According to Deadline, Schreier held a meeting with Marvel Studios in the past week and is now the number one pick to direct X-Men. Currently, only a script – penned by The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes co-writer Michael Lesslie – is being worked on, with no casting or release date announcements forthcoming.

EXCLUSIVE: Following the successful launch of Thunderbolts*, director Jake Schreier might already have his sights set on the next big Marvel Studios project as sources tell Deadline he is in early talks to direct the studio’s new X-Men movie.

Thunderbolts*” director Jake Schrier is being eyed to direct Marvel’s next “X-Men” adventure. Sources stress the deal is in early talks and hasn’t been finalized, but Schrier catapulted to the top of Disney and Marvel Studios’ wish-list after after “Thunderbolts*” became one of the MCU’s best reviewed movie in years.