{"id":1097234,"date":"2026-07-18T17:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1097234\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T17:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:22:15","slug":"this-july-belongs-to-the-x-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1097234\/","title":{"rendered":"This July Belongs To the X-Men"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week from now, San Diego Comic-Con will be underway, and for many movie fans, the convention matters for one reason: the X-Men<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, there\u2019ve been rumors of potential actors for the superhero team\u2019s first MCU outing, with big names including Adam Driver, Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>, and Cooper Hoffman being thrown around. SDCC\u2019s typically been a place where Marvel reveals both new movies and new casts, so there\u2019s a general expectation that Hall H will deliver the X-goods. It makes sense; Avengers: Doomsday\u2018s already giving us a burst of nostalgia with legacy X-actors<\/a>, so why wouldn\u2019t Marvel be ready to tell us which younger stars will step into those blue-and-yellow suits come 2028 and 2029?<\/p>\n

Even if those rumors weren\u2019t currently gaining ground, this month\u2019s been a particular boon for the mutants thanks to non-movie ventures. X-Men \u201997<\/a>\u00a0premiered its second season at the start of July, and reception to it has been pretty positive so far. A two-year wait doesn\u2019t seem like anything when the season\u2019s current episodes have audiences excited and dreading what\u2019ll come as the three X-teams<\/a> face off against Apocalypse and each other. It doesn\u2019t hurt that the season\u2019s second episode gave Jubilee a chance to go from old punching bag to fun fighter a week before she joined Marvel Rivals<\/a>. The hero shooter had a handful of X-characters at launch, but more recent seasons have added A-listers like Cyclops and Deadpool<\/a>, with other fan-favorites like Nightcrawler<\/a> and Colossus rumored for the near future.<\/p>\n

Speaking of games, Insomniac released a new trailer for Marvel\u2019s Wolverine<\/a>\u00a0just before the weekend. Bloodless so it can play in front of screenings of The Odyssey\u00a0(and eventually on TV), the 90-second promo teases what Logan will get up to when players grab the controller. (The most noteworthy thing about it is revealing Lady Deathstrike, who also appeared in this week\u2019s Wolverine-focused episode of \u201997.) And before\u00a0Wolverine\u00a0hits in September, there\u2019s August\u2019s Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls<\/a>,\u00a0which has X-Men all over its launch roster, with the most out-there pick being the android Danger\u2014who will probably be in next week\u2019s \u201997 episode, \u201cDanger.exe.\u201d Both games have strong hype behind them, so it\u2019s unfortunate that they\u2019re caught up in PlayStation\u2019s decision to ditch physical games soon<\/a> and players are looking to take any justified anger<\/a> out on the two console exclusives.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s happening with the X-Men right now is practically the ideal scenario for Marvel and its nonstop synergy game. Each of these projects offer an overlapping appeal to all types of X-fans while also getting the opportunity to stand on their own. That\u2019s particularly important since, if Marvel\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0have anything mutant-related to show off at SDCC, the show and games will have to tide people over until an announcement does happen. (And potentially longer, should those film productions fall apart.) It\u2019s all eyes on the X-Men once again, and io9 will be at San Diego Comic-Con to see what Marvel does with this momentum.<\/p>\n

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Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A week from now, San Diego Comic-Con will be underway, and for many movie fans, the convention matters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1097235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3935],"tags":[3983,77,144990,3943,16,15,7934,32021],"class_list":["post-1097234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-avengers-doomsday","tag-entertainment","tag-marvels-wolverine","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-x-men","tag-x-men-97"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116942140177192139","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1097234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1097235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1097234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1097234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1097234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}