Adam Driver Joins MCU, but Maybe Not as the Character You Think

Adam Driver will make a long-anticipated entrance into the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play super villain Mister Sinister, and Obsession breakout star Inde Navarette will play Rogue in Disney 's forthcoming film reboot of X-Men, the AP reports. Driver and Navarette were among the new cast members announced Friday night at Disney's D23 convention by Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, along with Driver's Girls castmate Christopher Abbott as Professor Charles Xavier and Maya Boyd as Storm. The film is slated for release in May 2028. The announcements were the biggest news to emerge from Disney Entertainment's D23 presentation that also brought updates on its forthcoming Star Wars titles and a song-and-dance that went sideways from the stars of Frozen 3.

Driver's name was often rumored and often dismissed as an X-Men possibility. Many thought he'd be playing the antihero Magneto. The rest of the cast appeared on stage at the Honda Center arena in Anaheim, California, while Driver appeared on a big screen. "Kevin and I had been talking for years about my joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and I think we finally found the perfect film," Driver told the crowd of 12,000 via video. "So I'm very excited to be playing the role of Maaagneto!" he said before pausing, taking it back and saying, "even better, Nathaniel Millbury," an alias for Mister Sinister.

Also on stage were previously announced cast members Samara Weaving, who is playing Emma Frost; Kit Connor, who is playing Scott "Cyclops" Summers; and Sadie Sink, whose role as Jean Grey was revealed by her appearance in this summer's Marvel megahit Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Meanwhile, Ryan Gosling and director Shawn Levy headlined the Star Wars part of the night with a presentation on their film Star Wars: Starfighter, which is getting a May 2027 release.; Marvel veterans took the D23 stage as past and future Avengers stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., and Hayley Atwell introduced a new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, to be released Dec. 18; and Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel sang an eerie new arrangement of "Frozen Heart" from their first film playing princess sisters Elsa and Anna as they introduced the forthcoming Frozen 3. Or they tried to, anyway. The segment was plagued with malfunctioning audio, video, and a set of doors that failed to open. They ad-libbed their way through it like pros.