{"id":46803,"date":"2026-08-15T14:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T09:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46803"},"modified":"2026-08-15T14:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T09:54:30","slug":"x-men-unveils-inde-navarrette-adam-driver-as-part-of-star-studded-cast-at-d23-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46803","title":{"rendered":"\u2018X-Men\u2019 unveils Inde Navarrette, Adam Driver as part of star-studded cast at D23 Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F08%2Fnewspress-collage-xvoo70ouq-1786786237077.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261786771892\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The \u201cX-Men\u201d are finally coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige unveiled the cast alongside Sadie Sink, who will reprise her role as Jean Grey, and director Jake Schreier, during Disney\u2019s D23 Showcase event in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/02\/hollywood\/why-20-year-old-youtuber-is-hottest-property-in-hollywood-and-how-for-us-by-us-films-are-disrupting-the-movie-business\/\">Inde Navarrette<\/a>, who starred in the horror hit \u201cObsession,\u201d will take on the role of Rogue and \u201cStar Wars\u201d actor Adam Driver will play Nathaniel Millbury, an alias for the mutant villain Mister Sinister.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Maya Boyd, Inde Navarrette, Samara Weaving, Christopher Abbott, Kit Connor, Jake Schreier, Sadie Sink, and Kevin Feige onstage at D23. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Disney<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rest of the newly announced cast includes Broadway\u2019s \u201c&amp; Juliet\u201d star Maya Boyd as Storm, \u201cHeartstopper\u201d star Kit Connor as Cyclops, Jean\u2019s love interest, while \u201cWolfman\u201d star Christopher Abbott is set as Professor X and \u201cReady or Not\u201d star Samara Weaving is Emma Frost.<\/p>\n<p>Sink made her debut as Jean Grey in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/28\/entertainment\/spider-man-brand-new-day-review-marvels-only-good-series-is-back-after-5-years\/\">\u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d<\/a> in July. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThey just met backstage for the very first time,\u201d Feige said, adding that the cast announced Friday is not the complete lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Driver didn\u2019t attend the event, but he appeared via video from an empty Pinewood Studios outside London rather than joining the cast onstage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Kevin [Feige] told me to show up for X-Men, I assumed he meant on set,\u201d Driver said. \u201cSo instead of being there in California, I\u2019m here at Pinewood on this very lonely soundstage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Adam Driver appeared via video from an empty Pinewood Studios outside London.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKevin and I have been talking for years about joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I think we\u2019ve finally found the perfect film at the perfect time, with characters I feel very deeply about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019m very excited to be playing Mag \u2026 Nope. Even better. Nathaniel Milbury. So I\u2019ll be right here, waiting for everybody to show up,\u201d Driver added.<\/p>\n<p>The X-Men were introduced by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the 1963 Marvel Comics series \u201cThe X-Men,\u201d with Professor X leading Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel and Iceman against Magneto.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Inde Navarrette, who starred in the horror hit \u201cObsession,\u201d will take on the role of Rogue. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Disney<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The franchise made its big-screen debut with 2000\u2019s \u201cX-Men,\u201d starring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Ian McKellen as Magneto, Halle Berry as Storm, James Marsden as Cyclops and Famke Janssen as Jean Grey.<\/p>\n<p>Disney secured the movie rights to the X-Men in its $71.3 billion acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox\u2019s entertainment assets in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel has since brought several mutants into the MCU, including Stewart\u2019s Professor X in \u201cDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness\u201d and Jackman\u2019s Wolverine in \u201cDeadpool &amp; Wolverine.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The new \u201cX-Men\u201d is scheduled for release on May 5, 2028. <span class=\"credit\">Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Disney<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several stars from the original X-Men films are also set to appear in <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/27\/hollywood\/from-downeys-return-to-reviving-foxs-x-men-marvel-is-gambling-doomsday-success-on-fans-nostalgia\/\">\u201cAvengers: Doomsday,\u201d<\/a> including Stewart, McKellen, Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Alan Cumming and Kelsey Grammer.<\/p>\n<p>Channing Tatum, who played Gambit in \u201cDeadpool &amp; Wolverine,\u201d is also part of the cast.<\/p>\n<p>The new \u201cX-Men\u201d is scheduled for release on May 5, 2028.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cX-Men\u201d are finally coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 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