The minute Sadie Sink (“Stranger Things”) got cast in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” the prevailing theory was that Sink would be introducing someone new and important for the future of the MCU.
How about Jean Grey? That was the rumor, and it’s now been confirmed by The Hot Mic’s Jeff Sneider. Sink has officially graduated from “Stranger Things,” and she’s now hopped onboard the MCU.
After “Thunderbolts,” director Jake Schreier is helming Marvel’s highly anticipated “X-Men” reboot. The script is being written by Michael Lesslie, whose credits include “Assassin’s Creed” and “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”
No cast has been officially announced yet, but that hasn’t stopped rumors from swirling: Sink has been attached to Jean Grey for months now. Also rumored, Jack Champion (“Scream VI”) is reportedly being eyed for Cyclops, Julia Butters (“The Fabelmans”) for Kitty Pryde, and Margaret Qualley (“The Substance”) for Rogue.
The reboot is being billed as the X-Men’s big-screen return since Disney acquired 20th Century Fox in 2019. Fox’s X-Men franchise, which spanned seven films and three Wolverine spinoffs, ended on a sour note with 2019’s “Dark Phoenix,” which bombed with both critics and audiences.
There have been a lot of bad ‘X-Men’ movies: “X-Men: The Last Stand” (‘06), “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” (‘09), “X-Men: Apocalypse” (‘16), “Dark Phoenix” (‘19), “The New Mutants” (‘20) … Fox milked this franchise to death. By my count, there have been four good X-Men movies released: “X2” (‘02), “X-Men: First Class” (‘11), “X-Men: Days of Future Past” (‘14) and “Logan” (‘17).
No word yet on when the X-Men reboot will shoot, but with a rumored 2028 release date, I would expect it to start production sometime in late 2026 or early 2027. In the meantime, Sink’s reveal as Jean Grey in ‘Brand New Day’ will be unveiled soon as that film hits theaters July 31, 2026.