him in the future, but could also see Marvel choosing not to use anything Fox created in their retool.

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Heyjuannypark2026-01-22 06:51

No. I want Bolivar Trask. Can't have X-Men without the Sentinels.

WildFire2552026-01-22 06:55

The Department of Damage Control is already working on them

Meizas2026-01-22 08:13

Oooh I like that theory

EastwoodRavine852026-01-22 16:06

Yep, they are transitioning to how much damage they can inflict

OliviaElevenDunham2026-01-22 21:28

I can see that.

darkwalrus362026-01-22 10:49

Plenty of room for multiple mutant hating factions.

Nonadventures2026-01-22 17:03

Trask needs to be one of those fringe crackpot influencers that gradually enter the political mainstream and suddenly have power after a populist change. Having him be just a sort of biased stuffed shirt doesn't make sense in our current climate.

Gredo892026-01-23 09:22

Shouldn't that be Gyrich? And Trask would be someone like Musk.

Bing_Bong_the_Archer2026-01-22 06:53

Please no.

If they do anything with him again, make him a preacher again for variety’s sake

Kagir2026-01-22 07:10

They could make him a direct threat to Nightcrawler that way. As some kind of commentary on how christian denominations sometimes see eachother as wrong or evil.

Numbuh1Nerd2026-01-22 07:36

In this day and age, it would probably hit harder to blur the line between the two - some televangelist turned Congressman or something.

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 08:18

I think the political character in the story should be Robert Kelley if anyone.

MrVedu_FIFA2026-01-22 11:17

I think you could definitely do something like in TAS where Kelly becomes an ally to mutants later. Maybe he sees people getting elected calling for extermination of mutants and he's disgusted by what his movement has become, "I want censuses not a holocaust" or some jack shit. Idk.

It would definitely be topical to have mutants be a partisan issue rather than somehow universally hated constantly.

SarcasticGamer2026-01-22 06:53

Comic movies are the absolute worst when it comes to villains. In the comics, villains usually get away or are arrested until they eventually break out. But the movies straight up have to murder them every single time and it gets so fucking annoying. You can have a villain who has been a regular staple like Doc Ock but if they're featured in the movies then they have to kill them off by the end and it's so stupid. Is it just not possible for a superhero to arrest a villain at the end or what? Does he always have to kill the bad guy at the end? Even real life monsters get arrested and serve time in prison but comic book movies have to make sure their neck gets snapped before the credits roll.

FX1142026-01-22 07:03

That's because comics have endless issues that need to be filled, the movies will only have a handful of stories each at the best.

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 07:09

Plus this series is easily an example of the opposite with how they handled Magneto.

SarcasticGamer2026-01-22 07:18

Is putting them in prison too much to ask for? Real life murderers and child rapists get less time than a supervillain in these movies. Does the joker in the dark knight trilogy deserve a harsher punishment than Ed Gein? Literally the most mundane villain straight up gets killed in the MCU and it gets old.

FX1142026-01-22 07:23

They want something that feels big and final, since they rarely have a chance to return anyway.

SarcasticGamer2026-01-22 07:38

They don't need to return. They can just be in prison. Even real life monsters that rape and murder are in prison but a villain in the comics who robbed a bank needs executing.

FX1142026-01-22 08:19

I mean, how many villains have died in a comic book movie have only robbed a bank?

They also always write it so the death is necessary and unavoidable. Short of shit like Punisher, they aren't just executing them.

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 08:42

More often than not the villains in these movies have been larger existential threats, not common crooks. Even then, when the crooks do appear they have a much higher survival rate anyway (Vulture, Ghost, Kingpin, etc)

CaptHayfever2026-01-22 08:01

Dark Knight Joker didn't die. Are you thinking of Burton Joker?

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 08:39

They do have a massive underwater prison specifically for supervillains now, after all.

That said, the MCU already does have a sizable list of villains who weren’t killed at this point. They are just spread out over years.

