Disney Buys Fox: 8 Epic Storylines The MCU Can Now Adapt

Hold onto your surfboards. Things are about to get epic.

by Ewan Paterson
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The Disney-Fox merger is all but complete, and with that in mind, it's easy to see why the halls of Marvel Studios are already beginning to contemplate how they plan for the future with the likes of the X-Men, Fantastic Four and their respective supporting characters now available for use.

New avenues, opportunities and yes, new storylines will all come into play at various stages over the coming years. Whether or not these changes manifest in the MCU's fourth phase is still up in the air - but for phases five, six and seven? They're a nigh-on certainty.

And though there are obvious concerns to be had regarding the move, there's no getting away from the fact it'll sustain the MCU for years to come, proving that it can thrive even when older heroes begin to make way for the next generation - led by Brie Larson's Captain Marvel.

But what storylines will top Marvel Studios’ shortlist with so many new toys to play with? The likelihood is that there are a lot, and with the MCU having drawn so much success from taking such an all-encompassing approach in adapting the source-material, it’s even likelier that quite a few will end up on the big screen too.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.