X-Men And Fantastic Four Return Home As Disney/Fox Deal’s Now Complete

[F-22Raptor]

The Mouse House just got that much bigger with today’s announcement that 21st Century Fox has now completed the distribution of all issued and outstanding shares in connection with the Disney acquisition. While the deal isn’t technically in effect quite yet, things certainly look to be unfolding according to the schedule reported last week, and we can expect the transaction to be officially complete at 12:02 am ET this Wednesday.

In case it hasn’t been said enough already, this merger is going to be a very big deal that’s set to bring some huge changes to the entertainment industry. From a Marvel perspective specifically, however, it means that Kevin Feige and his team will soon have the legal go-ahead to bring the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and a whole load more newly acquired characters into the MCU.

Of course, Marvel Studios is known for keeping their cards close to their chest, so don’t expect the next Wolverine to be announced by the end of the week or anything like that. What’s more, it seems far too late for the merger to have any major impact on next month’s Avengers: Endgame, though some fans are still holding out hope for a quick post-credits tease involving one or more of Disney’s new acquisitions.

In any case, it’s unlikely that Marvel will want to rush things after Disney put so much time and a staggering amount of money into acquiring Fox, but perhaps we can at least get a few announcements at the bi-annual D23 Expo in August. In the meantime, the MCU still has to complete its 2019 cinematic slate with the release of Avengers: Endgame on April 26th, followed by Spider-Man: Far From Home on July 5th.

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/disneyfox-merger-deal/

 

[patero]

What’s more, it seems far too late for the merger to have any major impact on next month’s Avengers: Endgame, though some fans are still holding out hope for a quick post-credits tease involving one or more of Disney’s new acquisitions.

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/disneyfox-merger-deal/

I'm hoping to see either Wolverine (Jackman or a new actor), Silver Surfer and/or Galactus, or a Fantastic Four appearance in the stingers.

 

[F-22Raptor]

I'm hoping to see either Wolverine (Jackman or a new actor), Silver Surfer and/or Galactus, or a Fantastic Four appearance in the stingers.

Highly doubtful about Wolverine and F4 appearance...……...but I could see a slight tease of Galactus. I know Kevin Feige loves Galactus, so he's certainly appearing in the future of the MCU.

 

[patero]

Highly doubtful about Wolverine and F4 appearance...……...but I could see a slight tease of Galactus. I know Kevin Feige loves Galactus, so he's certainly appearing in the future of the MCU.

Yeah I'm being hopeful, but I know some of the stingers in other MCU films have been shoe horned in at the last moment.

But if the stingers include characters not related to the film they follow, they either feature a sneak peak at footage from upcoming releases or are created by the director of an upcoming release. So I guess the problem is Marvel haven't formally announced any of the Fox properties in the MCU yet, let alone assigned directors or actors.

But we could see a tease of Wolverines claws, or Surfers board etc. But until Marvel releases its plans for post phase three (or infinity saga as they are calling it) this is just hopeful optimism.

 

[gambit]

I'm hoping to see either Wolverine (Jackman or a new actor), Silver Surfer and/or Galactus, or a Fantastic Four appearance in the stingers.

In the comics, the Silver Surfer have been among the worst portrayed despite being among the best characters. Marvel assigned writers that do not understand the character and consistently under-wrote his story and power. The SS once b-slapped the Hulk. The SS should have his own movie.

 

[patero]

In the comics, the Silver Surfer have been among the worst portrayed despite being among the best characters. Marvel assigned writers that do not understand the character and consistently under-wrote his story and power. The SS once b-slapped the Hulk. The SS should have his own movie.

I agree, I was collecting Silver Surfer through the early 90s run. It started getting good when Thanos returned in the lead up to Infinity Gauntlet. For about 4-5 years Surfer was one of Marvels best characters but he hasn't been written well very often since, apart from his role in Annihilation and a few other occasions.