Jennifer Lawrence and James McAvoy attend a Global Fan Screening of 'X-Men Apocalypse' at BFI IMAX on May 9, 2016 in London, England. (Photo : Getty Images/Jeff Spicer)
Principal photography is about to begin on the new untitled "X-Men" film. The next installment in the hit series will begin production in May 2017 at the MELS Studios in Montreal.
President of MELS Studios Michel Trudel confirmed the good news to the Le Journal de Montreal, as cited by Movie Web. He revealed 20th Century Fox would return to the studio for the next "X-Men" movie, which is the same location where "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and "X-Men: Apocalypse" were filmed.
"They will start shooting in May and they will occupy Studios 2 and 3 of MELS for several months," Trudel revealed. "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."
Trudel went ahead to say that they had two and a half months of negotiations with the people of Fox. He added that he personally went to Los Angeles this October and convinced them.
Though it remains unclear which of Fox's upcoming mutant-related projects it could be, many believed that it is director Josh Boone's upcoming "The New Mutants" film. In May, producer Simon Kinberg said in an interview with Collider that they were eyeing spring of 2017 as a potential production date.
Kinberg also confirmed Professor Charles Francis Xavier (James McAvoy/Patrick Stewart) will be brought back for the spin-off. He revealed that the sequel film will be set in the 1990s and will follow the angst-driven adventures of a diverse group of teens that include Scots girl Wolfsbane, Native American Danielle Moonstar, Cannonball, Brazilian ladies man Sunspot and Russian teen Magik. Also in the mix is an alien named Warlock.
Not much is known about "The New Mutants" aside from that fact that it will serve as a major departure from the previous "X-Men" installments. The spin-off film will reportedly offer a young-adult horror-inspired style that is described as "Stephen King meets John-Hughes."
"The New Mutants" is intended to hit theaters in Spring 2018. Check out the video below for more information:
