8 Things Marvel Could Do After Phase 3

Thanks to Marvel and Sony making the most unexpected business move this side of Disney-buying-Lucasfilm (and Marvel, for that matter) with their pairing up to share custody of Peter Parker, the cogs in most people's minds are already turning toward the small possibility that they could enact a similar scenario with 20th Century Fox and their hold over the X-Men franchise. 

Admittedly unlikely, considering that Fox are doing better than ever with the franchise, with no less than six X-films in active development, and last year's Days of Future Past being the top earner for the series.  

That said, no one can predict the future. A time may come where Fox's box office returns are diminishing, and Marvel are looking for something to reinvigorate their Cinematic U once the big stars all move on and Phase III has wrapped. The Marvel/Sony combo deal has set the stage - there are compromises to be made, profits to be split. 

What better than a big two-part blowout film, crossing over the Avengers and the X-Men? The material for potential storylines is mouth-watering - from Onslaught, to House of M, to the more recent AvX. 

Heck, such a crossover might even be enough to convince Marvel's outgoing heavy hitters to stick around/come back and participate. Who doesn't want to see Hugh Jackman and Robert Downey Jr have a tête-a-tête in their most famous guises? Or have Captain America give Wolverine the dressing-down he so regularly gives him in the comics? If brains could salivate, it's what fandom's would be doing right now.