A new X-Men update makes a Avengers: Secret Wars theory is more likely to happen, and it would be great for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Fox X-Men movies may not have always been the best, but they helped usher in the modern era of superhero movies. The MCU didn’t have access to some of its biggest characters when the franchise was just beginning, but even without heroes like Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men, many successful MCU films emerged. Now, the franchise is entering a new era, with all of its biggest characters finally available.
2024 was a special year for the MCU. Marvel Studios released a single film, which happened to be Deadpool and Wolverinethe first MCU film starring characters who came from Disney’s deal to acquire 20th Century Fox. Deadpool and Wolverine it became the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, with more than $1.3 billion at the worldwide box office. The film’s success shows how future MCU films starring X-Men characters are full of potential. The MCU’s X-Men movie is already in development, but before the project comes to life, the mutant team will likely play a role in the Multiverse Saga.
Kevin Feige revealed new MCU X-Men details
Avengers: Secret Wars marks a turning point for the franchise
The possible role of the X-Men in the final films of the MCU’s Multiverse Saga has always been a topic of interest and recently gained a new chapter. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige shared an update on the arrival of the X-Men MCU. According to Feige, some X-Men Players Fans May Recognize Will Appear in Upcoming Films from the MCU Multiverse Sagawith 2027 Avengers: Secret Wars serving as a major change for the franchise. The film aims to end the Multiverse Saga, and it looks like mutants will emerge from there.
While Feige has said that X-Men characters are expected in upcoming MCU films, which could mean players like Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool, a reboot of the mutants will apparently be set up in the sixth Avengers film. According to Feige, “The entire Secret Wars story really takes us into a new era of mutants and the X-Men.” Feige also said it’s a dream come true for Marvel Studios to finally have the X-Men back home and be able to develop MCU stories with the team, which has already begun.
Several X-Men characters have already appeared in the MCU
Marvel Studios is slowly introducing X-Men characters
The X-Men reboot might only happen later Avengers: Secret Warsbut Marvel Studios has used the concept of the multiverse as the perfect way to bring back fan-favorite stars from Fox’s X-Men films like their characters in the MCU. Marvel has even used a fake-out when it comes to Fox’s X-Men, as Evan Peters’ version of Quicksilver was considered the first major character from the multiverse to appear in the MCU. However, WandaVision revealed that the whole thing was a ruse invented by Agatha Harkness, and Peters played Ralph Bohner, who is unrelated to Quicksilver.
In addition to this case, some fan-favorite Fox X-Men actors have returned as multiverse variants of their Marvel heroes or as the same versions they played previously. After being one of the main faces of the live-action X-Men franchise, Patrick Stewart played a variant of Charles Xavier in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. This was followed by Kelsey Grammer appearing as a variant of the Beast in The wonders and everyone Deadpool and Wolverinethe appearances of the X-Men. The film saw the return of the main cast of mutants from the Deadpool films, although most played a minimal role.
Channing Tatum also finally debuted as Gambit after being cast by Fox in 2014, but never saw his film made.
Characters like Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool, Hugh Jackman’s new Wolverine variant, and Dafne Keen’s returning X-23 were the Fox X-Men players who really got the chance to shine in their MCU debuts, as they played roles important in Deadpool and Wolverine. Channing Tatum also finally debuted as Gambit after being cast by Fox in 2014, but never saw his film made. The MCU multiverse will also have its own version of Storm in 2025as the character will wield Thor’s hammer, Mjölnir, in And if…? season 3. Many X-Men characters play varying roles in the MCU.
MCU Theory: The return of the Fox X-Men in Avengers: Secret Wars
MCU’s X-Men Update Makes Theory More Likely
Based on how Feige teased that more familiar X-Men players will appear in the MCU before Avengers: Secret Wars‘ leads to the X-Men reboot, the theory that the mutant team will appear in a huge way to end the Multiverse Saga has now become stronger. Avengers: Secret Wars it was supposed to be about incursions – universes colliding – just like the comic book event the film is based on was. As such, The wonders appears to have created the perfect way for Fox’s X-Men to say goodbye before the MCU reboots the mutants and recasts the characters.
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X-Men films in release order |
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X-Men (2000) |
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X2: X-Men United (2003) |
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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) |
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) |
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X-Men: First Class (2011) |
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The Wolverine (2013) |
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X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) |
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Deadpool (2016) |
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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) |
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Logan (2017) |
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Deadpool 2 (2018) |
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Dark Phoenix (2019) |
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The New Mutants (2020) |
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Deadpool and Wolverine (2024) |
One of The wondersThe post-credits scenes featured Kelsey Grammer as a variant of Hank McCoy, aka Beast. More than that, the scene revealed that Monica Rambeau finds herself trapped in a universe where the X-Men operate. Based on Feige and The wonders‘ post-credits scene, the MCU theory that Avengers: Secret Wars will feature variants of Fox’s X-Men across the universe where Beast is from it makes a lot of sense. The theory also suggests that this new X-Men universe will collide with the MCU’s Earth-616, leading to a live-action version of Avengers vs.
How the next MCU saga could be about the X-Men
The Mutant Saga has a nice touch
Kevin Feige said this, after Avengers: Secret Wars“a new era of mutants and the X-Men“will come to the MCU. Based on the popularity of the characters and how fans want to see their favorite mutants join in on the action and interact with characters like Spider-Man and Captain America, it makes sense that Marvel Studios would be ready to fully get into the mutant side of the franchise after the The Multiverse Saga is complete. The first two X-Men related projects created by Marvel Studios, the animated series X-Men ’97 and the R rating Deadpool and Wolverineshow that the mutants are in good hands.
X-Men ’97 It allowed Marvel to take many of the X-Men’s most popular characters and make them as compelling as the comics, spreading the focus instead of just Wolverine shining. With Deadpool and Wolverine showing the live-action potential of mutants in the MCU and so many X-Men heroes and villains now available to Marvel, it makes sense that the characters would need an entire saga dedicated to their arrival in the MCU. The Krakoan Age of X-Men comics could also inspire the MCU, adding extensive lore to the MCU’s X-Men later Avengers: Secret Wars possibly sends up Fox’s X-Men.
Avengers: Secret Wars is the sixth Avengers film and is set during phase six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film will see several heroes from previous phases return and fight a cosmic threat to rival Thanos, and borrows elements from the Marvel Comics event of the same name.
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