Thesuperhero teamX-Men featured inMarvel Comics publication has appeared in seven live-action films since its inception. The plots revolves aroundmutants, humans born with extraordinary abilities, and the conflict betweenProfessor Charles Xavier's dream of peaceful coexistence (the X-Men) andErik Lehnsherr (Magneto)'s vision of mutant supremacy, all while facing prejudice and threats from humans (like anti-mutant governments or Sentinel robots) and sometimes from rogue mutants.
20th Century Fox bought the film rights for the team and other related characters in 1994 for $2.6 million. In 1999, a first X-Men film entered production.X-Men was released in 2000, and the sequelX2 was released in 2003. Both films were positively-received by critics, and earned a combinedUS$704 million worldwide at the box office. But the third installment,X-Men: The Last Stand, was released in 2006, receiving mixed reviews from critics and was deemed inferior to its predecessors, even though it collected highest box office ofUS$460 million in the trilogy.[1]
After the completion of original trilogy, Fox rebooted the film series. In 2011,X-Men: First Class was the first film serving as both a soft reboot and a prequel toX-Men and also widely regarded as a successful revitalization of the X-Men film franchise from critics. A sequel,X-Men: Days of Future Past, was released in 2014 becoming a perfect sequel and praised for its ambitious scope, stellar cast (especiallyMcAvoy,Jackman,Fassbender), thrilling action (Quicksilver's scene), and successful blend of past and future timelines.[2] After that,X-Men: Apocalypse andDark Phoenix were released in 2016 and 2019 respectively. ThoughX-Men: Apocalypse received mixed reviews from critics, it was able to make decent box office collection ofUS$544 million, but Dark Phoenix received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and made estimated loss of aboutUS$133 million after marketing and distribution costs, making it one of thebiggest box-office bombs of all time.[3] A sequel was intended to be released, but was canceled.[citation needed]
In March 2019,Marvel Studios regained the film rights to the Fantastic Four and their associated characters, after theacquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.[4]
When a young teen namedRogue goes on the run and crosses paths with cage fighterLogan / Wolverine, the pair are suddenly embroiled in an intense conflict over their fate asmutants, individuals who are born with a unique gene that grants them superhuman abilities and augmentations. They are recruited into the X-Men, a team of mutants who fight for the preservation of mutantkind while upholding their leaderCharles Xavier's ideology of peaceful co-existence with humanity, despite facing discrimination and prejudice from them in their efforts to protect them. The X-Men, also comprising field leaderCyclops, telepathJean Grey and weather manipulatorStorm, face off against the mutant extremist Magneto and hisBrotherhood of Mutants, who threaten to mutate world leaders in an attempt to escalate his plans for supremacy over humans.[5]
In addition to the X-Men and the Brotherhood, numerous named mutants fromX-Men comics make cameo appearances as students ofXavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, includingBobby Drake / Iceman (Shawn Ashmore),Kitty Pryde (Sumela Kay),Piotr Rasputin / Colossus (Donald McKinnon) andJohn Allerdyce / Pyro (Alexander Burton).[6] Additionally,George Buza, who voicesBeast inX-Men: The Animated Series (1992–97) andX-Men '97 (2024-present), appears as a truck driver who drops Rogue off to the bar where Wolverine works as a cage fighter.[7]
After a failed assassination attempt on thePresident of the United States by a brainwashed teleporting mutant namedNightcrawler, anti-mutant military scientistCol. William Stryker is enlisted to stage an attack on Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, kidnapping Cyclops and Charles Xavier alongside several mutant children and encountering Wolverine, revealed to be his former test subject during theWeapon X program. The remaining X-Men form a reluctant alliance with Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants in order to infiltrate Stryker's base atAlkali Lake and prevent Stryker from usingCerebro and the captive Xavier to telepathically kill every mutant on Earth, while Logan uncovers more about his shrouded past.[8]
