Who Needs Wolverine? Why The Lack of Logan and the Debut of Adam Driver's Mister Sinister Has Us Excited for the X-Men Reboot

After weeks of heated casting rumors, fans were finally introduced to Marvel Studios’ new X-Men lineup at D23. The cast of Jake Schreier’s X-Men reboot includes Inde Navarrette as Rogue, Adam Driver as Mister Sinister, Maya Boyd as Storm, Christopher Abbott as Professor X, Kit Connor as Cyclops, and Samara Weaving as Emma Frost. Oh, and Sadie Sink is Jean Grey, but we already knew that. One iconic X-Man is very conspicuous by his absence here. It would seem that Wolverine will not be a part of the new film, either the Hugh Jackman version or a younger, rebooted Logan. Can Marvel actually pull off an X-Men reboot without their biggest mutant cash cow? The very fact that they’re willing to try might just be the most encouraging sign so far. From the lack of X-Men mainstays like Wolverine and Magneto to the deep appeal of a Mister Sinister-centric movie, let’s break down why we’re so encouraged by what Marvel has revealed about the X-Men reboot so far. We’re not here to disparage Fox’s X-Men movies. Well, not overly so. That series was instrumental in sparking the current superhero movie boom and exposing the merry mutants to a much wider audience. They broke new ground and raised the