Who should direct the first MCU X-Men movie?
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The X-Men are coming to the MCU...eventually. And when they do, who should lead the production?
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Important thing that no one ever seems to mention about Matthew Vaughn: he didn’t leave after First Class, he helped write and produce Days of Future Past as well
X-men days of future past is my personal favorite X-men movie
@@NadeemShekh-uy9zn Awesome! It’s mine too, it’s probably my 3rd personal favorite comic book film ever
The best X men films, alongside Logan. More like Dramas than Comedies. I also want them to direct Blade and a possible MoonKnight Movie
@@NadeemShekh-uy9znthat movie was such a surprisingly great film, 2014-2016/17 had some really great superhero films and it was when the X-Men franchise was actually doing quite well with Logan in ‘17. I mean X-Men days of future past was better than the MCU team-up.
He had a concept for a First Class sequel before Fox went the DOFP route. First Class is my favourite X-Men film ever so if he were to return, I'd love it.
Fun fact - One of the Daniels (Daniel Kwan) directed one of the episodes of Legion, so he knows how to helm X men propeties
more importantly than the X-connection imo is what Kwan did with surreal imagery that feels comic booky but executed in a way that only cinema can achieve. No spoilers obv if people haven't seen it, but it was great.
I would LOVE John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein- they do a great job of balancing comedy and drama plus visualizing cool powers as shown in D&D
Id also love to see them tackle the X-men could you imagine what they creatively do with powers like Jean Grey's telekinesis, Night-Crawlers teleportation, Storm's weather manipulation, Gambit's kinetic energy transfer and Rogue's ability transfer in a group dynamic
absolute yes for john frances daley
Not to mention strong character writing
Yes
tbh i really wanted them to continue the guardians saga than the xmen
"Bobby very heterosexually blows on the glass bottle" TOOK ME OUT. Idk why I'm dying from that line, it's so funny.
I love these videos, it's so fun to discuss talented creators with the potential to make really unique projects with this material.
I’m thankful I’m not the only one who found this hilarious 😂😂
I would like Mathew Vaugn to do X-Men yes he did First Class but I would love for him to multiple X-Men films. If not him then Duffer Brothers after their done with Stranger Things final season if they wanna do another franchise. Or the legion dude considering he basically made an X-Men project. Actually Nia feels like the right choice considering how much she cares about the character
18:08 obligatory note that GotG is pretty much a DnD campaign in space - gunn plays too. so it's more that the storytelling that players can stumble upon in DnD games strikes a chord for many. those who can recognize that and can adapt such stories for other mediums have strong potential to do well.
Now I want Jordan Peele to direct the X-Men 😢
He said he doesn’t want to do big franchises
I would love that!!
after his last 2 movies? Pass
@@jpcoqueranyou don’t get them🥱🥱🥱
I want the X-Men to direct Jordan Peele
I once wrote this pitch for an X-Men reboot where it was directed by Brad Bird and featured Jubilee & Kitty Pryde as co-leads. The main team consisted of characters who never got the attention they deserved in the original X-Men films like Nightcrawler, Gambit, Psylocke, Storm, Warpath, and Havok, they were all mentored by the original five X-Men as a way of passing the torch between the old and new movies, and the main villain was to be Mister Sinister.
Thats Awesome, is it avaible somewhere?
@@cauesiqueira9773 I put it down on my notes app, so no unfortunately.
You could have said "everyone but Wolverine" and it would've still made sense.
A best friend and I did our own, where after the Cold War, America is looking for a new superweapon to beat Russia in the arms race - after super soldiers failed to stop HYDRA from infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D.
A rogue scientist and his group of researchers discover the advent of mutants and decide to use them to siphon their powers to create new tech and weapons.
Stryker and Cameron Hodge now develop resources to get rid of political and business competitors who don't want this war to happen and they try to have public figures in their way assassinated. The scientist suggests to use a mutant they captured as their fall guy.
