10 X-Men Who Should Be Introduced Into The MCU As "Villains"

10. The New Mutants

If and when The New Mutants is released in theaters (or direct to streaming), we'll finally know the true answer to an important question — is The New Mutants the final Fox X-Men film or is it the first X-Men film in the MCU?

D23 seemingly confirmed that this film was indeed bringing mutants into the MCU. Disney later walked back that statement and claimed that, due to reshoot difficulties, the original film will screen with no ties to the MCU.

If it's Fox's final bow, then fans can at least be thankful this film will see the light of day. However, if a post-credits scene in The New Mutants ties to the MCU, then this group of adolescents is already primed for villainy.

Their origins shown in the trailers seemingly place them on the wrong side of the law. Assuming that they escape their captor — or worse, discover that the facility is government-run — they are certain to get on the Avenger's or X-Men's radar as potential threats.

Although there are reportedly no changes to the film itself, there is still a chance that they filmed a new post-credits scene that will tag onto an upcoming MCU film scheduled to be released and connect The New Mutants to the MCU.