The X-Men are expanded in this film with the inclusion of Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler as a new member in addition to both Colossus and Pyro briefly joining the team, being respectively recast with actorsDaniel Cudmore andAaron Stanford.[9][10] The latter defects from the X-Men to side with Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants by the end of the film, while Iceman fully joins the team as a recurring member.[11]Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike (Kelly Hu), who is not traditionally depicted as a mutant in the comics, is reinterpreted as a brainwashed mutant enforcer of William Stryker's who shares Logan's regenerative healing and sports elongated nails, coated in the same adamantium metal as Wolverine's claws.[12]Jason Stryker is reimagined in the film as "Jason 143", a lobotomized mutant who is unable to walk, and who has the ability to project illusions, used by his father to manipulate the captive Xavier into using Cerebro for targeting and mass-exterminating the mutant population of Earth.[13] As with the first film, other mutants feature in cameo appearances as students of Xavier's school, including Kitty Pryde (Katie Stuart) andJubilee (Kea Wong) andTheresa Rourke / Siryn (Shuana Kain), who uses her sonic scream to incapcitate one of Stryker's men.Steve Bacic makes a brief appearance as Dr.Hank McCoy on a television broadcast.[14] In the film's final scene, two children respectively dressed in aNative American jacket and blue attire were identified asDani Moonstar andDouglas Ramsey / Cypher.[10]
A scene in the film involvesMystique accessing Stryker's computer and uncovering a comprehensive database compiling all known active mutants in the world and their power levels. Named references to mutants in the comics includeMaria Callasantos / Feral,Angelo Espinosa / Skin,Paige Guthrie / Husk,Sam Guthrie / Cannonball,Remy LeBeau / Gambit,Ruth Bat-Seraph / Sabra,Jamie Madrox / Multiple Man,Lila Cheney,Alison Blaire / Dazzler,Xian Coy Mahn / Karma,Kevin McTaggert / Proteus,Sally Blevins / Skids, andElizabeth "Betsy" Braddock / Psylocke. In addition, there are two separate entries referencing multiple "Cassidys" and "Maximoffs", likely referring to the pairBlack Tom Cassidy andSean Cassidy / Banshee, as well as the twinsWanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch andPietro Maximoff / Quicksilver; a separate entry referencesFranklin Richards, the mutant son ofReed Richards andSusan Storm of the Fantastic Four.[15][16]
When the United States government manufactures a "cure" for the mutant gene, the mutant population is left divided on its potential benefits and repercussions. Magneto assembles a faction of mutants strongly opposed to its distribution to declare war on humanity, claiming their intent to use the cure as a means of further marginalizing the mutant race. As the X-Men confront Magneto and the morality behind the government's intentions, their formerly deceased team member Jean Grey is resurrected as thePhoenix, a destructive, evil entity within her mind that threatens to destroy both mutants and humanity on a far greater scale. As the vulnerable Grey is torn between her allegiance to the X-Men and Magneto's manipulation, the team prepare for a final battle which will decide her fate, and their own.[17]
Kelsey Grammer andElliot Page join the main cast as X-Men membersHank McCoy / Beast andKitty Pryde / Shadowcat after making cameo appearances in both previous films; the latter is introduced as Rogue's romantic rival for the affections of Iceman.[18]Ben Foster recurs in the film asWarren Worthington III / Angel, who begins the film presiding with his human fatherWarren Worthington II before ultimately rejecting him to join the X-Men.[19]Cain Marko / Juggernaut (Vinnie Jones), traditionally depicted in the comics as an adversary of the X-Men and stepbrother of Charles Xavier, who is enhanced by theCrimson Gem of Cyttorak, is reinterpreted as a mutant whose X-gene enabled him the characteristics of superhuman strength and endurance, with no relationship towards Xavier.[20] He joins Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants alongside Jamie Madrox / Multiple Man (Eric Dane), who is similarly broken out of a mobile prison.[21] During the film's events, Magneto makes an appeal to a mutant congregate opposing the cure's administration who call themselves the 'Omegas', led byCallisto (Dania Ramirez), who is adapted as a composite between her comics counterpart andCaliban, another member of her original group, theMorlocks.[22] Other members of the Omegas include Psylocke (Mei Melançon),Arclight (Omahyra Mota),Spike (Lance Gibson),Glob Herman (Clayton Dean Watmough), andQuill (Ken Leung), who is erroneously credited asQuentin Quire / Kid Omega.[19] The character Jimmy (Cameron Bright), whose trait of depowering other mutations is being isolated to produce the cure, is codenamed "Leech" after the Morlock of the same name in the comics, who has similar powers.[23] In addition to Shauna Kain and Kea Wong reprising their cameo roles as Jubilee and Siryn fromX2, three identical blonde girls portrayed by an unnamed actor make appearances as Xavier's students, alluding to theStepford Cuckoos, the psychically linked clone twins ofHellfire Club and X-Men memberEmma Frost.[24]
