Will There Be Any More ‘X-Men’ Movies After ‘Dark Phoenix’?

“X-Men” is the longest working superhero franchise to this point, spanning 19 years and 12 films — if you happen to rely the three “Wolverine” spinoffs and the pair of “Deadpool” films. The Marvel Cinematic Universe will ultimately take that report for itself, however Fox actually deserves props for maintaining “X-Men” going for therefore lengthy that they managed to do the “Dark Phoenix” story in two separate films and construct a single story that spans two distinct timelines.

But now, with the Disney-Fox merger, this model of the “X-Men” franchise is coming to an finish. “Dark Phoenix” is the agency conclusion of the primary collection of films. It’s been a wild and infrequently very complicated journey, nevertheless it’s nearly over now.

This doesn’t, nonetheless, imply that the world(s) that Fox has constructed over the previous twenty years for this “X-Men” franchise are fairly executed simply but. While the primary collection is certainly executed, Fox had additional plans for a number of the different components of the franchise that will nonetheless come to fruition.

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The actual elephant within the room is “The New Mutants,” a horror movie set within the X-universe starring Maisie Williams and Anya Taylor-Joy. This film was filmed two years in the past however has been in limbo ever since, with its launch authentic deliberate for April 2018 earlier than being delayed again and again. It’s now schedule for launch in April 2020, however something may occur with it at this level. This movie doesn’t seem to function any characters from the primary collection, by the best way.

Fox additionally had plans for an X-Force film that includes Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), Cable (Josh Brolin) and Domino (Zazie Beetz), in addition to a correct third “Deadpool” movie. But it’s unattainable to know when or if these will occur now. Disney CEO Robert Iger has stated they plan to proceed doing R-rated “Deadpool” films, however whether or not these movies can be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe or extra standalone issues like the primary two films is unknown. Since they had been by no means truly a part of the higher “X-Men” continuity anyway — that group cameo in “Deadpool 2” apart — it could be simpler for these movies to proceed on as they’re.

So that’s what we find out about Fox’s present plans for the X-Men, however past that it seems like a foregone conclusion that ultimately Marvel will carry mutants into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s actually solely a query of when — however I wouldn’t count on that to occur any time quickly. Anything is feasible, although. With the best way they plan this stuff to this point out, they may actually begin planting the seeds for the X-Men’s integration into the MCU properly earlier than they really make a brand new “X-Men” film.

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But I wouldn’t count on, when the time comes, for any of the present franchise gamers to return when the X-Men are ultimately introduced into the MCU. Unless Marvel desires to really embrace the universe of those movies as a part of the MCU multiverse that it seems to have launched in “Avengers: Endgame” and appears to construct on in “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” But it’s means too quickly to have the ability to guess about all that.