Marvel shouldn't rush to introduce the X-Men to its cinematic universe

They caught Sony’s Spider-Man in their web, but the merger of Marvel’s parent company Disney with 20th Century Fox shouldn’t let mutants overpower their MCU superheroes

WARNING: This article contains spoilers

If one thing defines the Marvel cinematic universe, it’s continuity. Other superhero sagas have chopped and changed timelines and cast members more times than Theresa May has visited Brussels in 2019. But all 21 Marvel movies released between Iron Man in 2008 and last year’s Avengers: Infinity War (with the exception of early dud The Incredible Hulk) can be viewed as a single, expanding, multistranded narrative. Even the addition of Spider-Man, once part of a different series of films, was so deftly handled that it is now almost impossible to imagine the masked wall-crawler existing outside of the main movie continuum.

But if integrating Spidey into the MCU proved deceptively simple, Marvel’s next challenge could be far more difficult. With the merger between parent studio Disney and 20th Century Fox nearing completion, it won’t be long before the latter’s superhero properties – X-Men and the Fantastic Four – are plonked unceremoniously into Marvel chief Kevin Feige’s sandpit. There will surely be pressure from above to introduce prominent characters such as Wolverine and Deadpool to the MCU sooner rather than later, especially because they already feature alongside the likes of Iron Man and Captain America in comic books – if only to keep Disney’s lucrative merchandising operation thriving.

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