Game-Changing House Of M Theory Would Set Up MCU's X-Men In A Genius Way
WARNING: Spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
The MCU is faced with a problem concerning how best to introduce the X-Men into their wider universe, but in adapting the House of M comic books, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness may have teased the answer. The solution lies in the prospect of the multiverse – a concept first brought into the MCU in Loki before being expanded in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange 2. As the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand, the studio must tackle not only how to introduce a new hero, but where that character has been for many years.
This is a relatively simple problem in the case of origin stories, but no such narrative is possible for the X-Men. Until Disney’s acquisition of Fox, the absence of the X-Men in the MCU was been a purely contractual difficulty, with the former studio releasing each mutant-centric live-action film from 2000’s X-Men to 2019’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Now holding the rights, the MCU must introduce these characters while also explaining their historical absence from Earth-616, the franchise’s main universe.
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Rather than excusing the absence of the X-Men in a manner similar to The Eternals, who couldn’t get involved in events that did not concern their wider goal, a more productive model for introducing the mutants would be for the MCU to continue to adapt the House of M comic storyline. This was started by Doctor Strange 2, particularly in the role of the Illuminati members, but the franchise is yet to utilize the storyline to its full potential. By exploring Wanda’s manipulation of the multiverse, the MCU could ultimately reveal that
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