* Justin Hammer
* Emil Blonsky
* Samuel Sterns
* 616 Loki lasted most of the Infinity Saga
* Red Skull
* an unnamed man with Extremis enhancement was seen in Shang Chi
* Darren Cross survived for a second appearance
* Crossbones survived for a second appearance
* Baron Zemo
* Ghost
* Grandmaster
* Adrian Toomes
* Shocker
* Scorpion is about to make a second appearance
* Mordo
* High Evolutionary
* Zeus
* Arishem
* Thaddeus Ross
* Trevor Slattery kind of counts
* Bucky Barnes and Wanda Maximoff started as surviving villains
* Yon Rogg
* Taskmaster survived to make another appearance
* all the villains of No Way Home were returning characters
* Deadpool and Wolverine made use of Pyro, Toad, and Sabretooth
* Agatha Harkness
* Dormammu
* Wilson Fisk
* Namor
* Val and Sentry
* Galactus
* Mole Man was previously a villain and remains alive
* Batroc made two appearances years apart

Antrikshy2026-01-22 07:25

It could have to do with actor contracts. Like a really good actor is interested but not for more than one movie.

I still agree with you. Zemo has worked out beautifully. Easily top 3 MCU villain, and he wasn't killed off.

SarcasticGamer2026-01-22 07:36

Yes. Let the villains shine for one damn second. They shouldn't be murdered after every movie.

Iamjaykrishnan2026-01-22 07:42

Sir this isn't a soap opera

SarcasticGamer2026-01-22 07:54

Tell that too the shit writers

the_executive_branch2026-01-22 10:17

I mean it kind of is

CaptHayfever2026-01-22 07:59

Except for Abomination, Thunderbolt Ross, Justin Hammer, Loki,^* Red Skull, Arnim Zola,^* Winter Soldier, Nebula, Scarlet Witch,^* Yellowjacket,^* Baron Zemo, Kaecilius, Dormammu, Mordo, Ayesha,^* Vulture, Shocker, Tinkerer, Prowler, Grandmaster, Thanos,^* Ghost, Sonny Burch, Yon-Rogg, Taskmaster,^* Razor Fist, NWH Green Goblin, NWH Doc Ock, NWH Electro, Sandman, Lizard, Namor, Valentina, the High Evolutionary, Adam Warlock, Paradox, Leader, Galactus, Silver Surfer, Agatha Harkness,^* Kingpin, Echo, Titania, HulkKing, Agent Cleary, Agent Deever, Death, the Hood, Mephisto, Madame Gao,^* Hellcat, Diamondback, Black Mariah,^* Shades, Bushmaster, Davos, Typhoid Mary, Jigsaw,^* Pilgrim, Grant Ward,^* the Superior,^* Malachi, Dottie Underwood, Faustus, Madame Masque, Maximus, Detective Connors,^* Peter Scarborough, half of the Pride, & the Gibborim,^* and that's just in MCU movies/shows alone.

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^* ^(eventually killed, but not in their *first* villain appearance)

_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_2026-01-22 09:20

Trevor Slattery

CaptHayfever2026-01-22 15:56

I wasn't sure whether to consider him a "villain", but you're right.

KMFDM__SUCKS2026-01-22 07:02

It’s shocking striker was a reoccurring villain

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 07:07

Disregarding Origins, I thought he was handled well in DoFP and Apocalypse.

KMFDM__SUCKS2026-01-22 07:10

He was supposed to be a preacher. I didn’t dislike his character, it’s just baffling what they did with him compared to how often he is in the comics

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 07:20

He’s just a byproduct of Bryan Singers desire to do his own thing with the material. He wanted a character known for his prejudice for his human villain, but also needed him to have military authority and a history with Wolverine to round out the narrative. If he had just used Trask, the creative liberties and lack of Sentinels would have probably invited a lot more pushback than this lesser known character.

Gorrium2026-01-22 07:04

I think it would be interesting to make him a reverend again.

Madman_19922026-01-22 07:05

Yes

porkchopsensei2026-01-22 07:07

If they used Stryker, it should be more akin to his original role as a preacher in God Loves Man Kills. A right-wing evangelical preacher proselytizing about the ontological evil of mutants would be very topical today.

Only problem is the perfect casting is already used in the MCU, because Josh Brolin in Wake Up Dead Man is pretty much Stryker, but he's already Thanos.

