It’s time. Iron Man, Captain America and more will be recast after the release of Avengers: Secret Wars.
Marvel Studios chief, Kevin Feige, announced the plans at a press discussion last Friday (July 18).
Which characters are we talking? How about a new cast of X-Men? Just in time for the new movie, directed by Jake Schreier.
Now don’t sweat it. Many of the actors from X-Men movies you’ve loved the last two decades are back in their roles in Avengers: Doomsday, which is set to hit theatres next year. Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James Marsden, Kelsey Grammer, Alan Cumming, and Rebecca Romijn are back.
But yeah, a bunch of characters will have new actors.
Feige said, “We’re utilizing that (story) not just to round out the stories we’ve been telling post-Endgame, just as importantly — and you can look at the at the Secret Wars comics for where that takes you — it very, very much sets us up for the future. Endgame, literally, was about endings. Secret Wars is about beginnings.”
Kevin Feige says Marvel will eventually recast their core cast such as Iron Man, and Captain America
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Feige added that Secret Wars will be more of a “reset” than a “reboot”.
“Reboot is a scary word… Reboot can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Reset, singular timeline — we’re thinking along those lines. X-Men is where that will happen next.” It was around this point of the discussion that Feige mentioned Iron Man & Capt. America.
Feige then hinted that Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman may be in more projects, after the success of Deadpool & Wolverine. “I think there is more fun to be had with both of those characters. But we’ll see where.”
