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Personally, I don't know if Jake Schreier is the right person for the job. He's fine for low-stakes dramadies, but he didn't quite knock it out of the park with Thunderbolts* in my opinion; what made the movie work enough were the performances of the cast, but the script needed another pass, as the story could have been more compelling and the attempts at having witty back-and-forth just lacked the quality earlier, and better Marvel films have had.

Too bad Joss Whedon proved to be such a snake, because a decade ago I would have chosen him based on the first two Avengers and his iconic run on Astonishing X-Men (and you can't forget that his original creation Buffy Summers was basically Kitty Pryde without her abilities and cast as a vampire slayer).

I think Sir Kenneth Branagh would have been a great fit, given how well he translated Thor to the screen. The exuberance of Thor and his supporting cast was retained in live action with honesty, rather than played for self-deprecating humor. One thing that virtually all past live-action attempts at the X-Men have failed to achieve, even the great ones, is the high-stakes melodrama. There is a Shakespearean quality to the best X-Men stories that has yet to be delivered in full in live-action, I would argue, and only in animation has it been achieved. Plus, an X-Men movie composed by Patrick Doyle would be pretty epic.

Surprised Shawn Levy wasn't considered, given the success of Deadpool & Wolverine and the success of Stranger Things (which he produced and helmed several episodes for), which inspired the casting of David Harbour as Red Guardian and Sadie Sink as Jean Grey. But instead, they have him on Ghost Rider next...So, go figure.

Most of the actors who have been said to be in consideration (like Bill Skarsgard, Will Poulter, and Harris Dickinson) are not very far apart in age from Sadie Sink and Kit Connor, or the actors rumored for Rogue and Beast (in Skarsgard's case, he is the same age as Charles Melton, who has been linked to Hank for some while). In fact, Harris Dickinson is the same age as Tom Holland (who is even older by a few weeks). Christopher Abbott and Tom Pelphrey seem more ideal given they are in their 40's... Though personally? I cannot see either being that great of a fit. I think Marvel Studios is wasting time by not hiring Harry Lloyd - who played a younger version of Charles in Legion's third season and was excellent (totally nailed playing a father to Dan Stevens, which isn't easy to do given he had no make-up to appear older and he is a year younger than the person playing his son).