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 07:08

Michael Shannon could probably pull it off

revolutionaryartist42026-01-22 07:41

Is there anything Shannon couldn’t pull off? The man’s a master.

yaboyskinnydick_2026-01-22 07:54

I was watching The Night Before the other week, and I realized how good his weed dealer you knew from high school and is still dealing, was, he was killing me with almost every line.

Battle_Sheep2026-01-22 17:15

"Look at my finger. You need to give me two-hundred dollars and get the fuck out of my car."

chicoclandestino2026-01-22 07:54

Phrasing.

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revolutionaryartist42026-01-22 09:02

You magnificent bastard.

SecretWarsIsComing2026-01-22 08:05

And getting him in a Marvel role like that would be completing the circle . Like selling irons to blue colllars in the 30s.

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igby12026-01-22 09:45

What’s the opposite of deadpan? Slapstick?

I haven’t seen Shannon pull off slapstick.

gerardkimblefarthing2026-01-22 10:38

He was even perfect in *Let's Go To Prison*.

JesterMarcus2026-01-22 07:40

I think it would be fine to have Josh Brolin play a human. The only similarity would be the voice, and that's far enough removed I think.

titanslayerzeus2026-01-23 00:31

Uh. Cable?

Snakegert2026-01-23 03:09

Different universe so it should be fine

Vawqer2026-01-23 07:29

Technically yes, but it's within the same cinematic universe now and it might just get too messy.

ronaldinho_gorducho2026-01-22 09:35

Josh brolin is also Cable

adheretohospitality2026-01-22 13:38

They reused RDJ, they could reuse Brolin

simpletonclass2026-01-22 07:20

Senator Kennedy should be a baddie. But make him younger and cooler.

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 07:21

I have zero doubt that “Kelley” will play a larger role this time around.

McH2OzTTV2026-01-22 07:21

Isn’t there two Strykers? There’s the one from Wolverine:Origins played by the guy in the first few seasons of Yellowstone

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 07:22

They were supposed to be the same character. Singer just intentionally ignored everything from Origins when making his own films.

McH2OzTTV2026-01-22 07:58

I know they’re the same character, I was referring to the actors

DasDa1Bro2026-01-22 07:40

They're the same Stryker, just different time period

McH2OzTTV2026-01-22 07:57

I meant actors 🤦‍♂️

raisingcuban2026-01-22 18:14

> Isn’t there two Strykers?

Yep. And two magnetos

And two mystiques.

And two nightcrawlers.

And two Professor X’s.

Most X-men characters have had two actors.

Goldman2502026-01-22 07:25

I’d rather see the MCU do something different than retread the Fox films.

CapnRogersNbrhood2026-01-22 07:35

No. There are sooo many X-Men villains that have never been done on screen or were done very poorly (my poor boy Apocalypse). I loved Stryker in X2 but I’m okay never seeing him done again.

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 07:37

I honestly really enjoyed the way Apocalypse was portrayed, he was just given a really underwhelming movie when he should have been a multi movie development like Thanos. The way the animated series X-Men: Evolution built up to him over time was stellar.

revolutionaryartist42026-01-22 07:40

No, we need the religious zealot version. It’s be the perfect commentary on the Christian nationalists currently trying to destroy the country.

Spensir_McLife2026-01-22 07:42

If they use Styrker I'd prefer to see him like his original Graphic Novel depiction. There's a lot to pull from with human villains in X-Men but the Fox had had Stryker basically be the sole face of it. Let us see Cameron Hodge, Henry Peter Gyrich, Graydon Creed, Donald Pierce, and the Trasks. If they have to delve into Wolverine's past again despite so much of the Fox films focusing on that they could at least use Thorton and the other characters actually a part of Weapon X

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 07:49

Honestly I could picture the MCU tying their Wolverine to Thaddeus Ross in some fashion. Not saying it’s a good idea, but it would fit their pattern with character histories and world building.

seveer372026-01-22 07:58

I think he’s been covered pretty well. I want to see someone different now instead of him and Magneto. Like Mr. Sinister and Proteus

Arkanderous2026-01-22 08:00

Wow I didn't realise this was the Succession guy. I don't need to see it unless it is a weird cameo. We don't need to see Stryker when we can just see the senitebials instead.

