According to two separate sources, there will be no X-Men in the MCU till Phase 7 due to legal reasons. Journalist and former Birth. Movies. Death. editor-in-chief Devin Faraci, via Cinema Sangha, recently explained why there is a delay in the X-Men making their MCU debuts.
“Despite the introduction of mutants at the end of Ms. Marvel, there’s no mutants in Phase 5. I know why. I know why there’s no mutants. I know why this is going to take a while. There might be individual mutants, there might be other characters that show a certain interest. The reason why is the contractual situation with the original Fox stuff is going to be in effect until 2025. So, if they don’t want to use those actors, then they have to wait until that contract all expires.”
“If they’re going to have stuff hitting in 2025 at the end of the contract, then they’ll announce it. But I think they actually can’t go into production until the contract’s up. So it’s not even a release – it’s the same thing with Superman. So they’re going to be Phase 7. So you’re not going to see mutants until Phase 7. There are going to be mutants that will show up after the Multiverse Saga is over.”
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Then The Illuminerdi did some more digging following this reports and said this:
After learning this we did some more digging and discovered the actors are not the only ones that have a standing contract tying them to the X-Men. According to our sources Marvel is holding off on the X-Men because the producers of Fox’s X-Men films are still attached via contract. Disney likely wants to not only recast many of these iconic roles, but they also wants a clean break from the producers that helped shape Fox’s X-Men story as well.
Faraci is not really in the leaks game and never has been. Therefore I have no reason to doubt his information. As for The Illuminerdi, they are a good outlet that usually reports only what they can verify from multiple sources.
I’m therefore inclined to believe this one personally, but you decide for yourself.
What do you think of no X-Men in MCU till Phase 7? Would Avengers: Secret Wars be the event that brings in the MCU’s version of the X-Men, or least kicks that all off? There are rumors/speculation that the next saga will be called The Mutant Saga, what do you think of that? Leave any thoughts below, or over on Discord.
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