Despite being a major presence in Marvel comic books and one of the most popular heroes, Spider-Man wasn't able to play with his friends over at Disney. Spider-Man then swung into theaters in to start the successful Sam Raimi trilogy. As Deadline reported in , a fourth film was planned but eventually got stuck in development purgatory, forcing Sony to re-evaluate the property, before deciding to reboot the character with 's The Amazing Spider-Man.
They had planned to create their own Spider-Man cinematic universe to rival Disney's MCU, but a disappointing sequel put a cap on those plans. Then came the moment all Marvel fans were waiting for. There was brief panic in when Sony Pictures and Disney disagreed about profit distribution, which cast doubt on the future of Spider-Man in the MCU. Sony Pictures made the grand gesture of responding to the reports on social media, suggesting it was down to Disney's decision to remove Kevin Feige as the lead producer on Spider-Man films.
We hope this might change in the future, but understand that the many new responsibilities that Disney has given him — including all their newly added Marvel properties — do not allow time for him to work on IP they do not own.
Igor said: "It was clear that he cared so much and actually we care a lot about him. He's a great Spider-Man. Doom is driven by a sincere conviction that the world would be better off it he ruled it — and his jealousy of Mr. For whatever reason, Fox was never able to capture him well on film. The mask never helped. If Marvel can get the egomaniacal character right, he could become a staple of the next phase of its universe. From to , every single Marvel Studios movie was building toward a final confrontation between the Avengers and Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame , out April Fans have speculated that the upcoming Marvel movies will build toward another epic event, perhaps a showdown between the Avengers and X-Men.
That plot could be particularly interesting considering that one Avenger, Scarlet Witch, is technically a mutant from the X-Men universe. The Merc With a Mouth has become a runaway success for Fox. Actor Ryan Reynolds even tweeted a photo of Deadpool getting arrested at Disney Land after the merger was announced. Since then, Iron Man and The Dark Knight both of which premiered in set the template for the future of just about every superhero movie, whether they be CGI-heavy, comedic affairs like the former or dark, self-serious takes on vigilantes fighting madmen like the latter.
The X-Men movies continued to run through storylines for over a decade, but eventually 20th Century Fox was forced to innovate in order to compete with the rest of the superhero franchises out there.
After a few critical flops, the X-Men made a quiet comeback by experimenting with the superhero genre. In , the hyper-self-aware Deadpool not only broke the fourth wall but proved that R-rated superhero movies could smash records.
Deadpool will probably survive in some form. Disney is launching its own streaming service soon. The company has already announced that it will populate this platform with Avengers shows, including rumored series about Loki and Scarlet Witch. Write to Eliana Dockterman at eliana. Marvel could write around that, but it would have to ostensibly create chronological alibis for each of the characters. Magneto, in the comics and now multiple movies, lived through the Holocaust as a young, Jewish boy, and the loss he experienced shapes his worldview.
Their peers are either very old or have already died. In a movie set in , he would conceivably be around 80 or 90 years old assuming he is 13 or so in the s during WWII mutants, according to the X-Men comic books, begin manifesting powers during puberty or adolescence. One of the most mysterious things when it comes to Marvel, besides what will happen in Endgame next month, is what its film schedule will look like following this phase of the MCU. Spider-Man: Far From Home , a joint project between Sony and Marvel, will be released in July and will be the last Marvel project to arrive in theaters this year.
For good measure, throw in another unannounced team-up movie or two. Add to that the reported TV project featuring Vision and Scarlet Witch, and a different series featuring Falcon and Bucky, and Marvel still has a lot on its plate.
If that is the case, and especially depending on how Dark Phoenix is received, Marvel might see fit to wait a few years before resetting and rebooting the X-Men franchise. The more plausible scenario is Marvel using villains from former Fox-owned properties, like Galactus and Doctor Doom, in an upcoming movie sooner than the beloved superheroes themselves. The initial division of Marvel character film rights made Marvel Studios better creatively.
In Iron Man , the studio found a different hero sardonic, tech-savvy, arrogant, damaged, etc. It also led to the strategy of interlocking films. Marvel pitched a bigger picture of myriad superheroes who, by themselves, did not have the same kind of fervent audience interest the X-Men did, combining to form a superhero team.
However, that strategy resulted in Marvel movies seeming more concerned with setting the table for future installments see: Marvel seeding its films with Infinity Stones in the lead-up to Infinity War than telling evocative and ambitious stories. The result is locking its movies into a holding pattern.
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