This past summer gave us one of the biggest "crossovers" in movie history when Sony's Spider-Man property joined Marvel's MCU in Captain America: Civil War. This came about when Sony's sequel to their Spider-Man reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, failed to connect with fans and it tanked with audiences. Not wanting to give up their rights to the web-slinger, but in a funk on what to do about making it popular again, they went into negotiations with Marvel to "share" the wall crawler with them, allowing them to use him in their Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as allowing Marvel characters to appear in their Spider-Man movies. This arrangement turned out to be a huge success, because when Civil War was released to the masses, everyone seemed to agree that Spider-Man stole the show whenever he graced the screen. Now that Spider-Man has become part of the MCU, fans started wondering if we'd ever get to see the X-Men join the MCU as well. Well, according to Marvel big-wig Kevin Feige, that doesn't seem to be a possibility at this point in time.
During a recent interview with Collider, Feige discussed the possibility for a 20th Century Fox/Marvel crossover. Here's what he had to say:
“Well, it’s the same as it has always been. I don’t want to attribute it as a frozen wasteland or anything like that. We all get along and I see them occasionally but there’s no change in any dynamic.“
If anybody is in the know as far as this sort of information goes, it would be him. While the partnership between Sony and Marvel seems to be working out tremendously, it doesn't sound like 20th Century Fox is ready to release the reins on their Marvel properties (X-Men, Fantastic Four, Deadpool) and allow them to join the rest of the superheroes over in the MCU. While this would be HUGE, it might take a few more years (decades) before this will ever happen. Still, it's kind of surprising that Fox wants to hold onto their Fantastic Four property, seeing as how the last attempt to re-invent them fell pretty flat. Agreeing to share that property, at least, would seem to be a smart move for Fox in order to get that franchise back up and running again. As far as their X-Men and Deadpool properties go, I can understand why they don't want to share them yet, considering that they are doing quite well and are pulling in boat loads of money for the studio.
So how do you feel about this? Are you upset, or do you think that this is the best thing for both movie companies to keep them separate? If they ever did come to an agreement of some sort, what storyline would you like to see take place that would introduce the two groups together? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section down below.
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