It is likely to be some time before we see Marvel’sX-Menon the big screen again, but rest assured, the mutants are coming…eventually. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is currently doing the rounds for the imminent release of Disney+ series,WandaVision, and has been revealing details about other upcoming projects in the process, includingThe X-Men.
“You know how much I love the X-Men. I already said that’s where I started. I can’t tell you anything before we actually announced it, but rest assured, the discussions have been long and ongoing internally.”
WhileKevin Feigedoes not reveal any details about when audiences might once again adventure with the X-Men, he does at least divulge that conversations are currently happening behind the scenes, no doubt focussed largely on how to introduce the idea of mutants into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Marvel Studiosand Disney recently acquired the rights to theX-Menfranchise following the landmark merger of themselves with 20th Century Fox. At Fox, the franchise produced 13 movies and brought in over $6 billion at the box office. Beginning back in 2000 with director Bryan Singer’sX-Men, audiences were introduced to the likes of Ian McKellen as Magneto and Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier, and their respective teams of mutants, both of whom are fighting to be accepted by humanity but in very different ways. Of course, Fox’s series ofX-Menmovies also introduced Hugh Jackman asWolverine, a role that he would play all the way up until 2017’sLogan.
Beginning with the firstX-Men, the series spawned several sequels and spin-offs includingX2,X-Men: The Last Stand,X-Men Origins: Wolverine,X-Men: First Class,The Wolverine,X-Men: Days of Future Past,X-Men: Apocalypse,Logan, andDark Phoenix, as well as the twoDeadpoolmovies andThe New Mutants. Overall, the series is a mixed bag critically, though several installments are still considered to be classics of the genre, with the franchise often hailed as the beginning ofHollywood’s obsession with comic book movies.
Talk has turned to Marvel launching their own version of theX-Menfranchise since the recentDisneyInvestor Day event, during which it was announced that another previous Fox property,The Fantastic Four, is being rebooted with director Jon Watts at the helm.
Feige’s confirmation regarding ongoing discussions is not the first time that he has addressed the issue of bringingThe X-Meninto the MCU. During a recent interview, Feige was asked ifCaptain Marvel’sMonica Rambeau, who is set to appear inWandaVision, will be a “ramp” to theX-Menreboot. “In hindsight, in five years if when we’re talking about everything that’s happened, everything can be a ramp to everything, specifically though, yes, Monica in Captain Marvel 2 and specifically to Wanda teaming up with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” was Feige’s cagey response.
WandaVisionis scheduled to premiere on Disney+ on July 20, 2025, with the release of its first two episodes, with the other seven episodes releasing each week until March 5. This comes to us courtesy ofScreenrant.
