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What would the greatest X-Men stories be without a little beef? Whether it's between Professor X and Magneto, Wolverine and his own son Akihiro, Jean Grey and her clone Madelyne Pryor, the nation of Krakoa and Orchis, Mister Sinister and anyone who isn't a snaggle-toothed eugenicist freak, beef is arguably the bedrock of any memorable X-Men story. And it is this exact flavor that Marvel Studios' upcoming X-Men movie is cooking up. 

As reported by Collider, X-Men director Jake Schreier revealed that the creator of Netflix's show, Beef, Lee Sung Jin has been brought on with Joanna Calo, the co-showrunner of The Bear, to work on another draft of the X-Men script. Schreier praised Lee's "ability to take small interpersonal dynamics and explode them into a much larger canvas," which feels particularly apt for an X-Men movie. 

Schreier continued, "When you go back and read X-Men [comics], there's ideology but also interpersonal drama, almost of a soap opera quality. Having writers who understand both how to drive ideology from personal stakes, if we get that right, that's what will feel most honest to what X-Men can be." 

Let's also not forget that Joanna Calo co-wrote the Emmy-winning episode of The Bear, "Fishes" (season 2 episode 6), which depicts a hellish and emotionally raw Thanksgiving family dinner. And as someone who lives and dies by the sword of X-Men family drama, Calo's involvement is heartening. Moreover, Calo co-wrote last year's Thunderbolts* (also directed by Schreier), which Lee contributed script rewrites to. 

With any luck, Schreier's X-Men movie is going to be drama-filled and emotionally driven. Just how so many of us like it. 

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