During theCuban Missile Crisis in 1962, fresh university graduate and mutant expert Charles Xavier is recruited by theCIA to a top-secret project known as "Division X" as a liaison between human officials and the emerging mutant population. He, alongside new colleague Erik Lensherr, who occupies a more exclusivist view of mutant-human relations, are tasked with assembling a strike force composed of young mutants as a first line of defense against theHellfire Club, a secret society led bySebastian Shaw which threatens to provoke athird World War and trigger an ascendancy of the mutant race over a massacred human population.[25][26]
The film chronicles the friendship and eventual parting of ways between a young Xavier and Lensherr as they embrace their destined paths physically and ideologically. As opposed to including younger versions of X-Men already featured in the original trilogy,First Class comprises mutants that are reimagined to fit the period setting, or were seldom adapted in the films up to this point.[27] The film establishes that Raven / Mystique was once Xavier's childhood friend and adopted sister, as well as an early recruit to the team, here codenamed 'Division X', before embracing Lensherr's perspective.[28] Also recruited is a young Hank McCoy / Beast (Nicholas Hoult), who is introduced in his human form as he attempts to synthesize a possible cure for abnormalities in his mutation, such as his prehensile, ape-like feet. Applying the cure on himself only accelerates his mutation, transforming him into his blue feline form from the majority of his comics appearances and the previousX-Men films.[29] Other members of 'Division X' includeAlex Summers / Havok (Lucas Till), the brother of future X-Men member,Scott Summers / Cyclops;[30]Armando Muñoz / Darwin (Edi Gathegi),Angel Salvadore (Zoë Kravitz), andSean Cassidy / Banshee (Caleb Landry Jones), who was reinterpreted as an American from hisIrish heritage in the comics.[31][32]
In a dystopian 2023, mutants are endlessly hunted by theSentinels, artificially intelligent humanoid machines designed to kill them by instantaneously adapting to their varied powers. In order to reverse this future, a team of surviving X-Men led by Charles Xavier and Magneto send Wolverine back in time to 1973, tasking him with preventing the assassination of the Sentinels' creator,Bolivar Trask by a young Mystique which accelerated the development and mass-production of the weapons systems. In order to succeed, Logan must track down the younger incarnations of Xavier and Magneto in the hopes that their combined presence would help dissuade Mystique from her goals while also averting the cataclysmic future they all face.[33][34]
In 1983,Apocalypse, considered in legend as the world's most ancient mutant, awakens from a deep slumber spanning thousands of years and intends to wage war with the modern world upon being disillusioned with what society had developed towards in his absence. He travels across the world recruiting Storm,Angel,Psylocke and Magneto as his fourHorsemen, in order to cleanse all of humanity in favor of a new world order where mutants are dominant. Mystique and Professor X lead a new generation of X-Men in order to prevent Apocalypse's planned destruction of all mankind.[35]
In 1992, the X-Men are well regarded as superheroes to the public and are constantly sent on missions in order to improve their public image at the behest of Professor X. One fateful mission ends in disarray when Jean Grey accidentally absorbs thePhoenix Force during a space excursion, rendering her abilities heightened and uncontrollable as she develops destructive tendencies under the influence of Vuk, a member of theD'Bari race whose home planet was previously destroyed by the Phoenix Force, who now intends to use Grey's awakened power to enact revenge.[36]
The story featuresLogan's violent past, starting in 1845 Canada where young James Howlett's mutant bone claws emerge after his father's death, leading him to flee with his half-brotherVictor Creed (Sabretooth). The brothers fight together in various wars (Civil War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam) due to their healing factors but Logan leaves after witnessing atrocities. Years later, living peacefully as "Logan" withKayla, his past catches up when Victor seemingly murders her, driving Logan to join the Weapon X program, where his skeleton is bonded with indestructibleadamantium, setting him on a path of vengeance against Victor andColonel Stryker, encountering mutants likeDeadpool andGambit.[37]
