X-Men MCU

[Bleed The Freak]

Namor update

Kevin Feige Explains Namor’s Complicated Movie Rights Situation

 

[Bleed The Freak]

The best way to go for Magneto IMO is to have Hydra set up death camps post-WWII, and have Magneto lose his family at some point in the 70s or 80s. He could meet Professor X in the 90s. They should be boys for life in the beginning until their their ideological differences start to slowly push them apart more and more over time, turning them into the characters we're familiar with today.
Either way, I don't think they should use Magneto right away in the first movie. Magneto's a great character, but he's played out in the movies. I would pit the X-men against Sentinels or maybe Mystique's version of the Brotherhood of Mutants for the first movie.

Use Kitty Pryde as the fish-out-of-water viewpoint character as we get introduced to the world of the X-men. The established team would consist mostly from the Giant Sized X-men #1 lineup: Professor X, Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Jean Grey* and Rogue (as a replacement for the now-retired Banshee).

Put Magneto in the Hannibal Lecter role, where Professor X meets him in prison for information once or twice before Magneto escapes at the end of the movie, setting him up to be the main villain in the sequel.

Establish that Beast, Cyclops, Jean, Iceman, and Angel were the original founding members in the backstory who have since moved on to other things, except for Scott and Jean.
Beast has since joined the Avengers (just like he did for years in the bronze age) and is no longer actively serving as an X-man. Angel runs a multi-billion dollar business and helps the X-men out financially, but no longer actively participates in combat. Iceman is off doing his own thing and randomly shows up in other movies.

* EDIT: If Fox's Dark Phoenix actually gets made before the deal goes through, they might be better off writing Jean Grey as having died before the events of the first movie as well. I want to see a proper Dark Phoenix Saga on the big screen more than anyone, but if/when Fox botches it, general audiences are going to be sick to death of the Phoenix.

I'd love for the after credits to be like the cartoon....

" my watch has stopped...it's been magnetized"

 

[Days of Future Piff]

@OrangeSodaStyle i like the idea of saving magneto for the 2nd movie. the first movie could have them square off against the government like you said... sentinels... all that shyt. once the general premise of the franchise has been established and their first great adventure has been chronicled, THEN you can bring in a real supervillain for them to face.

however if they were to go that route, i don't think they should even hint at magneto in the first movie. i like your hannibal lecter idea but i would rather be introduced to the character in all his glory. when he first reveals himself you can have it that none of the x-men know who he is except for xavier and then he can supply the backstory.

i would also save wolverine for the 2nd movie as well. the x-men franchise needs to establish again that is greater than just wolverine. get the public familiar with this iteration of the franchise first, firmly establish that this is a completely new x-men universe that has nothing to do with hugh jackman... and then when the streets are thirsty for the sequel you introduce wolverine. subplot would involve him constantly undercutting cyclops and cyclops learning how to adjust to this brash newcomer.

I’d agree with saving Logan for the next one, but only if the plan to do an O5 movie. He’s done to death, but he’s way too iconic to leave out entirely IMO.

What I would do is limit his screen time low key. He’d still be there, but the movie wouldn’t be about him and you wouldn’t really see him doing stuff until later in the movie when things get serious. For example, they could have the Danger Room be the first big action sequence of the movie. Wolverine gets an attitude beforehand and storms off (Wolverine spends most of the movie in normal clothes, not even bothering to wear his costume like the others) while Cyclops, Rogue, Storm, and ALL of the other characters except Logan get a big, awesome fight sequence. Later on (almost halfway through the movie) they realize that Wolverine has been gone for a long time and they send Nightcrawler to go look for him. Logan and Nightcrawler get into a fight with a bunch of human bigots halfway through the film (this should be the first time you even see Wolverine with his claws out). Meanwhile, the rest of the characters get attacked by sentinels in a big fight where Xavier gets abducted. Logan and Kurt don’t show up until it’s already over. At the end of the 2nd act, Wolverine picks a fight with Cyclops, gets sonned, and humbles out. Once Cyclops helps everyone get their team spirit back, they all suit up and fly off for the final battle. (This should be the first time you see Logan in costume, wearing the yellow suit.) In the final fight, you’ll see him in action fighting alongside everyone else.

 

[nieman]

In the comics to explain events that was like on a global danger scale in the world and the Xmen/mutants didn’t join the battle....

Per the “No More Mutant” storyline when Cap & Avengers came to the X-men for help. The X-men declined stating there are only small population of mutants and they ain’t gonna risk endangering them for Caps war.

But I’m sleep though

Martha

They did the same ish in Civil War too.

 

[Alpha Male]

I’d agree with saving Logan for the next one, but only if the plan to do an O5 movie. He’s done to death, but he’s way too iconic to leave out entirely IMO.

What I would do is limit his screen time low key. He’d still be there, but the movie wouldn’t be about him and you wouldn’t really see him doing stuff until later in the movie when things get serious. For example, they could have the Danger Room be the first big action sequence of the movie. Wolverine gets an attitude beforehand and storms off (Wolverine spends most of the movie in normal clothes, not even bothering to wear his costume like the others) while Cyclops, Rogue, Storm, and ALL of the other characters except Logan get a big, awesome fight sequence. Later on (almost halfway through the movie) they realize that Wolverine has been gone for a long time and they send Nightcrawler to go look for him. Logan and Nightcrawler get into a fight with a bunch of human bigots halfway through the film (this should be the first time you even see Wolverine with his claws out). Meanwhile, the rest of the characters get attacked by sentinels in a big fight where Xavier gets abducted. Logan and Kurt don’t show up until it’s already over. At the end of the 2nd act, Wolverine picks a fight with Cyclops, gets sonned, and humbles out. Once Cyclops helps everyone get their team spirit back, they all suit up and fly off for the final battle. (This should be the first time you see Logan in costume, wearing the yellow suit.) In the final fight, you’ll see him in action fighting alongside everyone else.

so much better than anything these clowns are likely to give us

 

[momma]

This is the best fancasting I've seen thus far. Only choices I can't get behind is Wolverine and maybe Professor X, I think they can find someone more personable than Jorah

 

[OmegaK2099]

Let’s let DP2 drop first and make sure it’s official before we start saying that.

