A report about whether Disney will be able to get an X-Men film on the slate before the end of 2021 when the answer is clearly no and they won't attempt to either. I see the X-Men as more of a Phase Five development. Disney and Marvel will have the next five or so years pre-mapped out and it would have had to have been done on the basis that the Fox deal could collapse at some point. Plus they still have the next 12 months to clear out existing X-Men projects. On top of that you have to add the facts that their existing releases like Black Panther, Captain Marvel and Avengers are all hitting $1bn-$2bn so they have absolutely nothing to gain by tripping over themselves to do something X-Men related. Another noteworthy point is that Deadpool is the one Fox incarnation to survive the transition so in a way the X-Men universe still exists in one form for now. Disney has owned Indiana Jones for years now and we're still waiting on something from it so playing the waiting game isn't new. X-Men was a massive asset to Fox and something will be done with it but to Disney it's a small perk so I think people need to really dial down their expectations for that franchise.
Personally, I'd be eyeballing nothing but potentially a few nods before 2025
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