The story of the film is set after X-Men: The Last Stand. It focuses on Logan's internal struggle with his immortality and guilt over killingJean Grey. The story is largely set inJapan and follows Logan as he battles a conspiracy set byYashida while his healing powers are compromised.[38]
The film's development began in 2009 after the release ofX-Men Origins: Wolverine.Christopher McQuarrie was hired to write a screenplay forThe Wolverine in August 2009. In October 2010,Darren Aronofsky was hired to direct the film. The project was delayed following Aronofsky's departure and theTōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. In June 2011, Mangold was brought on board to replace Aronofsky. Bomback was then hired to rewrite the screenplay in September 2011. The supporting characters were cast in July 2012 withprincipal photography beginning at the end of the month aroundNew South Wales before moving toTokyo in August 2012 and back to New South Wales in October 2012. The film was converted to3D in post-production.[39][40]
The film follows mercenaryWade Wilson, who, after being diagnosed with terminalcancer, undergoes a brutal Weapon X experiment to cure it, gaining accelerated healing but becoming horribly disfigured. Seeking revenge on the scientistAjax (Francis) who mutilated him, he adopts the masked persona of Deadpool, a foul-mouthed anti-hero, and teams up withX-Men mutantsColossus andNegasonic Teenage Warhead to hunt down Ajax and save his love interestVanessa. The film is known for its dark humor, graphic violence, and breaking the fourth wall.
Following agreenlight from20th Century Fox in 2014 after test footage for a potential film was leaked,principal photography took place inVancouver, British Columbia, between March and May 2015. Several vendors provided visual effects for the film, ranging from the addition of blood and gore to the creation of theCGI characterColossus.Deadpool premiered at theLe Grand Rex in Paris on February 8, 2016, and was released in the United States on February 12, following anunconventional marketing campaign.[41][42]
The film achieved both critical and commercial success, earning $782.6 million against a $58 million budget, becoming theninth-highest-grossing film of 2016 and breaking numerous records, including the highest-grossing film in theX-Men series and the highest-grossingR-rated film at the time.[43]
Logan is a gritty, R-rated superhero film set in a bleak future (2029) where mutants are nearly extinct andLogan/Wolverine is an aged, weary man whose healing factor is failing as he cares for a senileProfessor X in hiding near the Mexican border. Their quiet life is upended when a young mutant girl,Laura/X-23, appears seeking passage to Canada, pursued by sinister forces from the corporation that created her from Logan's DNA, forcing Logan to confront his past and legacy on a final, violent journey to protect her and other escaped mutant children, ultimately finding redemption in sacrifice as he dies to give them hope for a better future.
In November 2013,20th Century Fox initiated discussions over another solo film starring Wolverine, withJames Mangold in negotiations to write the treatment for the film andLauren Shuler Donner returning to produce underThe Donners' Company.[44][45][46][47] Later in the month, Mangold announced that thepre-production aspect of the film had not yet begun, nor the writing process, though he furthered this by stating, "... I would say I'm not there yet. But I have taken finger to key. Let's say that. There's been typing. And ideas. And talking amongst all the principles".[48]
In October 2017, it was reported that director James Mangold had begun writing a sequel toLogan, tentatively titledLaura, focusing on Laura and the continuation of her story, with Logan being represented with archive footage of Jackman.[49][50][51] AfterDisney's acquisition of Fox was finalized in 2019, allX-Men films in development were stalled, leaving the future ofLaura uncertain.[52] In November 2019, Mangold said he did not think the project would be happening, and that he believed the studio would be trying to figure out where to go in the future with the characters, particularly with Wolverine.[53]
Deadpool 2 follows Wade Wilson (Deadpool) as he deals with grief after losing his girlfriend, Vanessa, leading to suicidal tendencies and an eventual alliance with the X-Men to protect a young, powerful mutant named Russell (Firefist) from a cybernetic soldier from the future,Cable, who seeks to kill Russell to prevent a dystopian future. Deadpool forms the X-Force team to help, leading to a climactic battle where he sacrifices himself forRussell, changing history and allowing Cable to use his time device to save Wade, ultimately giving him a chance to reunite with Vanessa in a new timeline.