The OG X-Men are informed by Fury to Xavier about the threat and someone framed them with trying to assassinate those same high officials in the public eye. Now they must clear their name or risk being outed as mutants to find out how this happened.
You had me at Brad Bird. Seriously, why hasn't Marvel considered hiring that guy? He not only gave us the Incredibles, but also can do live action spectacle like in Mission Impossible and Tomorrowland.
Compromise: Nia DiaCosta directing, Daley/Goldstein writing, best of both worlds for me
Keke Palmer should be Rogue so she can bully Peele into directing X-Men because that would be the best movie ever.
I would love Keke Palmer as Rogue but Jordan Peele is never gonna direct an MCU film
No, no more changing the ethnicity of the characters
Given the recent Redhead trends, it would be Jean getting the change.
@@DragunovWayneit would benefit and add more to her story
@@CityPlannerPlaysChairlmao, "redhead representation" 😂
I'm surprised that Brad Bird isn't on this list, considering how he managed to be great at both animation and live-action. I think he can be able to create the X-Men, but have them utilizing their powers very interestingly.
he can never be forgiven for Tomorrowland
@@patrickparadis9038 , I blame the studio and Damien Lindelof more for that movie.
00:38 - "That's the difference between Favreau, Waititi, Zhao, Gunn, Raimi and Whedon".
Those differences are still widely homogenized by the Marvel's filter of production guidelines when comparing their non-Marvel movies and TV series.
Zhao's Eternals in particular is a terrible showcase of her talents when compared to Nomadland and The Rider.
I actually liked Eternals, I know not a popular call. Think it would have made a better Disney plus show with an episode for each time period.
Nomadland had far superior worldbuilding to Eternals, a movie which prioritized worldbuilding.
@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom never heard of it, is it worth looking out for?
@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdomsounds like your problem is with the writing.
The Eternals only problems was the writing and pacing.
Coogler. he can handle prejudices and heroes like no one else.
Nah
Honestly, I’d like to see Phil Lord and Chris Millet direct the first MCU X-Men Movie.
Id LOVE that, though I'm more familiar/prefer their animated project's than their live action projects so what are some of their better live action movies to get a better sense.
> "direct the first MCU Movie"
Sorry to tell you but that ship has sailed a while ago, buddy. =T
@@cormano64 sorry, typo error. Thanks for letting me know 👍
GOTG 4
@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdomTHANK YOU! I said that literally the second I got out of GOTG 3
"and because this movie is such a high priority, I just can't see Disney not going with proven talent." You would think so, but remember that they gave Spider-Man, they're most popular character, to Jon Watts.
Loved the video! I always appreciate how much energy and research you put into these suggestions. Personally, I would love to see Vaughn return to the X-Men, as I think First Class came the closest to portraying the X-Men as a team and not just a background for a main character.
An outside the box choice, but Rob McIlhenney would be an interesting choice as a director. He knows how to write crazy characters & direct ensemble casts. Plus, that means there’s always a chance that Glenn Howerton would play an older version of Cyclops.
As much as I love Rob, hes alot more of a writer/producer than a director. Im not saying he couldnt do it, id love to see it.
But I would never want him to do X-MEN if it meant hes to busy to do Always Sunny
@@fredcarmichael5544 I definitely concur!
If being a creep of their podcast has taught me anything, it’s that the three of them make a great writing team. Give Charlie the characters that are just so awkward and different, give Glenn the kids that are teetering on joining Magneto due to bad encounters with muggles, and Rob the straight characters that need to be unpolished and made fun and exciting to watch.
He's much too busy with IASIP and Wrexham
Danny devito as wolverine 😭😭😭
I'd start with a cold open of the x-men as teens in the Battle of New York. Then flashforward to present day.
Yo🤯👌
Your videos make me so excited for the future of CBMs, in spite of the fact that I usually don't get your comic book references!
I think Gore Verbinski would be great! I think his Pirates trilogy has proven scope, dealing with a variety of characters, and a more natural love story.
