This sum is enough to make you shake your head. In 2019, Disney bought the film production company 20th Century Fox for an incredible sum of 71 billion US dollars. In contrast, the 4 billion US dollars from 2009 for Marvel and the 4 billion US dollars from 2012 for Lucasfilm (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) seem like absolute bargains. But in addition to countless series (The Fall Guy, The X-Files, The Simpsons) and movies (Slumdog Millionaire, Ice Age, Avatar) for its own streaming service Disney Plus, the Mickey Mouse Group also acquired the Film rights of extremely popular Marvel heroes who were not previously part of the MCU.
This is Marvel's biggest superhero squad
In addition to the Fantastic Four, known as Fantastic Four were also included in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will soon have their own movie, the X-Men are now also part of Disney. The superhero group under the direction of Professor Charles X Xavier was Marvel’s most successful comic book series in the 1980s and 1990s.
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In 2000, the cinema series started with Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek) and Hugh Jackman in the leading roles. In total there were seven main films, three spin-offs with Wolverine and two films with Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. Disney already celebrated a huge success this year with the X-Men.
At X-Men '97 is an animated serieswhich is considered a revival of the original from the 1990s. On Disney Plus, X-Men '97 is a huge success and is Critics rating of 99 percent one of the best-rated Marvel productions of all time. But will there ever be a new movie?
The X-Men become part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Thanks to various multiverses, time jumps and dimensions, Disney has now integrated the X-Men into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Several characters have already appeared in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and in this brutal Marvel flop, including Patrick Stewart in his iconic role as Professor X.
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And with Deadpool & Wolverine, there will soon be the first “real X-Men film” that officially takes place in the MCU. Advance ticket sales for Deadpool 3 have already started and are already breaking records. But what about a movie of their own for the X-Men? There is good news.
It is now clear that Michael Lesslie (The Hunger Games) a screenwriter has been found. Who is directing the new X-Men film? Are the old actors and actresses in it? Unfortunately, it is still too early to answer all of these questions. X-Men under the aegis of Disney is still in a very early stage of development. It is also not yet known when the X-Men will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe with their own film.
Source: Deadline