Endgame Directors Address Possibility Of Helming An MCU X-Men Reboot
As the superhero team gear up to make their franchise debuts, Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo are open to ushering the X-Men into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a movie reboot. 20th Century Fox first brought the Marvel team to life with the 2000 eponymous film, which scored critical acclaim and was a box office hit, grossing over $296 million against its $75 million production budget. This film's success not only helped with the reemergence of the superhero movie genre along the likes of Wesley Snipes' Blade trilogy and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, but also a full franchise of sequels, prequels and spinoffs.
After 11 films in the franchise, the X-Men's big-screen future was put into limbo with Disney acquiring 21st Century Fox and the rights to the Marvel characters for Marvel Studios. Two final installments would be released with Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants, both of which scored largely negative reviews from critics and audiences alike and were box office failures, resulting in the proper closure of the franchise as Marvel head Kevin Feige announced plans at 2019's San Diego Comic-Con for a mutant-centered film set in the MCU that would be different from Fox's. While the studio's plans for the characters still remains largely unknown, one creative team are eager to help introduce the MCU to the X-Men.
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While speaking with AP Entertainment, Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo opened up about their potential MCU return. When asked about the possibility of helming the MCU's X-Men reboot, Joe enthusiastically expressed his interest in bringing the superhero team to the fold, discussing his own interest in the
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