THIS🤯🍻
Wachowskis- experience helming a big franchise and they can relate to the mission statement of the X-men movies.
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Daniel Kwan directed an episode of Legion
I should direct the first X-men movie!💪🏾
Jordan Peele pitched Disney a Gargoyles movie…and they turned him down.
That may be why he has no interest in franchises.
I think that both Deadpool films are the actual best mutant/X-Men films, so Tim Miller or David Leitch would also be awesome.
Please do more of these Nando
i love these options can't wait for more videos like this!
My favorite pick yours is The Duffer Brothers. What a great call.
I really liked both of James Mangold's Wolverine movies, and would love to see him tackle the whole X-Men team proper.
Those were who I would want to direct this project as well as James Gunn.
Another one who I feel would be great but would never do it is Bill Hader. I think he’d be able to mix the darker themes with the lightheartedness, and he can definitely direct a great action scene
7:59 I had a choking fit with laughter for that line, thank you very much
I think it would be really cool to have Neill Blomkamp direct an X-men movie
Facts
I'd love to see him do a Richard Rider Nova movie
Ugh. I love your videos - and they simultaneously make me so excited for the X-Men movie potential - and sad at what feels like wasted past efforts.
jordan peele is easily the dream pick for x-men, no question
Love how you referenced polaris' caffeine addiction.
Maybe not the first one but it'd great to see James Mangold work on an X-men movie again
Watching this AFTER "The Marvels", I think DaCosta would be great! I mean, I really didn't understand why so many people hated "The Marvels"... I mean, the fight scenes and character interactions were great... The villain was a little lacking, but if she's an X-Men fan, she'd have no shortage of dynamic and interesting villains to choose from. And I honestly think the comedy was spot on for what X-Men should be like...
Maybe, based on reviews, they could have DaCosta working with someone else as a duo?
I'm shocked Gina Prince-Blythewood isn't on this list after her amazing work on The Old Guard. Best super power action movie in decades.
Old guard was dope
Fantastic video Nando
Something the new X-Men movies need to get across is that Storm isn't just a powerful mutant, but that she's badass with or without her powers. One of my favourite Storm moments is from Uncanny X-Men 142 when she talks Wolverine down during a fight:
Wolverine: "I wouldn't take that from Cyclops!"
Storm: "You *will* take it from me"
That's the kind of edge that the MCU Storm should have on screen. Also, we need Kitty in the MCU, lots of Kitty.
I would love to heart your pitch for an MCU (or not) X-Men film!
I did not know that Daley and Goldstein were rebooting MASK. That is fantastic news. It's a property that is prime for a modern day reboot if done well.
I’d always thought the Witchowski’s would make for a pretty fun X-Men movie. I don’t know who would write it, but yeah.
I feel like they'd be great for cetain stories but not the whole run. They'd do a kickass Nighcrawler or Excalibur, I think. Honestly, I want to see a bunch of directors over the years to really round out that "all sides of humanity" thing the X-men have going on
Not them thats for sure. Also considering Matrix Resurrection, and them not working together anymore, it would be a shitshow
@@GuineaPigEveryday To be fair, they're kind of a one-hit wonder
Considering Matrix 4... no thanks.
@@Paradox-es3bl I was thinking something more along the lines of Sense 8 would fit an x-men film or TV show for them. Or we could give them one of those acid trip 90s characters and have them go nuts in a Speed Racer style
At the end of the day I would like to see a writing team and director that actually cares about the X-Men comics.