GeekToyLove2026-01-22 08:09

If anyone says shenanigans again…

Mc-Lovin-812026-01-22 08:50

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darthbiscuit2026-01-22 09:47

Nope. His death was perfect. Let him stay dead.

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 09:56

I mean, he would just be a 616 variant either way. The events of universe 1000-5 won’t be relevant at this point.

the_executive_branch2026-01-22 10:18

No. Stryker was in multiple Fox films. There are loads of X Men villains who never got a live action appearance. Why do you want the same thing again?

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 10:25

It wouldn’t be necessary to focus on him significantly again, or devote a film to him. Just a question of whether or not he would still be the man behind Wolverines adamantium infusion. Would he still exist in the world in the same capacity he did in 1000-5?

the_executive_branch2026-01-22 10:49

If it’s just a small role, and I realise the irony of saying this on Reddit, this seems like a weirdly specific and niche thing to care about. If his character is just reduced to “person behind Wolverine’s adamantium”, does it matter? Someone is behind it

raisingcuban2026-01-22 18:15

> Why do you want the same thing again?

This is gonna be a shocker for you, but you can have the same character without them doing exactly the same thing.

SqueakyTHROWER2026-01-22 10:43

Nahh… I would really like some other anti-mutant character like Sinister or Bastion

darkwalrus362026-01-22 10:48

The religious zealot version from the comics could be cool.

kitaeks47demons2026-01-22 11:07

We need televangelist stryker especially in the modern era

“Love thy neighbour unless it’s brown or gay people and that”

2reeEyedG2026-01-22 11:30

Not in the least. We’ve already seen it and there’s so many different stories, they need to do something new that we haven’t seen

SendThisVoidAway182026-01-22 11:42

No. Not particularly. I think we've seen plenty of him over the past 20 years. However, if anything, I wouldn't mind seeing Josh Helman again as a younger Stryker.

AnyEverywhere82026-01-22 11:52

What he brings as a character is not fully unique to him, so no. There are several villains who can embody humanity’s bigotry against mutants.

If they were to use him, I’d want them to distinguish from the Fox films by really leaning into religious zeal as a vehicle for hatred and oppression. But Disney won’t do that, so….

undertow5212026-01-22 12:32

Nah, I want mutant villains.

Puzzled-Horse2792026-01-22 13:12

In terms of unused human villains.

Graydon Creed (and his ties to Mystique and Sabretooths families) could be a shout

Also Cameron Hodge being a human ally that eventually betrays them would be great though fans of the comics will see it coming a mike off unless they include several human allies like Dr Rao, a seemingly heroic/mutant loving Mr Worthington (Angels Dad), a reformed Senator Kelly, etc and its a rollette of who will take Cameron Hodges role as the traitor. Hodge himself? Or another character.

Or making Rao a secret composite of Karima Sharpandar would be a crazy af twist.

fartmachiner2026-01-22 13:24

If Stryker returns to the MCU, we could finally see Brian, Charlie and Alaqua form a team: The CoX-men.

Bardmedicine2026-01-22 13:44

If they don't, they aren't serious people.

jimababwe2026-01-22 13:47

The best xmen stories are the ones where they fight the government. They could do a series where mutant hide from an ice like agency. What was that show where the mutant family did that?

Madmonkeman2026-01-22 17:13

“These mutants were all teleported to our universe illegally! We need the TVA to deport them back to their universe!”

DAdStanich2026-01-22 14:29

Been overdone imo

Due_Tip_30562026-01-22 14:32

If William Stryker is adapted again, his role as a hypocritical televangelist should be the forefront. But I don't want just anyone to write, portray, or direct that movie. It would have to be done by Christians who actually understand the true faith, just like Chris Claremont portrayed it in "God Loves, Man Kills." A hypocritical preacher who aborts his own mutant child has to be emphasized. Scott Summers and Charles Xavier understand Christ's teachings better than Stryker, and that needs to be on full display.

