Next X-Men Sequel’s Title May Have Just Been Revealed
20th Century Fox has a lot of irons in the fire when it comes to their comic book movies.Deadpool 2is on the way, following in the surprisingly successful footsteps of the first film, andthere’s alsoNew Mutantsfrom director Josh Boone introducing a new team of young mutants to audiences. Beyond that, there’s thehope of a Deadpool and Wolverine crossoverto followLoganat some point. But what about the primaryX-Menfranchise?
Not too long ago, there was talk of some trouble behind the scenes at 20th Century Fox and rumors that theremight be a soft rebootof the primaryX-Menfranchise. We still don’t know what’s happening on that front. But it appears that the title for the next sequel in theX-Menfilm series has been revealed, and it corroborates some previous details we had heard about the project.
Find out about theX-Men Apocalypsesequel title after the jump.
The most recent issue ofProduction Weekly(viaComic Book Movie) had the titleX-Men: Supernovalisted. Apparently this title has been floating around online since December, but at that time, it was believed to be the working title forNew Mutants. But this issue of Production Weekly has bothX-Men: SupernovaandX-Men: The New Mutantslisted separately.
Now we would be skeptical of this being the actual title of the sequel, but another production site,My Entertainment World, which has job listings for people trying to find entertainment jobs listed the same thing. Check it out:
Making us even less skeptical is the fact that the title lines up with some of the chatter about the sequel that surfaced last summer just before X-Men: Apocalypse hit theaters. In addition to hearing that the sequelwould take place in the 90s, Bryan Singer (who isn’t directing this one anymore)had this to say:
Another thing that’s been introduced in the comics is a big alien, interstellar tenant within theX-Menuniverse that hasn’t been explored. And to me, that might be kind of fun because I’m a hugeStar WarsandStar Trekfan, and exploring the X-Men universe and being able to utilize that would be exciting, visually.
As we recounted back then, one of the most iconicX-Mencomic storylines is the Dark Phoenix storyline involving Jean Grey being possessed by a very powerful cosmic entity. The presence of the Dark Phoenix was already teased in a climactic sequence ofX-Men: Apocalypsewhere Jean Grey’s (Sophie Turner) powers were on full display, and with a sci-fi style title likeSupernovabeing revealed, this all makes too much sense to ignore.
Of course,Comic Book Resourcespoints out there’s also a 2007 comic book calledX-Men: Supernovas, which focused on a group of the heroes led by Rogue and their fight against the Children of the Vault – a cousin species of modern humans who believe that they should rule Earth. But unless Rogue is introduced as a new character in the next movie, or she’s replaced by another mutant, that seems unlikely.
Then again,X-Men: Supernovacould just as easily be another working title that is meant to get fans speculating rather than accurately representing the sequel itself. At this point we don’t even know which cast members would be returning for this sequel since all theX-Men: First Classcast members would have to renegotiate for a new movie.
Anyway, we should probably take this all with a grain of salt. But if these details are true, we might have twoX-Menmovies heading into production at the same time.
UPDATE:Omega Undergroundhas looked into this revelation, and it appears this title might be bogus, though an X-Men: Apocalypse sequel is definitely still in the works. We’ll just have to wait and see how this all shakes out.
