--- title: Jennifer Lawrence May Star as Mystique in X-Men Spinoff description: The Oscar winner's shape-shifting mutant would be the second character from X-Men universe to have her own standalone franchise canonical: https://time.com/57399/jennifer-lawrence-mystique-spinoff/ author: Eric Dodds article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-10T14:49:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T07:14:35.343Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jennifer Lawrence May Star as Mystique in X-Men Spinoff og:description: The Oscar winner's shape-shifting mutant would be the second character from X-Men universe to have her own standalone franchise og:url: https://time.com/57399/jennifer-lawrence-mystique-spinoff/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94283d2c697c636f/69868a02e53aba4a2a4d1f8e/jlaw-mystique-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in 'X-Men: First Class' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Lawrence May Star as Mystique in X-Men Spinoff twitter:description: The Oscar winner's shape-shifting mutant would be the second character from X-Men universe to have her own standalone franchise twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94283d2c697c636f/69868a02e53aba4a2a4d1f8e/jlaw-mystique-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jennifer Lawrence Could Star as Mystique in Next _X-Men_ Spinoff Film by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Apr 10, 2014 2:49 PM CUT  Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in 'X-Men: First Class' Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in 'X-Men: First Class'Murray Close—Getty Images by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Apr 10, 2014 2:49 PM CUT With 20th Century Fox looking to make up ground in its burgeoning superhero arms race with Marvel, DC Comics and Sony, the producers of _X-Men: Days of Future Past_ may be looking to Jennifer Lawrence as their superhero of the future. According to _Entertainment Weekly_, Lawrence’s Mystique could be the second character in the _X-Men_ universe — after Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine — [to receive her own spinoff franchise](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/04/10/x-men-mystique-spinoff-jennifer-lawrence/ "undefined"). Lawrence apparently takes on an even larger role in _Days of Future Past_, one that would justify a standalone film for her blue-hued shape-shifting mutant. “There was a regime \[at the studio\] that didn’t see the worth in \[spin-offs\], and the current people who run Fox understand, embrace it, and we’re going to do right by it,” producer Lauren Shuler Donner told EW. “I’d like to do Gambit. I’d like to do Deadpool. We’ll see. There’s a lot of really great characters.” Though Mystique has never had quite the cachet of Gambit or Deadpool in the comic book world, Lawrence’s star power makes a standalone film a no-brainer. The 23-year-old Oscar winner has already helmed one of the most successful heroine franchises of all-time, _Hunger Games_, and has proved herself to be a hit with both critics and audiences. Whether Lawrence would be interested in expanding her role as Mystique is a different question. She has two more _Hunger Games_ films scheduled to be released in the next 18 months, as well as another possible _X-Men_ film in the spring of 2016 — and fatigue may already be an issue. Harvey Weinstein, producer of _Silver Linings Playbook_, said in February that Lawrence might take [a year-long break](http://time.com/9265/jennifer-lawrence-may-take-a-year-off-from-hollywood/ "undefined") after filming for _Hunger Games_ wraps. Lawrence has always seemed to make a concerted effort to balance her big-budget films with smaller ones, but perhaps a Mystique spinoff would provide her with her next _Hunger Games_\-sized franchise — and it would certainly be a coup for Fox. \[[_EW_](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/04/10/x-men-mystique-spinoff-jennifer-lawrence/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/57399/jennifer-lawrence-mystique-spinoff/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/57399/jennifer-lawrence-mystique-spinoff/"},"headline":"Jennifer Lawrence Could Star as Mystique in Next X-Men Spinoff Film","datePublished":"2014-04-10T14:49:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:14:35.343Z","description":"The Oscar winner's shape-shifting mutant would be the second character from the X-Men universe to have her own standalone franchise","url":"https://time.com/57399/jennifer-lawrence-mystique-spinoff/","keywords":["movies","Hunger Games","Jennifer Lawrence","X-Men","Superheroes","wolverine"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94283d2c697c636f/69868a02e53aba4a2a4d1f8e/jlaw-mystique-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94283d2c697c636f/69868a02e53aba4a2a4d1f8e/jlaw-mystique-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in 'X-Men: First Class'","caption":"Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in 'X-Men: First Class'","creditText":"Murray Close—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/57399/jennifer-lawrence-mystique-spinoff/","name":"Jennifer Lawrence Could Star as Mystique in Next X-Men Spinoff Film"}}]}] ```