At first it was in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Charles Xavier makes it a recording on the screen. The classic X-Men anthem, taken from the 90s animated series, plays. Second moment, inside Marvel Cinematic UniverseIt was produced in Ms. Marvel. Kamala Khan and her friend Bruno Carrelli are chatting. He tells her that there is something else in his blood. These melodies are playing again.
These are the most obvious echoes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the X-Men. Whether it’s because of the animated series, which is considered one of the best adaptations in the format, or because of all the stories materialized in comics, mutants have a massive fan base. These are the followers who know their details, contexts and influence.
When will the X-Men appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Mutants most likely already in the story. But they were not presented explicitly for some reason. What is the narrative sequence and what until recently was a rights dispute with Fox.
Conflict with Fox and the X-Men
Long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe became a huge franchise capable of raising mountains of money and mobilizing locals and strangers to watch movies, stories about mutants had already adapted. The first film was released in 2000, X-Menproducer Bryan Singer. This first feature film was followed by various sagas.
Eight years after this production Hombre de Hierrowith the address of John Favreau. It was the cornerstone of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, laying the groundwork for what would later become the tripod of the story: Tony Stark, Captain America D Thor. The detail in all of this is that this first X-Men story was being developed by Fox, who had the rights to use the stories.
Therefore, it was impossible for many of these figures to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Likewise, Fox couldn’t take on other characters from what would later be. Marvel Studios to write them into your stories. Everything started to change when Disney in 2019 regained the rights on March 20, 2019 by purchasing 21st century fox.
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In 2019, a big event happened in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Avengers: Endgame, a production that served to complete three phases of construction and also served to fire the two superheroes that started it all: Steve Rogers and Tony Stark. Phase 4 of this story took a long time to reach theaters (first it arrived in streamingWith Vandavision) due to the pandemic.
However, during the most recent edition of San Diego Comic-Con, a closing date was set for the stage and various designs were shown. One of them was X-Men 97, a sequel to the 1990s animated series. The proposal was one of the most famous and is part of the steps that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is taking in this regard, including bringing the classic comic book to the big screen.
This gesture is added to the direct links given in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness And in Ms. Marvel. In this context, why would an animated series be important? To answer this question, we must consider the case What if…?another animated series that, outwardly, would not have influenced the cinematic story too much, but, in fact, the relationship improved.
What if…? various characters and settings are featured that were not directly adapted for the films, but influenced them. The most obvious clues are Captain Carter and some aesthetic references to Wanda Maximoff in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Avengers: Secret Warsapex point
Then, X-Men 97 may be important. It aspires to be the animated series that a whole generation grew up on, just like in the 90s. It can also help animated characters make a natural jump into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But it is worth remembering that no exclusive mutant project has been announced for either Phase 5 or Phase 6 yet. Most likely, they will gradually appear in various films and series, and then integrate.
During San Diego Comic-Con 2022, it was announced that the Avengers saga would be expanded with two more films. One of them is Avengers: Secret Wars. From the looks of it, the comic that will have the most impact in this production was the 2015 version. The various timelines continue to conflict. In this context, there Doctor Doom integrate them all into one, defined as a world as fighting world.
Doctor Doom is one of the classic villains in the story fantastic Four, who will also have his own film. in the comics Secret Wars He has different numbers and mutants appear in several of them. While the Marvel Cinematic Universe may start with a 2015 release, it’s possible that by this point, in a few years, there will already be some X-Men and they could be part of the conflict. It must be remembered that the characteristic factor of this type of character is dissatisfaction with one’s place in the world, a narrative argument that can be very powerful.
