Summary
Avengers: Secret Warsis rumored to have a big impact on the MCU, and Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige recently made comments about plans for theX-Menthat may have confirmed this theory.
Avengers: Secret Warsis the final chapter of the MCU’s ongoing Multiverse Saga. Plot details are unknown, but considering the two comic book storylines it’s based on,Avengers: Secret Warsis expectedto unite Marvel characters from across the Multiverse against a powerful threat.Avengers: Secret Warsis also rumored to reboot the MCU, paving the way for significant retcons in the franchise and potentially providing a much-needed explanation for how the X-Men will be introduced.
During a live virtual appearance at the Disney APAC Content Showcase (viaDeadline), Feige commented on the MCU’s upcoming films, includingThe Fantastic Four: First StepsandThunderbolts*. Feige also echoed previous comments teasing theX-Men in the MCU afterAvengers: Secret Wars. Per the Marvel Studios boss, fans will see familiar X-Men “players” leading up toAvengers: Secret Wars, which will lead to a “new age of Mutants.”
I think you will see that continue in our next few movies with some X-Men players that you might recognize. Right after that, the whole story ofSecret Warsreally leads us into a new age of mutants and of the X-Men. Again, [it’s] one of those dreams come true. We finally have the X-Men back.
Notable scooperMyTimeToShineHelloresponded to Feige’s comments by offering spoilers on how the X-Men will join the MCU. According to MyTimeToShineHello,Secret Warswill create a new universe where mutants and the X-Men have always existed. This information remains unconfirmed by official sources, but some fans interpret Feige’s comments as a hint thatAvengers: Secret Warswill indeed reboot the MCU as a means of introducing mutants and the Fantastic Four.
This could potentially solve abig MCU problem with the X-Men. The persecution of mutants is a key storyline in Marvel Comics, with many people fearing and/or hating them. While superheroes like Captain America are mostly given a break because their powers were bestowed upon them through science, mutants are targeted because they are born with mutations and many of them don’t even resemble humans. The X-Men often conflict with Magneto because of their differing views on how to combat this persecution, with Magento’s actions shaped by his experience as a Holocaust survivor.
In other words, the X-Men and other mutants are hard to miss and it would be difficult to explain why they were never seen or mentioned in the MCU. Fans know Marvel Studios only gained the screen rights to the X-Men after Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, but an in-universe explanation for the absence of mutants is needed. Time will tell if an MCU reboot afterAvengers: Secret Warswill provide the answer. Then again,Ms. Marvel teased mutantsexisting in the MCU, so many Marvel Studios will just say they’re only now emerging.
Avengers: Secret Warsis scheduled to be released in theaters on July 02, 2025.
Avengers: Secret Wars
Avengers: Secret Wars is the sixth Avengers film and takes place during phase six of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. The film will see several heroes from the prior phases return and battle against a cosmic threat to rival Thanos and borrow elements of the Marvel Comics event of the same name.
