Avengers vs. X-Men: Kevin Feige Teases Returning Fox Movie Stars for Marvel Crossover

It wasn’t all too long ago when Marvel’s film rights were in disarray. Disney owned a solid chunk of the publisher’s stable while 20th Century Fox owned another chunk, and Sony owned (and still owns) all things Spider-Man. Now, Disney has purchased Fox and those characters in the X-Men and Fantastic Four families are once again owned by the House of Ideas. It’s a move that could inevitably lead to a live-action adaptation of Avengers vs. X-Men, according to Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige.

“The frustration is when you don’t have access to all of your characters,” Feige tells ComicBook. “So when we were doing [Captain America: Civil War] for instance, or even [Avengers: Infinity War], there were just dozens of characters that we had to take out of those comic stories because we didn’t have access to them. Now as we choose upcoming storylines, we don’t have to do that, and we have access to all of them.”

There’s been growing speculation online that Avengers 5, the film previously known as Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, could be reframed as Avengers vs. X-Men now that Kang no longer appears to be a part of the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

What’s Deadpool & Wolverine about?

In Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine, Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) will change the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). The film also stars Matthew Macfadyen as Paradox, and Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova, with the return of Deadpool alums Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlysle, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Karan Soni as Dopinder, Stefan Kapičić as Piotr Rasputin/Colossus, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Rob Delaney as Peter, and Lewis Tan as Shatterstar. Aaron Stanford is returning as Pyro from the X-Men film series, with Jennifer Garner rumored to return as Elektra Natchios. 

Kevin Feige, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy and Lauren Shuler Donner produce with Louis D’Esposito, Wendy Jacobson, Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, George Dewey and Simon Kinberg serving as executive producers. Deadpool & Wolverine is written by Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy. Deadpool & Wolverine will be released exclusively in theaters on July 26th.