The big news just before Christmas was that 21st Century Fox, which includes the 20th Century Fox movie studio, was being eyed to be bought by Disney. Now, the excitement to come out of the acquisition was the potential crossovers available to Marvel Studios, which is owned by Disney, which could include the X-Men joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Of course, this wasn’t possible before as the characters in the X-Men universe were licensed to Fox and under that deal were not able to feature in the MCU movies which obviously includes the Avengers.
Well, in 18 months time, when the deal goes through, this could be possible, but what do the filmmakers think? During a Television Critics Association event (via Rotten Tomatoes), X-Men franchise producer/gatekeeper Lauren Shuler Donner spoke out when ask of a potential crossover.
“Sure, why not?” she said “Look, it’s 18 months away, so who knows. For me, I think Bob Iger is one of the smartest men in the country. Alan Horn’s an old friend. Kevin Feige was my intern and assistant and then my associate producer on the first ‘X-Men.’ Kevin and I started the ‘X-Men’ together, so for me if we work with Kevin, I’m happy.”
There are a lot of things to fall into line before anything an happen. Of course, there are many films already in development at both studios, but Marvel Studios are heading for a big crossroads as the MCU as we know it may change following the events of Avengers 4, which is due in 2019. We’ll keep you posted of any developments.
