‘X-Men’ Reboot Director Says ‘Beef’ Creator and ‘The Bear’ Writer Are ‘Working on a Draft’ of the Script: ‘We’re Still Developing’

The writers behind two of the most binge-able TV series are taking on Marvel’s most famous mutants.

Jake Schreier, who has been tapped to reboot the X-Men for the MCU, told Collider that he has enlisted “Beef” creator Lee Sung Jin and “The Bear” co-showrunner Joanna Calo (also of the “Beef” creative team) to take a pass on the latest draft of the upcoming superhero adventure. Schreier also teased what might be in store for fans of the vigilante heroes.

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“When you go back and read X-Men [comics], there’s ideology, but also interpersonal drama, almost of a soap opera quality,” Schreier said. “Having writers who understand both how to drive ideology from personal stakes, if we get that right, that’s what will feel most honest to what X-Men can be.”

The move reunites Schreier, Lee and Calo after last year’s “Thunderbolts,*” where the trio proved their comic book chops — though the film was more a critical than a commercial hit.

Several other scribes have tried to crack the code on the X-Men. Previously, Michael Lesslie (“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” “Now You See Me, Now You Don’t”) wrote a screenplay for the film, revising an earlier draft by Aaron Rabin (“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”) and Zach Dean (“The Tomorrow War,” “Fast X”).

Last month, Lesslie signed on to draft the latest version of “Fast Forever,” which is expected to drive the long-running “Fast & Furious” franchise into the sunset. He took over for, wait for it, Rabin and Dean.

Christina Hodson (“The Flash,” “Bumblebee”) and Oren Uziel (“The Lost City,” “22 Jump Street”) were first tapped to write the “Fast Forever” screenplay. It’s a sign of how many creatives are tinkering under the hood on huge studio tentpole films.

Schreier’s “X-Men” is significant as it marks the mutants’ solo debut n a Marvel Studios-produced movie. Marvel now oversees the creative direction of the characters following Disney’s 2019 purchase of much of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets. The company had previously licensed the X-Men and Fox made more than a dozen films with them, ranging from “Logan” to “Deadpool,” with a little “X-Men: Apocalypse” thrown in. The less said about “The New Mutants,” the better.

Many of the characters from the early aughts X-Men movies, such as Patrick Stewart’s Professor Xavier, Ian McKellen’s Magneto, Kelsey Grammer’s Beast and James Marsden’s Cyclops, will appear in the upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday.” Following that team-up, a new (younger) group of X-Men are expected to take their place in the MCU with Schreier’s film.