I'll be honest if you asked me what 2 X-men Marvel should build the movies around, I'd say Kurt Wagner and Kitty Pryde
First movie: Cyclops and Storm have their first mission with Kurt and Kitty. keep Kurt older/experienced, make Cyclops and Storm the main characters, but make Kurt and Kitty the heart (establish the family)
Movie 2: Uncle Wolverine is back in town, and the kids sneak along. Keep Scott and Storm involved as going after the kids/eventual backup but spice up the team
A plot Wolverine story with back door set up for spin-off movies/shows/specials B plot Cyclops and Storm try to wrestle back their main character status (basically stablish Wolverine as a sixth ranger)
Movie Wolverine claws: Apocalypse. Cyclops and/or Storm become head of the School and/or public Figures of similar caliber, meanwhile Kurt and Kitty are promoted to leaders of their own team. And Wolverine is there (we set the franchise for a split direction Cyclops and Storm stay in the U.S. with vs. the Government, vs. the hellfire club, vs. Reverend William Stryker movies, your comicbook grounded style X-Stories while Nightcrawler and Shadowcat go globle trotting or to space or dimension hopping, your wacky fun time X-storyies)+(use Wolverine as a posterboy for your Loner/Darker/Horror X-storyies)
Btws: my pre watching this video pitch didn't include the split focus the new "main characters" would have been Kitty And Kurt
i'm so glad i didn't click away from the coffee promo
Lord & Miller
fantastic four
We see that Authority book behind you! How long till we get the Nando take on those books, and your predictions on what the Gunn vision of them might look like/ought to look like
Quantumania is a great movie, and that's the hill I'll die on.
25:35 made me laugh so hard when the quantumania theme started playing
On the topic of Vaughn's collaborators, I feel it's fair to mention that Jane Goldman has helped him co-write many of those mentioned movies.
and she didn't do his last movie the king's man, which probably explains why that movie is so messy
Edgar Wright directed and written by the Duffer Bros… it could be truly magical
They would want to do both write and direct.
I’d bring back Vaughn. He deserves to make an X-Men movie without any complications.
I have that Marvel Legends Cyclops too. He’s really awesome.
Such a fun figure
Hearing about the director is warming me up to the Marvels.
25:23 Every part of this sentence is absolutely true, including the part about Kitty Pryde
8:00 - I WAS HOWLING!!! HAHAHA!!
I'm just here for Honor Among Thieves praise, thank you for providing
what would you do for the new mutants, if you were to recast them from their film?
Someone who knows how to put a dark feeling but not a pessimistic impact
You should do a pitch on how you want the first x-men movie to go
6:14 You had me at Legion. Whatever it takes, get Noah Hawley for Xmen. 'Nuff said.
7:48 big budget superspeed there’s a lot of great tv speedsters
I love the line about, "Isn't the internet for pretending that my opinions matter?"
I really like the pitches for Daley/Goldstein and DaCosta. Lots of great potential for both. I also agree with your assessment of Vaughan. First Class was my favorite of the main Fox X-Men movies, but he probably wouldn't want to come back to Marvel right now. Plus, I would rather get someone new for X-Men, and I think he would be a great pick for the Authority movie.
Maybe it's just cause i loved the movie and it's recent, but I think Steven Caple Jr. of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts could do it. That movie is all about uniting as one to fight forces that threaten us all, and has a very fun outsider coming into a bigger team dynamic that change both the outsider and the team with Noah and the Autobots. Steven seems to want to do large ensembles as evidenced by the movie's ending so I think he's a valid option too
PERFECT CASTING JUST HAPPENED FOR DC VIDEO PLEASE!!!!🙌🔥👏👏👏
Kids in the Hall did 'these are the Dave's I know' skit back in the day. Maybe the Daniel's should model it after that? Lol
Great video though one small correction, Stranger Things is now currently the second most watched being topped by Wednesday a few days ago. Again great video and great picks. Just a small correction.
Each Marvel franchise has its own genre. Iron Man is corporate SF, Black Panther is techno-fantasy, Thor is action comedy. So the director will depend on the genre.
The Wachowskis = mutant/identity punk (if the X-Men have been hiding in plain sight thus far).
Katsuhiro Otomo = worldbuilding spectacle (if the X-Men have been hanging out on Asteroid M or Krakoa thus far).
David Sandburg = teen drama (if we want to go all Hogwarts)
I think Doug Liman as director and Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley as screenplay writers would be amazing.
