Key Takeaways
- Marvel fans must wait for the X-Men reboot in the MCU until after Avengers: Secret Wars concludes.
- Feige highlighted the difference in planning between Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Secret Wars.
- Rumors suggest the X-Men will play a significant role in the MCU post-Avengers: Secret Wars.
The X-Men MCU reboot has been much-anticipated since Marvel Studios gained the screen right to the mutants. However, Kevin Feige indicated that fans must wait awhile to see the X-Men plans unfold.
After Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, the X-Men film rights fell under Marvel Studios’ umbrella. This meant the fan-favorite mutants could finally join the MCU and interact with characters from Marvel Studios’ films. Although Marvel Studios has hinted at mutants in projects like the Ms. Marvel TV series, much of the X-Men action in the MCU has involved characters from the Fox films. Most fans were excited to see Hugh Jackman’s Logan and other X-Men characters in Deadpool and Wolverine. However, others hoping to see the MCU’s new version of the mutants must wait until the Multiverse Saga concludes.
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During an interview with Omelete at D23 Brazil, Feige highlighted a key difference between the lead-up to Avengers: Endgame and the road to Secret Wars. As Feige explained, Marvel Studios focused on concluding the Infinity Saga with Endgame and had to start over once that chapter ended. This time, Marvel Studios knows what the plan is after Avengers: Secret Wars, and it involves the X-Men:
When we were preparing for Avengers: Endgame years ago, it was a matter of getting to the grand finale of our narrative, and then having to start all over again after that. This time, heading into Secret Wars, we already know very well what the story is going to be up until then and after that. The X-Men are an important part of that future
Rumors claimed Marvel Studios’ was planning what fans called the Supernatural Saga after Avengers: Secret Wars. This saga would take a page from the Marvel Studios’ special presentation Werewolf by Night and focus on supernatural characters with Blade at the center. However, many fans hope Avengers: Secret Wars will be followed by what they’ve dubbed The Mutant Saga.
Feige’s comments about the X-Men having an important role in the MCU after Avengers: Secret Wars seemingly indicate those fans will get their wish. Feige has said there will be a new actor playing Wolverine someday, suggesting a new version of the X-Men will eventually be in the MCU. For now, however, Marvel Studios seems content using X-Men characters from Fox films. Jackman’s Wolverine is even rumored to appear in Avengers: Secret Wars.
So, fans will bid a lengthy farewell to the Fox era before Marvel Studios reboots the X-Men franchise. That’s not necessarily bad. Fox’s X-Men movies concluded with Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants, which are low points for the film series. Most fans want to bid a proper goodbye to the Fox X-Men and end that era on a high note, and Marvel Studios may give them that chance.
The X-Men movies are available on Disney Plus.
Avengers: Secret Wars is the sixth Avengers film and takes place during phase six of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. The film will see several heroes from the prior phases return and battle against a cosmic threat to rival Thanos and borrow elements of the Marvel Comics event of the same name.
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Source: Omelete