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How To Integrate the X-Men into the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Every X-Men fan has been wondering, when will Marvel’s merry mutants make their way from their own cinematic universe over at Fox Studios on over to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)? There are numerous factors that are going into the decision, not the least of which have to do with big business moves and decisions like, when was the sale of Fox Studios finalized at Disney? What approach does Marvel want to take with the mutants? Cast them young? Which ones to start with, the original five–Cyclops, Jean Grey, The Beast, Angel, and Iceman, or start with the later editions who are largely more popular than the originals? And of course, there’s the logistics of casting, once those larger decisions are made. But for the sake of this post, let’s look at some interesting times Marvel could have made the move in a big way to “import” the X-Men on over to the MCU. The most obvious place to have done it was during AVENGERS: ENDGAME. Here, we’ve got a magical glove that can literally make anything happen. And the bearer could manifest or change reality consciously, as Thanos did with “the snap” or perhaps unconsciously. And as Marvel events typically want to do, they like to have something “come out of” an event, and no bigger event has ever existed in super hero universes than ENDGAME. So, as the film winds down, that seems like a great place, perhaps in a post-credit scene to drop a hint that a mutant is out there and […]

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