10 Crazy X-Men Ideas Fox Had Before Marvel Got The Rights Back
2. Alpha Flight
It remains to be seen how many Marvel projects fans will learn about over the coming years which never saw the light of day at Fox, but it was in February 2017 that Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg dropped a bombshell about a couple of movies in the works. Those were "X-Flight" and "Exiles."
The latter is a team of mutants who travel between different dimensions on a variety of missions, and it was surprising to even the most hardcore fans that they were being given their own solo outing.
As for "X-Flight," Kinberg was more than likely referring to Alpha Flight (hey, it's pretty clear he's never paid much attention to the comic books during his tenure at Fox), a Canadian team of mutants who work for Department H in the Great White North. Wolverine's origin story is tied closely to them, and while it's doubtful he was set to appear, this is a movie which could have really been a hit.
However, it seems this was another idea the studio just threw at the wall to see what would stick without ever really putting in enough effort to make it a reality.