Marvel Studios has announced that its MCU X-Men reboot will be released in cinemas on 5 May 2028. The date is significant because it arrives less than five months after Avengers: Secret Wars, positioning the mutant team as a central part of the franchise’s next era after the Multiverse Saga.

Disney regained the film rights to the X-Men through its 2019 acquisition of 21st Century Fox, but Marvel has so far used only limited mutant appearances and legacy characters. Jake Schreier will direct the reboot, with Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Cyclops, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost and Adam Driver as Mister Sinister; Professor X, Storm and Rogue have also reportedly been cast, while plot details remain undisclosed.