Marvel Studios' first Disney's acquisition of Fox officially complete, the likes of the X-Men and Fantastic Four are finally under the same umbrella as Iron Man, Captain America, and the rest.
Considering how convoluted Fox's X-Men timeline got and the absolute failure of both attempts at a Fantastic Four series, it's a foregone conclusion Marvel will reboot both properties as they look to integrate them into the MCU. Fans have spent the past several months dreaming of all the possibilities this deal presents, but it looks like they'll have to wait a few years before a film comes into fruition.
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According to The Eternals, both of which are expected (but not yet confirmed) to premiere in 2020 as Phase 4 revs up.
The outlet does consider the vague possibility of Marvel boss Kevin Feige having "a completed script waiting in his desk drawer," but the odds of that being reality are very low. Smartly, Feige didn't let the notion of a Disney/Fox deal distract him from planning the next slate of MCU movies, and he was simply Doctor Strange 2 (which are further along than any MCU X-Men movie) conceivably could be ready for 2021.
Considering the timing of all this, it'll be curious to see if any X-Men or Fantastic Four announcements are part of something like a Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con, which takes place about four months from now. Unlike their initial Phase 3 unveiling, the Phase 3 lineup went through numerous changes, they felt it was better to take things slower and focus on a couple years at a time. Obviously, that'll all depend on how far X-Men talks are along at that point. But at least fans can take solace in knowing the X-Men and Fantastic Four will be in the MCU soon.
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Source: THR
