10 Steps To Successfully Reboot The X-Men Into The MCU
Who needs Wolverine? Not Marvel Studios...
Almost as soon as Disney formally completed their protracted takeover of Fox, attention immediately turned to the mouth-watering prospect of Marvel Studios being in control of the rights to the X-Men.
For years it seemed as though the prospect of seeing Charles Xavier's band of mutants facing off against the Avengers was only a pipe-dream, but now that it has finally become a reality the all-powerful Marvel Cinematic Universe is under huge pressure and faces sky-high expectations to deliver a reboot that lives up to the hype.
We've already seen a dozen X-Men movies under Fox's watch that burned through some of the biggest storylines and most iconic characters that the comic books had to offer, meaning that Kevin Feige and his team face a tough task in putting their own unique stamp on a series that's already been done to death.
That being said, the MCU has shown remarkable consistency over the years and hasn't let many people down yet, but there are some mistakes that need to be avoided at all costs to maximize the almost limitless potential of seeing the X-Men make their long-awaited debut as part of cinema's biggest franchise.
10. Distance Itself From The New Mutants
You really have to feel sorry for The New Mutants, which initially finished shooting so long ago that instead of being the last entry in Fox's X-Men franchise, it'll now be the first installment in Marvel's.
The seemingly cursed production has been beset by extensive reshoots that were said to have dramatically altered the tone of the movie, before any and all references to previous X-flicks were ordered to be removed now that Josh Boone's horror-tinged comic book adaptation fell under the ownership of the Mouse House.
The New Mutants is currently scheduled to hit theaters at the end of August, which is the fifth and latest release date for a movie that was originally set to arrive in April 2018. Marvel Studios will be keen to establish their X-Men and a brand new and separate entity from what's come before, and that means quietly sweeping their immediate predecessor under the rug and pretending like it never existed in the first place.