Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2054358-20150809032033/@comment-27010737-20151130012720

Greater good wrote: Zippertrain85 wrote:

AllTimeBlow wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if X-Men will not be incorporated into MCU in the next decade, Fox's X-Men franchise has been reinvigorated since the release of X-Men: Days of Future Past and now they'll have Deadpool movie which fans has been waiting. I think Fox has been doing good with the X-Men cannon for now let's just hope this next X-Men movie will be as good as the last one and Deadpool will be enjoyable like Ant-Man. Disagree, with the losing of not just Wolverine but most of their cast's contracts expiring and Ryan Reynolds confirming he does not have an interest in returning after Wolverine 3 in 2017, the X-Men franchise is going to have to be reboot.

But Fox's best chance for successfully rebooting is with Marvel Studios support, since the superhero market is getting to the point where there's huge competition from Marvel and DC, which Fox starting over might not be able to squeeze into. I mean, be realistic, once the DCEU is established and the MCU gets deep into Phase 3 do you really think Fox with one franchise will be able to keep up? It's just very unlikely, especially considering this year Fox's financial losses that were linked to the Fantastic Four failure's, just imagine how badly an X-Men movie that slips up would be.

With Marvel Studios they could still keep the rights (ala Sony deal), but have the support of Marvel and it's other properties so the series is keep going, Fox makes profits, and the MCU gets all it's characters, it's win-win. Granted, none of this would happen until atleast after early 2017.

People used to think Spider-Man would never come to the MCU because of how profitable the character was, and that Sony was making a new universe for him, but look how that turned out. If Spidey cannot resist the MCU, why would X-Men be some glaring exception? They're completely different situations, dude. The only reason Sony even considered making a deal is because their financial siuation is a mess, while Fox are one of the most profitable companies on the planet and are raking in the cash. If Sony were doing alright financially, they would be hard at work on Sinister Six and The Amazing Spider-Man 3 right now and Marvel would be soldiering without Spidey.

So while Fox are still making lots of money, Marvel will NEVER get the X-Men back. Fantastic Four is looking much more likely, since the reboot was a critical and financial failure and the sequel has been removed from their release schedule. Possibly, but i feel as though Zippertrain85 is on to something. If you think about Fox is slowly losing the rights to Fantastic Four, yes they have another seven years with the property, but it being FOX they should be smart enough to do a Sony (referring to the Sony/Marvel deal for those unaware). Not for the X-Men property however, that would be a mistake on FOX's behalf considering all the movies prepared for launch and the two new TV shows.

Speaking of the two new TV shows, when the deal was being made several rumours started flying around saying Marvel now has the rights to said property, of course FOX shut these rumours down. Marvel never said anything, perhaps because FOX and Marvel dicussed the pissibilties of a deal. With the sequel removed from their release schedule like Greater good said, this could mean they'll try again in five or six years, or they'll learn from their mistakes in two ways.

1. Slowly intergrating them into the X-Men universe.

2. Doing a Sony with Marvel.

Either way, I expect a good show.