X-Men (MCCUE10)

X-Men is an upcoming superhero film based on the Marvel Comics property X-Men. The film is written and directed by Bong Joon-Ho and is the third film in Earth 10's Marvel Comics Cinematic Universe. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Giancarlo Esposito, Christoph Waltz, Jaeden Martell, Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Aidan Gallagher, Noah Jupe, Gabriel Bateman, and Ross Marquand.

Cast

 * Giancarlo Esposito as Charles Xavier
 * Christoph Waltz as Erik Lensherr
 * Jaeden Martell as Scott Summers/Cyclops
 * Millie Bobby Brown as Jean Grey
 * Caleb McLaughlin as Hank McCoy/Beast
 * Aidan Gallagher as Warren Worthington III/Angel
 * Noah Jupe as Bobby Drake/Iceman
 * Gabriel Bateman as John Allerdyce/Pyro
 * Aaron Taylor Johnson plays an older Pyro in a post credits scene.
 * Ross Marquand as Bolivar Trask

Additionally, Ana de Armas plays Mystique in a post credits scene.

Plot
In 2003, on the secluded island of Genosha, a pair of lifelong friends, Professor Charles Xavier (Giancarlo Esposito) and Erik Lensherr (Christoph Waltz) run a school for “gifted students”. However, this school is secretly a safe haven for young mutants to learn to control their powers without interference from humans. The public’s perception of mutants is frightful, as they fear what they cannot understand.

Charles and Erik lead a group of their students who want to use their abilities to help the public see mutants as people too. This team calls themselves the X-Men and consists of Scott Summers (Jaeden Martell), Jean Grey (Millie Bobby Brown), Hank McCoy (Caleb McLaughlin), Warren Worthington (Aidan Gallagher), Bobby Drake (Noah Jupe), and John Allerdyce (Gabriel Bateman).

Each of the young mutants struggles with their own issues; Scott is coping with the recent death of his older brother, Jean fears what her own power can do, Hank deals with rejection due to his slightly animalistic appearance, Warren fights a drug addiction started by his wealthy childhood, Bobby struggles to feel accepted due to his homophobic and unaccepting parents, and John has a hell of a temper after spending time in juvie.

Charles and Erik’s School is the only place where the group of misfits feel truly safe, they feel like a family… until John slips back into his ways and gets into an altercation with Bobby, calling him names and punching him. John eventually runs away from Genosha and finds himself in New York City where he begins using his powers to scare humans. Mutant research expert Bolivar Trask (Ross Marquand) hears of a mutant terrorist in New York and sends a troupe of soldiers to capture him.

The X-Men are sent out on their first mission to bring John back to Genosha before Trask gets ahold of him. The team battles Trask’s men but the soldiers are equipped to neutralize the mutants abilities. The X-Men are forced to retreat after Charles gets shot in the spine and loses the ability to walk, however, John and Erik are captured in the process. Scott demands to go back for them but the others convince him that there’s nothing they can do.

In a post credits scene, 16 years after the battle of New York, the X-Men are now a widely known phenomenon, although they don’t show themselves publicly very often, the school has grown in numbers and taken in many more mutants. Meanwhile, we see Erik and John (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) locked away in a government research facility. Bolivar Trask enters the room and brutally murders the two guards keeping watch, before shapeshifting into a blue-skinned woman (Ana de Armas).