Summary
- X-Men, DCEU and Warner Bros. With less pressure for solo features than 2017's Justice League , which was rushed by , it's a more natural fit for the team-first movie strategy in the MCU.
- Marvel may favor more popular mutants for customized stories after a successful team-up debut.
- Unlike DC's Justice League, the X-Men's team dynamic allows for future flexibility in developing solo character arcs.
Warner Bros.' worst decision with Justice League might actually work for the MCU next year X-Men. Although the concept of mutants and more ties to the X-Men have gradually made their way into the MCU, the X-Men have yet to be fully rebooted. However, once Marvel Studios is ready to bring a new version of Marvel's classic mutants to the big screen, they should look to replicate what has worked so poorly for the DCEU.
The MCU is currently in the midst of the Multiverse Saga. Although the concept of the X-Men has appeared in other realities, only the briefest hints of mutants and X-genes have been shown so far in the main Earth-616 timeline. However, it's likely that Marvel Studios intends to fully dive into the X-Men after the Multiverse Saga concludes. Avengers: Secret Wars. To that end, the MCU may want to do what is highly controversial for the DCEU. Justice League: to be full X-Men team film first.
The DCEU's Justice League was rushed by Warner Bros
A Team Up Movie Before Every DC Hero Gets Their Own Solo Feature
Although many controversial decisions were made in 2017 Justice League One of the first decisions from director Zack Snyder was the decision to fast-track a full team movie before each hero had their time to shine in their solos.. At the time, the only DC hero to get his own movie was Henry Cavill's Superman in 2013. Man of Steel. This was followed by 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice It starred not only in Ben Affleck's Batman and Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman, but also in Ezra Miller's Flash, Jason Momoa's Aquaman and Ray Fisher's Cyborg. Justice League released next year.
Wonder Woman got his own movie in between Dawn of justice and Justice League. But all the other heroes' films were expected to get their solo features after that Justice League release. Of course, this plan largely fell through after the poor performance of the band's film and various behind-the-scenes controversies.
Wonder Woman has a lackluster sequel Justice League after with Wonder woman 1984and Aquaman got two movies (one of which was its own weak sequel). Meanwhile, Batman and Cyborg's movies never got made, and The Flash's movie languished in development hell for years before its much-maligned feature was finally released in 2023. Flash was released months after the DCEU had already been canceled ahead of the upcoming DCU reboot by new studio heads James Gunn and Peter Safran.
Marvel May Succeed With X-Men Where DC's Justice League Failed
Marvel can then decide who needs a solo movie
Despite all the issues Justice League and it could be argued that the film that the DCEU is facing is the first to rush the team this strategy could work for Marvel Studios when it comes to the X-Men. After all, the X-Men were a team of mutant heroes from the beginning of the comics, made up of students from Charles Xavier's school. In fact, there's no way that multiple X-Men won't be featured in the same movie, at least initially, as Marvel Studios will likely have to integrate the mutant kind with the rest of the established MCU.
Marvel Studios can totally kick things off X-Men A movie that comes together to mark the beginning of a new mutant era in the MCU. They can then look at which mutant characters (or pairings) are the most popular or most worthy of receiving more focused stories. After all, not every X-Man needs his own special movie in the same way that every member of the Justice League deserves to have one.. If Marvel wanted to use a team-first release strategy, there's a lot less pressure on the back end, which would probably be in its best interest.
The X-Men were originally a team (So it might work)
Justice League isn't that tight-knit
After all, some mutants work better with a full team of X-Men than they ever did on their own. However, certain characters like Wolverine, Gambit, Nightcrawler, Storm, etc. will evolve with solo features including In fact, Marvel Studios will have the luxury of seeing what works with a team before diving into solo features, especially seeing as X-Men isn't the only thing the MCU has going for it. This is Warner Bros. not like Avengers-type crossover occurs as soon as possible, while almost all eggs are inside Justice League basket.