Cautious_Mission_4382026-01-22 16:00

In some form they should i do think they should make a Wolverine prequel show with a recasted younger actor for Wolverine and Stryker can be introduced there along with recasted Steve Rogers and Bucky and other characters from either the wars or modern time Stryker should appear here and there but Mister Sinister definitely needs to be the main villain for the first film

Wreckshoptimus2026-01-22 16:06

I'm good. We've already seen 3 versions of him

Madmonkeman2026-01-22 17:02

I don’t think the MCU is making their own version of X-Men, they’ll instead be continuing the current series because of the plot in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Sylar_Lives2026-01-22 21:13

Zero chance of that. The old cast is getting their send off in Doomsday/Secret Wars, and new versions of the characters will exist in 616 from that point on.

Metaboschism2026-01-22 17:09

Lol no

Palmquistador2026-01-22 17:33

staycool932026-01-22 17:37

Only if they directly adapt his backstory from God Loves, Man Kills.

Due_Marionberry85642026-01-22 18:13

I cannot stand that actor. I wince every time I hear his voice on the McDonalds ads.

donny022026-01-22 18:18

Only if the x men get into shenanigans

Jet-Let46062026-01-22 18:30

Only if he plays it like [this](https://youtu.be/iHa55oYeADk?si=ke10unano16jq5Qt).

LeoAtrox2026-01-22 19:02

Honestly, I'm a little tired of Stryker in the Fox films, and a little tired of military brass in the MCU films. That's going to be a "pass" for me.

IamJohnnyHotPants2026-01-22 20:36

Brian Cox has evolved into a beloved international superstar in the last 25 years. The MCU should, without question, capitalize on this.

Careless_Royal82092026-01-22 21:18

If they do use Stryker, I'd prefer the comic accurate adaptation.

pigeonwiggle2026-01-22 21:38

i like the comics, wasn't a big fan of the fox movies.

there are Plenty of hateful humans to use... we don't need this.

Fun-Poet53382026-01-22 22:09

Probably gonna get the same treatment as Tyler Hayward.

Chief_Br0dy2026-01-22 22:16

No. I’ve been over Stryker for years. Over used.

God_is_carnage2026-01-22 22:43

I think people saying we need new villains aren't taking into consideration just how much of a departure Fox Stryker was from the comics. The only things they had in common was a hatred of mutants, a mutant child (but comics Stryker killed his child as an infant), and a plan to use Charles Xavier to commit genocide. Everything with the Purifiers and the televangelism was completely lost and instead replaced with ties to Weapon X because Wolverine was the main character of those movies.

lanwopc2026-01-22 23:49

Not especially. There are about a million other things the X-Men could do. Go to space, go to the Mojoverse, fight Proteus.

InspectionCapable2272026-01-23 01:00

# New version mean new look, or new cast, or both?

InspectionCapable2272026-01-23 01:00

SnooCats84512026-01-23 02:01

Bolivar Trask and the sentinels and Dr Thornton, Cornelius and Weapon X program and Henry Gyrich and Val Cooper with the Superhuman Commission (not anti-mutant)…..but having Stryker (religious nut or military scientist) is unnecessary unless they plan on making a “God Loves Man Kills” movie adaptation

Nightwing06132026-01-23 03:59

I want both Stryker & Bolivar Trask

mikeweasy2026-01-23 04:10

Not really I want a new military character villain. Also just use Bolivar Trask.

Keebdaelf232026-01-23 04:51

No , not really 🤷

Better-Snow-71912026-01-23 06:48

No. The character has run its course. The X-Men have plenty of storylines and villains that haven't been done already like The House of X/Powers of X/Dawn of X

Equal-Train-44592026-01-23 19:01

Given how badly they screwed up the Fantastic 4 I could care less. That was the last chance, Im all done with the MCU.

Sylar_Lives2026-01-23 20:36

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HKTLE2026-01-24 08:06

YESS like how they did in original X-men

Larcade_Ultra2026-01-24 09:13

Small inclusion in a new wolverine's story would be fine but otherwise no.

Nervous_Hedgehog81982026-01-24 20:35

If they use Stryker, I want the Reverand, not the Fox version.

richard-5642026-01-24 20:41

They've tread this ground for a quarter of a century. No need to have him as a big role anytime soon.

BigBossBigSnake2026-01-27 18:46

Colonel Striker from Wolverine 1, yes.