Love the Edgar Wright love
Paul hoen has experience doing stories about characters who feel like outcasts give him a. Bigger budget he would do a great X-men movie
Daley & Goldstein would be a very MCU choice since their style of writing and directing is very much akin to the best MCU movies outside of Infinity War/Endgame, but I think the X-Men needs to be a big change for the MCU. The MCU needs to do something new and I think they could do that by making the X-Men a top-tier action-adventure franchise with Christopher McQuarrie. The dude took an old franchise in Mission Impossible that would have died were it not for Tom Cruise hyping it and turned into one of, if not THE best action-adventure franchises of all time. They sprinkle in humor in Mission Impossible movies, but the MCU tries to break every bit of tension with humor, like Chandler Bing became a movie franchise.
I think you should consider highlighting one more director: Dan Trachtenberg. He's fresh enough that he'd hopefully be willing to work with the big machine that Marvel is but also has proven himself enough in smaller-scale projects like 10 Cloverfield Lane and Prey. He would do a spectacular job! Just watched this video hoping his name would be next, and I think you may have overlooked a perfect candidate here
At least 1 project/movie in-between First Class and Days of Future Past would've been awesome
DeCosta makes a lot of sense based on the strengths and arguments you made. Hopefully she gets it.
If Matthew Vaughn directs The Authority movie, that sounds great. In fact, I would love to see all the directors you mentioned like Jordan Peele, Matthew Vaughn, Edgar Wright, and Daley/Goldstein work on a DCU project. For example, I would love to see Daley/Goldstein take on a Teen Titans film and The Duffer Bros helm a Justice League Dark if they leave Netflix.
I like the new set
While Duffer or Peele would be my personal fave of your choices, I think Daley/Goldstein is a GREAT pic.
If Jordan Peele ever directs a marvel film it will be a Dr Strange because Dr Strange is where the interesting horror directors go to make something that isn't really an interesting horror film but will be marketed as such for a while
James Gunn
The correct answer is James Gunn
Why? For Cyclops to tell goofy jokes all day
@@marvinj1000 where'd you get that impression?
@@Irish_Enderman all the movies he directed
@@marvinj1000 have you seen Guardians of the Galaxy 3?
Rocket's backstory is depressing
@@Irish_Endermanbecause it's depressing in the comics
After watching I’m A Virgo I think that Boots Riley would also be a great choice to direct and X-Men movie
last night in Soho was awesome! imo
I neither have a big interest in comic books or directors, but when i think about X-men i think about prosecution, injustice and somewhat silly fun and I dont know why but the first name that came into my mind when thinking about that was Matrix...Lana Wachowski or both. Sense 8 season one was really fun and showed that she/they can do thrilling political stories without them getting to exhausting and serious. We know that they can do action and interesting way of showing powers and they have some history when it comes to working with marvel so I just gonna asume that they have some fimiliarity with the genre/source material.
X-men Savage land, yes please. The D & D movie was surprisingly entertaining. I expect the Marvels to land about as well as The Flash.
If it was me, & we are still expecting the MCU to be around long term I'd do it this way. Initially a Disney plus show focused on the School and young versions of the original team, possibly set pre blip. The X-men never got involved with Thanos because they were still untrained Kids. Characters like Storm & Wolverine would debut in other movies. It would be a joy to see Logan start out in Alpha Flight (or maybe we just get to keep Hughe).
The original team gets Krakoa'd & post credit scene's are Xavier wandering around like in 1st class picking up Nightcrawler, Collossus and the like. Finaly Boom! the big Avengers level team up event.
Phill Lord and Chris Miller should make the Xmen movie.
Or Brad Bird.
Phil Lord and Chris Miller!!
Hey Nando, big fan! I don't quite understand your point at 7:42 where you say "Maybe it's easier than you'd expect" than talk about how the director of Nomadland directed amazing super speed, I think if anything it shows how a skills director is able to present and convey these powers in great and creative ways. Just seemed like the way you put it belittled the skill that goes behind making these types of things well and artistically. But I could have misunderstood, just wanted to share this thought. Thanks for your great work!
