New X-Men Movie Slated To Shoot Spring 2017, But Which One Is It?
By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 8, 2016 9:30 am EST
A new X-Men movie has been reported to begin production next spring in Montreal, returning to MELS Studios, the same location where X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse were shot. The question is, what is X-Men movie shooting in 2017?
While it’s confirmed that an X-Men title is the movie in question, a specific title isn’t mentioned, based on previous reports, it’s difficult to ascertain which one it will be.
“They will start shooting in May and they will occupy Studios 2 and 3 of MELS for several months. We had two and a half months of negotiations with the people of Fox. I went to Los Angeles last October to try to convince them. We are very pleased that they have agreed to return to Montreal. They enjoyed their two previous shooting experience with us and they were very satisfied with our facilities and talent of the Quebec film industry.”
Back in May, X-Men franchise producer Simon Kinberg said that they were looking to start shooting in spring of 2017, and that’s exactly when this mystery X-Men movie would begin. Plus, just last month we got news that (500) Days of Summer and The Spectacular Now writing duo Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber were boarding the project to help their The Fault In Our Stars director Josh Boone make the jump to comic book blockbuster movies.
However, let’s not forget that the Gambit spin-off starring Channing Tatum was also looking to start shooting in spring of 2017 as well. No new release date has been staked out for the movie after it was pulled from a release this year back in the spring following problems behind the scenes, but New Mutants doesn’t have a release date either, so both films are a possibility.
For now, the only X-Men film we have locked down for a release date is Logan on March 3, 2017. Stay tuned for more.
