Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has teased the introduction of X-Men characters within the “subsequent few” MCU films.
As reported by Deadline, Feige advised an viewers on the Disney APAC Content Showcase in Singapore that followers will see “some X-Men gamers that you just would possibly acknowledge” within the subsequent few MCU films, however he stopped in need of saying which characters or what films.
On bringing the X-Men into the MCU, Feige mentioned: “I feel you will note that continues in our subsequent few films with some X-Men gamers that you just would possibly acknowledge.
“Right after that, the entire story of Secret Wars actually leads us into a brand new age of mutants and of the X-Men. Again, [it’s] a type of goals come true. We lastly have the X-Men again.”
Marvel’s subsequent few films, if we assume few to imply three, are Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, after which Phase Six kickstarter The Fantastic Four: First Steps in July 2025. Could X-Men characters make an look in all or any of those films?
Perhaps extra seemingly are extra mutant appearances all through Phase 6 films, which embrace 2026’s Avengers: Doomsday and Spider-Man 4, and 2027’s Avengers: Secret Wars. One of the important thing questions right here shall be whether or not Deadpool and Wolverine return to the MCU having seen such large success with their very own film this summer time. Could Channing Tatum additionally reprise his function as Gambit?
Earlier this month, Feige mentioned the X-Men shall be an vital a part of the MCU’s future following Secret Wars. “When we have been getting ready for Avengers: Endgame years in the past, it was a query of attending to the grand finale of our narrative, after which we needed to begin yet again after that,” Feige mentioned. “This time, on the street to Secret Wars, we already know very properly what the story goes to be till then and afterwards. The X-Men are an vital a part of that future.”
It feels like Phase 7 of the MCU shall be dominated by the X-Men, then, however within the quick time period, Storm shall be in What If…? Season 3, marking the character’s first look within the wider MCU.
In October, Marvel Studios added three untitled film tasks to its 2028 launch schedule: February 18, 2028; May 5, 2028; and November 10, 2028. It appears more and more seemingly one in all these films is X-Men.
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