Don’t let it walk the path of Kick Ass 2, 300 sequel, and Sin City 2.

None of those were well received after so much love was given to the predecessor

I don’t even think brehs made a thread for any of those when they dropped

Martha

You were saying

 

[Bryan Danielson]

You were saying

It was an entertaining movie..... among all the other stuff that I wont mention again.


I'm grateful for Deadpool 2, cuz it nullifies so many other common complaints



Martha

 

[Bleed The Freak]

Wonder if we get a head start before the merger

Marvel's Just Waiting on the Phone Call that Gives It the X-Men/FF Rights

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

They really need to get the X-Men movies right

 

[Concerned Citizen]

I had some good green and started wondering how you could work the X-men into the MCU. If mutants are new then you miss out on a lot of X-men history and gotta start from square one. If they’ve been around the whole time it wouldn’t make sense that they’ve managed to stay under the radar until now. The only plot that’d cheat code those two issues would be that mutants were always around...until they weren’t due to Scarlet Witch.

Tweak the House of M plot So that mutants were in the MCU then Scarlet Witch altered reality and wiped them out of existense House of M style. The MCU we’ve been watching has been the post no more mutants MCU. In the next couple of Avengers movies have her powers start to increase with some mystery assailants following then attacking her. The big reveal is they are a few mutants left over from the original reality who’ve been waiting for the right time to get her to fix things. Avengers aren’t down with it because the X-Men are trying to rewrite reality and it could go left. Especially after Thanos. Wolverine might think that it’s time to put her down and go rogue assassin.

The rewrite gets undone and the original reality restored then you can run wild with the X prequels. You could have a movie set during civil war where the mutants are debating the Accords from the mutant POV. Maybe they were there during the battle of New York in the cut saving folks. Could have a scene with Professor X and Nick Fury agreeing that mutants will be kept out of the Avengers program followed by one where he tells Stark no way in hell would he support the accords.

 

[Bleed The Freak]

I'd love this

FF bought the Avengers tower after Homecoming.

Their space program took place during the Infinity War events and the radiation created them from explosions in space on Titan.

I'm a firm believer in the X-Men being a 90's thing. Too hard to explain where they been.

Like I mentioned earlier update Magneto as a Hydra victim from the late 70's or 80's, somehow tie in the Quantum Realm "evolution" theory (particles of it leaking or time loop with Avengers 4 time travel) .

If you do Wolverine make it like Black Panther where he shows up as an adversary. Like Hulk VS animated and he shows up after Banner goes AWOL after Avengers 4.

The Avengers ( or a small group) go after Banner and run into him. Maybe Fury decides to cut a deal with a program to take him down ( you know he's gonna go HAM in Avengers 4) as he's too dangerous and Wolverine is part of it.

Although I can do without Logan for a long time. But it's gonna happen so make it dope.

 

[Days of Future Piff]

I'd love this

FF bought the Avengers tower after Homecoming.

Their space program took place during the Infinity War events and the radiation created them from explosions in space on Titan.

I'm a firm believer in the X-Men being a 90's thing. Too hard to explain where they been.

Like I mentioned earlier update Magneto as a Hydra victim from the late 70's or 80's, somehow tie in the Quantum Realm "evolution" theory (particles of it leaking or time loop with Avengers 4 time travel) .

If you do Wolverine make it like Black Panther where he shows up as an adversary. Like Hulk VS animated and he shows up after Banner goes AWOL after Avengers 4.

The Avengers ( or a small group) go after Banner and run into him. Maybe Fury decides to cut a deal with a program to take him down ( you know he's gonna go HAM in Avengers 4) as he's too dangerous and Wolverine is part of it.

Although I can do without Logan for a long time. But it's gonna happen so make it dope.

I could see this working, low key. Just set all of the X-movies in the late 80s and early 90s so that there's no need to explain where the mutants have been all along.

Wolverine can be on the team, but they should limit his screen time for sure. Don't show him actually wearing his costume or going off on the villains until the end. He should be the Allen Iverson of mutants, he doesn't bother showing up to the Danger Room and he's off doing his own thing offscreen for the first major fight scene or two while the rest of the team is handling business and dealing with the main plot. The main story should be told from Cyclops' perspective (or Kitty Pryde if they decide to include her).

Let Wolverine be mysterious. Don't even show the audience what he does to his enemies at first, just show us that he has claws and leave it at that. Later in the movie when they're sneaking around some enemy base or wherever, have Logan creep up on some sentries so they can cut back to the reactions of the other characters making the face as you hear the sound of claws popping. Even though you don't see it, but you know somebody got merked.

Don't clearly show him going off in a fight until the final battle when the situation gets really desperate and everyone is fighting for their lives. There should be a scene near the end of the movie where Logan goes crazy and kills a bunch of redshirt characters on some Rogue One Darth Vader type stuff.

 

[E R 11 C]

Think of the possibilities if Marvel Studios can save the Xmen franchise.

A couple solid X-Men movies. Im sure they throw in a Deadpool movie with more X-men characters.

Then a huge "Infinity War" type movie with X-men and the rest of the Marvel Universe.

"Onslaught" Story line?

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Make Magneto Black

But then we’d like him too much

Kill those flatscans!