I was disappointed by the lack of storm or cyclops.
I've been told there are ongoing negotiations with Glen Powell, who is on the short list for Cyclops. Whether that will be realized or not remains to be seen. Asking Powell to play the role now, if you could even get him to sign a long term holding contract with the MCU, then a huge time gap of possibly up to 3 years or more to revisit the role, that's just way harder to negotiate. Powell is on the rise and losing potential roles for the perceived long term security might hurt him more than help him here. He has every incentive to turn down Scott Summers much like Chris Evans was very resistant to Captain America (typecast fears) to start. It's poor logistics to infuse Cyclops into the MCU right now. Sure you'd get some excitement from fans, but you'll get that anyway at just about any point in the future too.
So when there was talk of making Stephen King's The Dark Tower series with Javier Bardem, there was an interesting discussion of the logistics. To have alternating films then seasons of a prestige TV show. XMen IMHO is one of those cases where you might see the benefit of something like that plus have enough fan excitement/interest, where you can take that risk. I can see a Cyclops trilogy working out as feature films. Other XMen like Gambit, Storm and others, that's just tougher. A prestige TV series would allow so much more character development/character origins though, which a feature film tends to jettison heavily because you can only do so much in 2-3 hours. for a "team" film.
IMHO, Storm is going to be a PITA to cast for the MCU. There are only a limited number of young black actresses out there with decent brand/name public recognition. Many won't really fit right/look right in the costume ( That's matters a ton) Many of those likely to be on the short list are not a great fit for the acting strengths, if they have them. The nightmare scenario of course is if Michael Burnham from Star Trek Discovery gets the role. That would be bizarre. Seeing Storm rip off an 11 minute monologue then just start crying. Also it's a tough character to write period. Storm is very overpowered to the point where a writers room could easily just mishandle a practical narrative around her. Angela Bassett was on the short list for Storm over 20 years ago. Not casting her was a huge mistake IMHO. She could have taken the character into lots of interesting places.
XMen is a tough nut to crack. It's has a super dedicated fanbase rabid for it and love it. But it's kind of also a logistical nightmare too in multiple facets.
