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Simon Kinberg on writing X-Men movies, producing Glenn Powell's The Running Man remake, and co-creating Star Wars Rebels [Popversations]

In this edition of our members-only video interview series, Popversations, our video producer Ashley V. Robinson talks to writer-director Simon Kinberg

An image of Simon Kinberg — Image credit: Simon Kinberg

Features by Ashley V. Robinson, Popverse video producer

Additional contributions by Jules Chin Greene

Published on Thu Apr 30 2026

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Simon Kinberg has helped shape pop culture over the past decade. Kinberg wrote the screenplay for X-Men: Days of Future Past, a sprawling adaptation of the iconic two-issue storyline from Marvel Comics, and he’s produced the upcoming movie adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, The Running Man. Let’s also not forget that Kinberg co-created the animated show, Star Wars: Rebels, and has been tapped by Kathleen Kennedy at Lucasfilm to write and produce a new trilogy of Star Wars films.

Our video producer, Ashley Victoria Robinson, spoke with Simon Kinberg about his career writing, producing, and executive producing films like Deadpool, The Martian, The Gifted, Chappie, and A Haunting in Venice for our members-only video interview series, Popversations. You can watch the interview below and see why Kinberg believes he would be useless in an alien invasion, why he loves Andor so much, and more.

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Ashley V. Robinson: Ashley Victoria Robinson is a Canadian hobbit now living in the United States. She is a Popverse Video Producer. You may know her as the host of the Geek History Lesson podcast (alongside Jason Inman), and was even the face of Twitter marketing for podcasters.