Disney/Fox Merger: 8 Disastrous Implications It Has For The MCU

1. A Lack Of Creative Freedom

Irrespective of however you feel about the MCU, it's fair to say that its construction hasn't always gone down as smoothly as Disney would've perhaps hoped.

Edgar Wright famously departed Ant-Man due to creative difference with Marvel Studios, as did Patty Jenkins during production on Thor: The Dark World, with the director then going on to direct the year's most important comic book film, Wonder Woman, shortly thereafter. The same has been the case at Lucasfilm, with Gareth Edwards' Rogue One purportedly enjoying a torrid production before Disney ultimately stepped in to make reshoots, and of course, no one could forget the franchise's most recent departure, with Ron Howard stepping in to rescue Phil Lord and Chris Miller's much-maligned Han Solo spin-off.

While there's no denying Disney's approach has yielded success (bar perhaps that first Thor sequel), it doesn't make for particularly wholesome reading. Fox, on the other hand, have been comparatively better, with Tim Miller the only recent departure, and even then that came at the behest of Ryan Reynolds.

While it would be presumptive to argue that Disney will never venture into R-rated territory, it stands to reason that a film like Deadpool would never have been made had it been pitched with the MCU in mind. The same goes for Logan, which stands today as one of the finest efforts in the genre, and a strong contender for awards season too, should the Academy eschew their anti-comic bias.

No one's going to turn down seeing the X-Men or the Fantastic Four in the MCU - of course not - but, at the end of the day, audiences stand to lose far more from a merger, than they would gain.

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