I wholly respect Nando’s opinion because he’s clearly a fan and is super knowledgeable about the comics. However, I have never understood the hatred people have for X-Men: Apocalypse. That was personally one of my favorite theater experiences I’ve ever had and I thought it was super fun and utilized my experience as a fan of the X-Men series. Granted, there are flaws I understand (there’s a lot going on, the young characters don’t get as much time as they deserve, Apocalypse isn’t huge, etc) but those don’t detract from it for me personally.
I'm not gonna pretend it was the worst superhero movie ever. It certainly wasn't. However, I feel like it just did not mesh with how I see the X-Men and especially Apocalypse. In my mind, Apocalypse should be a Thanos level character, both in physical size and in narrative weight. I think he was miscast and poorly interpreted. That said, if a person either was unfamiliar with comics Apocalypse or was less precious about it, like my dad is, I could totally see someone find enjoyment where I struggle. I certainly didn't hate this movie, and I'm glad people were able to enjoy it more than I was
X-men apocalypse was a mixed bag but I've grown to like that movie over time
ooooh man... my personal favourites are the guys who did the DnD movie.... pleeease pleeease get them. That makes a solid argument why they SHOULD really do it....that would be amazing! :)
Ok the fuller 'stache & beard really makes him look like "Evil Nando"
I just read wayward pines recently. I had no idea they’d adapted it. They really should do dark matter though.
do a silver sufer or nova pitch
Also we need a movie with the x-men vs the brood
They need to reboot first, and hand it over to Universal
Andy Muschietti will be an interesting choice. He’s proven to juggle large casts easily, balance drama and comedy, and create a distinct visual style. I’m really talking more about my experiences w the It movies rather than The Flash tho 😅
I still have PTSD from all the CGI in The Flash though, so it's a pass from me for now.
They've already nailed him to Batman.
DC has him locked up
@@trunghoadang3710 He is always awful with CGI. Mama, It Chapter 2, now The Flash.
@@lead6186Not only CGI, he is a BAD director as well. It chapter 2 is one of the worst horror movies I've ever seen. Chapter 1 was ok because Fukunaga wrote the script, 2 was a disaster without him.
do a silver sufer pitch
I was excited to see Nia DaCosta directing and co-writing The Marvels. Then I went on to read about the production details of the film, and apparently, The Marvels has gone under heavy re-shoot and "massive overhaul". So, I fear that Marvel Studio has ruined both DaCosta's original creative work and the movie itself. So, if the movie turns out disappointing, I wouldn't blame DaCosta, the blood will be on the studio's hands.
Or maybe she's not a great director and they're salvaging it as best they can? We'll never know. Normally I'd be like, studio interference? = bad. But it's the MCU... so I feel like maybe sometimes it's for the best? Maybe? Hard to know for sure.
@@Paradox-es3bl There hasn't been any MCU post-production reshoot that improved the movie. All the reshoots have been done to fit the movies in the conveyor belt of nonstop factory-made content supply.
The bigger question what will the x men look like after deadpool 3 and what run are basing the x men on my guess for latter would jothan Hickman house and powers of x
The second guy also has all these diverse movies and can really speak to the experience of being a marginalized person. All his previous projects show how capable he is of connecting with the underdog, the actual underdog, and the entitled dog.
Whoa whoa whoa
17:25 *rebooting M.A.S.K*
Wait to send my mind out of the topic 😐
As my favourite childhood comic, cartoon and toyline... I've been praying for a M.A.S.K reboot for a long time.
Obviously aware of the IDW reboot a while back, and the plans for the Hasbro-verse with M.A.S.K sharing a movie universe with other IPs such as G.I Joe & Transformers but the franchise has so much potential for nostalgic nerds as well as the young generations of today and tomorrow