
2019 marked the acquisition of X-Men rights by Marvel Studios following Disney’s completion of its purchase of 21st Century Fox. This transaction granted Disney and Marvel Studios ownership over the Fox-possessed Marvel characters, such as X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Deadpool. At the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, hinted at integrating mutants into the MCU without disclosing a specific title or release date for the upcoming X-Men reboot. Nevertheless, some X-Men characters started appearing in MCU films. For instance, Patrick Stewart’s Professor X was featured in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), and Kelsey Grammer reprised his role as Beast in The Marvels (2023). Characters like Ian McKellen (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), and James Marsden (Cyclops) also appeared in Avengers: Doomsday. It is expected that new characters will spearhead the reboot of Marvel’s X-Men within the MCU.