Adam Driver will play Mister Sinister and Inde Navarrette will go Rogue in Marvel’s X-Men reboot
Disney's D23 event on Saturday (Aug 15), Singapore time, also saw announcements related to the Star Wars franchise.
At Disney's D23 event in Singapore on Saturday (Aug 15), Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced the casting of Adam Driver to play Mister Sinister and Inde Navarrette as Rogue in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) reboot of the X-Men film franchise. The film is set for release in May 2028. Driver, who had been rumored for the role of Magneto, expressed his excitement about joining the MCU.
Other new cast members include Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Kit Connor as Scott "Cyclops" Summers, and Sadie Sink as Jean Grey. The cast members were meeting each other backstage for the first time. The X-Men joining the MCU became possible with Disney's acquisition of Fox's film studio in 2019. The movie is being directed by Jake Schreier, with Lee Sung-jin and Joanna Calo writing the script.
Ryan Gosling and Shawn Levy are set to star in Star Wars: Starfighter, which is due for release in May 2027.
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