Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier is in talks to return to Marvel to direct the X-Men reboot. After Thunderbolts* garnered some of the best reviews for Marvel in quite a few years, sources confirm that Schreier is engaged in early talks for the X-Men gig.

Jake Schreier is currently the frontrunner to direct a new X-Men movie, and his work on Thunderbolts* shows why.

Thunderbolts*’, now known as ‘The New Avengers’, has been labeled as Marvel’s redemption arc. Unsurprisingly, people are praising the director of the film, Jake Schreier, for his take. Now, new reports reveal that Schreier is in early talks to lead the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s reboot of X-Men.