Warning! This article contains spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine.

Summary

• Deadpool & Wolverine reveals Earth-10005 as the universe for all Fox X-Men movies in the MCU.
• The film solidifies that all X-Men movies exist in the same timeline, despite timeline inconsistencies.
• Other Fox Marvel heroes like Blade and Human Torch are shown to have existed in separate universes outside of Earth-10005.

X-Men movie universe its official name.

The Fox acquisition came at the perfect time for the MCU timeline, as development and production of the Multiverse Saga was well underway. Instead of having to work the Fox movies into the main MCU Earth-616 timeline, they could simply be ed off as happening in an alternate reality. Deadpool & Wolverine solidified that sentiment as the film explored timelines and variants, officially confirming that the X-Men movies happened in another universe under a canon name.

The Fox X-Men Universe Is Set On Earth-10005

Earth-10005 Was Made For The X-Men Films

Though Deadpool & Wolverine features the main Wade Wilson variant traveling to Earth-616, the focus is very quickly shifted onto his home world, that of Earth-10005. He mentions that the Wolverine of his world died in Logan, meaning that Earth-10005’s Deadpool co-existed with the rest of the X-Men featured in the Fox films. This is Marvel’s first official confirmation that the Fox X-Men universe will be considered set on Earth-10005 in the MCU, just as they had been previously under 20th Century Fox.

Earth-10005 was the universe that Fox set all of the X-Men movies in, and the studio seemingly came up with the name on their own. Earth-10005 looks to have no significance in the Marvel comics as it’s never mentioned in the context of the X-Men, so the universe was one created solely for the live-action X-Men films and their spin-offs. As for the exact reason for choosing the specific name, 10005 is a zip code in New York City, which is where the first few X-Men films took place.

Marvel Confirms All X-Men Movies Were Set In One Universe

Timeline Inconsistencies Made It Hard To Be Sure

Prime Deadpool existing in the timeline of Logan and the other X-Men films confirms that they were all set in one universe. Many theorized that Marvel would explain the Fox Marvel films by placing them in a separate universe from the canon MCU timeline, which ended up being true. However, it was unsure if every X-Men movie would even exist in the same timelines as each other. There are plenty of timeline inconsistencies spanning the various X-Men films, so it made it particularly hard to make sure whether the films were all considered the same timeline.

There are quite a few plot holes in the Fox X-Men films, including the inconsistent portrayal of Storm and the extended years that Charles and Erik seem to be in their mid-30s. The confusion about the exact Fox timeline is amplified with the alterations in X-Men: Days of Future Past, as time travel revised the original Earth-10005 timeline. However, Deadpool & Wolverine has simplified it all by confirming that every Fox X-Men movie exists in the same timeline. For the sake of the MCU, the Fox films will thus seemingly just be referred to as Earth-10005.

How Other Fox Marvel Heroes Fit Into The MCU Multiverse

There Are Still Worlds Outside Of Earth-10005

Outside of Earth-10005, there are still other Fox Marvel heroes that fit into the MCU multiverse. Deadpool & Wolverine showed a handful of cameo characters in the Void including Wesley Snipes’ Blade, Jennifer Garner’s Elektra, Channing Tatum’s Gambit, and Chris Evans’ Human Torch. Besides X-23 who is part of the main X-Men timeline, it’s unclear what universe the other characters in the Void come from. As they are each motivated to avenge their universes and be ed by their people, they seemingly come from separate ones.

The existence of the characters in the Void confirms that other Fox Marvel universes exist outside of Earth-10005. Deadpool has no recollection of the Void characters, nor do the Void characters seem to have a past with each other, so they have to have come from different universes that just weren’t named.

This bodes well for the Multiverse Saga as the Fox Marvel properties outside of the X-Men thus set up a handful of other universes to potentially feature later down the line. As such, it seems that Deadpool & Wolverine could well be just the start of the MCU’s exploration of the Fox Marvel universe.