# Adam Driver, Christopher Abbott to star in Marvel’s X-Men reboot 2026-08-15T12:52:06+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Marvel Studios has announced the cast of its upcoming X-Men film, set for release on May 5, 2028, with Jake Schreier directing. Adam Driver will play Nathaniel Milbury, an alias for Mister Sinister, as confirmed by Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige at Disney's D23 fan event. Christopher Abbott portrays Professor Charles Xavier, Inde Navarrette is Rogue, and Maya Boyd plays Storm, cinemaexpress.com and hindustantimes.com report. The event also confirmed Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, and Kit Connor as Cyclops. Driver initially joked he would play Magneto before revealing his actual role, sources note. The film will be the first X-Men theatrical release since Disney acquired Fox's film assets in 2019. Screenwriters Joanna Calo (The Bear) and Lee Sung Jin (Beef) are working on the script. The new X-Men cast met for the first time backstage, Feige said. Previous actors Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy have played Professor X in earlier X-Men films. Stewart is set to return as Professor X in Avengers: Doomsday, scheduled for release on December 18, 2026. ## Coverage - cinemaexpress.com - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:16:25+00:00. Tags: Adam Driver, Christopher Abbott, Disney+, Jake Schreier, Marvel Studios, X-Men Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/disney-reveals-cast-and-2028-release-date-for-new-x-men-film/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/disney-reveals-cast-and-2028-release-date-for-new-x-men-film/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/