X-Men: RISE

X-Men: RISE is a 2023 movie set in the MCU, starring Charlie Hunnam, Saoirse Ronan, Freema Agyeman, Henry Hopper, Adan Canto, Auli'i Cravalho, Alex Pettyfer, Kathryn Newton, and featuring Ralph Fiennes as Professor X and James Isaac as Magneto. The movie is the first movie in Phase 5 of the MCU, and is the first film after Avengers: Galactic Threat.

The Beginning of Mutants
A narrator (Ralph Fiennes) speaks about how mutants were created. After the events of Avengers: Endgame, alien chemicals were released into the atmosphere, granting superhuman abilities to random people throughout the Earth, and that they were very few. The mutants were forced into hiding after US Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt) allied with military general William Stryker (Santino Fontana) to eradicate mutants forever. The narrator also reveals that mutants allied together to create a school, known as Professor X's School of Extraordinary People. It is revealed that the narrator is Professor X, and he is speaking to a new class of mutants at his school.

Professor X's School
Charles Xavier, also known as Professor X, is visited by his childhood friend Erik Lensherr (James Isaac) who tells him that he was affected by the alien chemicals and has become an omega-level mutant, calling himself "Magneto". Xavier tells him that he can provide him a place to stay while they are on the run, and until they can figure things out. Xavier asks Scott Summers (Henry Hopper) to take Lensherr to the guest bedroom. Summers asks Lensherr what his powers are, and Lensherr tells him that he can move metal. Lensherr asks Summers why he is wearing sunglasses, and Summers states that they are the only way to stop "the flame". Lensherr asks Summers what he means by "the flame". Summers tells Lensherr that he shoots laser beams from his eyes, and that the sunglasses are a temporary solution while him and Xavier work on a new solution. Summers leaves Lensherr in the room, and Lensherr works on his new powers. Summers walks around the school, to his next class, which he is in with Jean Grey (Saoirse Ronan) and other students who have mutant powers. Xavier walks into the classroom and asks the students if they remember what they did the day before. One student (Adan Canto) raises his hand, and Xavier calls on him, calling him "Mr. Drake". Drake says that they learned about WWII and how the Jews were persecuted because they were different. Xavier tells Drake he is correct. Xavier then asks if that reminds anybody of anything going on in society at the present day. Summers says that it reminds him of the persecution of mutants, and Xavier says that is exactly what he is thinking.

The FBI Intervenes
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Cast

 * Charlie Hunnam as James Logan Howlett/Wolverine
 * Saoirse Ronan as Jean Grey/The Phoenix
 * Henry Hopper as Scott Summers/Cyclops
 * Freema Agyeman as Ororo Monroe/Storm
 * Adan Canto as Bobby Drake/Iceman
 * Auli'i Cavalho as Anna LeBeau/Rogue
 * Alex Pettyfer as Warren Worthington/Angel
 * Kathryn Newton as Kathryn "Kitty" Pride
 * Ralph Fiennes as Professor Charles Xavier
 * James Isaac as Erik Lensherr/Magneto
 * Santino Fontana as William Stryker
 * William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross
 * Nicholas Hoult as Cain Marko/Juggernaut
 * Cara Delevigne as Raven Darkholme/Mystique
 * Randall Park as Jimmy Woo

Trivia

 * Adan Canto is the only actor from the X-Men movies to appear in this movie, other than Hugh Jackman appearing in a cameo, despite playing a different character.
 * The film is set in 2023, the year Endgame left off in, and not in the year 2026 (as with Galactic Threat)

Phase Four

 * Black Widow (2020)
 * The Eternals (2020)
 * Doctor Strange: Nightmare (2021)
 * Black Panther: Revolution (2021)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2021)
 * Captain Marvel: Worlds at War (2022)
 * Captain America: Legacy (2022)
 * Avengers: Galactic Threat (2022)

Phase Five

 * X-Men: RISE (2023)
 * Ant-Man: Forces of Darkness (2023)
 * Fantastic Four: Redemption (2023)
 * Wolverine (2024)
 * Black Panther: Rise of the Prowler (2024)
 * A-Force (2024)
 * Doctor Strange: Void of the Dark Dimension (2025)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 4 (2025)
 * Avengers: Fear Itself (2025)