It isn't exactly a shock that Marvel would consider Schreier a top contender to bring the X-Men back into the fold. "Thunderbolts*" not only earned overwhelmingly positive reviews

Marvel may have found a director for its first X-Men movie. The existence of the project was first revealed last May. It was reported that Marvel President Kevin Feige was overseeing the studio’s first film based on its long-running X-Men series of comics.

Jake Schreier, fresh from helming Thunderbolts*, one of Marvel’s most well-received films in recent years, is in early talks to direct the studio’s highly anticipated reboot of X-Men. Industry sources confirmed with US entertainment outlet The Hollywood Reporter today that Schreier is in preliminary discussions to take the reins on the project,