Russos' Wolverine Tease Confirms 1 Major MCU X-Men Reboot Problem

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What the Russos said about bringing Wolverine to the MCU confirms one major issue facing Marvel Studios in regards to its X-Men reboot plans. Although there are no concrete details on when Marvel’s Merry Mutants will make their long-awaited MCU debuts, it’s been understood for a while that their corner of the Marvel Universe will be used eventually. It’s just not clear when that will happen or exactly how Marvel will usher them into the MCU.

Phase 4 provided the first real step toward the MCU’s X-Men team with the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The inclusion of Patrick Stewart’s Professor X from Fox’s X-Men movies officially gave the MCU its first mutant and confirmed their existence in Marvel’s multiverse. Next, it could introduce its own versions of iconic X-Men heroes and villains, including Cyclops, Magneto, Wolverine, Jean Grey, and Beast. Their arrivals come could in all sorts of different ways, including unexpected cameos in upcoming Phase 4 projects, a dedicated X-Men movie, or individual Disney+ shows.

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Comments made by Anthony and Joe Russo about the possibility of the two directing an X-Men movie highlight one of the biggest problems that Marvel will have to overcome when it reboots the franchise. When the subject was brought up, Joe Russo mentioned his love for The Incredible Hulk #181 (Wolverine’s comic debut) and said with the character being “essential to the X-Men”, an X-Men movie would be “a fun project to work on” when the time finally comes for them to be used. There are obviously dozens of major heroes associated with the X-Men in Marvel Comics, yet Russo’s immediate response was to put the focus on