Plans for a sequel toDeadpool began before the original film's release, and were confirmed in February 2016. Though the original creative team of Reynolds, Reese, Wernick, and directorTim Miller were set to return for the second film, Miller left the project in October 2016 due to creative differences with Reynolds and was soon replaced by Leitch. An extensive casting search took place to fill the role of Cable, with Brolin ultimately cast.Principal photography took place inBritish Columbia from June to October 2017.[54]
The film outgrossed its predecessor, earning $785.9 million worldwide against a $110 million production budget, becoming theninth highest-grossing film of 2018, the highest-grossing film in theX-Men series, and thehighest-grossing R-rated film at the time of its release. The film received positive reviews from critics, with some considering it superior to the first film and praising its humor, cast performances, story, and action sequences, while others criticized its tone, script, and recycled jokes.[55]
The story features five young mutantsMirage,Wolfsbane,Cannonball,Sunspot, andMagik held in a secret facility, led byDr. Cecilia Reyes, who are trying to understand and control their dangerous powers while facing terrifying visions of their pasts.
An alternate variant of Professor Charles Xavier appears in the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness portrayed byPatrick Stewart, reprising the character he previously played in 20th Century Fox'sX-Men films.[56][57] This version of the character originated onEarth-838 within the MCU'smultiverse, where he served as a member of theIlluminati, a council assembled by his world'sStephen Strange / Doctor Strange that was responsible for monitoring potential threats to their timeline and the wider multiverse. He is summoned to oversee the trial ofEarth-616's Doctor Strange, who is deemed as a significant threat to the multiverse by the majority of the council for wielding the potential of causing anincursion event on their world. He later changes his view on both Strange and his companionAmerica Chavez, directing them to acquire theBook of Vishanti they previously used to stop their world'sThanos in order to defeat Earth-616'sWanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch, who had possessed the body of her Earth-838 counterpart and infiltrated the Illuminati's headquarters to capture Chavez, eventually killing numerous other members of the council. Xavier used his telepathy to breach 838-Wanda's mind and free her from 616-Wanda's control, but failed as a projection of the dominant Wanda appeared before Xavier and snapped his neck, psychically killing him.
Despite his appearance in the film, the movie refrains from directly referencing his mutant background or affiliation with the X-Men, with screenwriterMichael Waldron feeling as if the movie was an inappropriate place to allude to or introduce the mythos behind the characters.[58] Professor Xavier from Earth-838 is depicted with a yellow hoverchair and similar apparel to the character's animated appearance inX-Men: The Animated Series (1992–97) andX-Men '97 (2024-present).[59] His introduction in the film is accompanied by a brief arrangement ofThe Animated Series' medley byRon Wasserman andShuki Levy, credited in the film as "X-Men '97 Theme",[60] and Stewart also references a line fromX-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).[61] TheSavage Land, a major recurring location in Marvel Comics stories involving mutants and X-Men, appears as one of multiple alternate universes briefly traversed by Strange and Chavez during the film.[62][63]
The Marvels, a sequel to the filmCaptain Marvel and continuation of theDisney+ miniseriesWandaVision (2021) andMs. Marvel (2022), featuresKamala Khan / Ms. Marvel, who became the first confirmed active mutant in the primary MCU "Sacred Timeline" at the conclusion of the latter series.[64][65] She allies herself withCarol Danvers / Captain Marvel andMonica Rambeau / Photon after discovering that theKree radicalDar-Benn was seeking her half of theQuantum Bands to abuse their power, with the intent to create "jump points" to de-stabilize other worlds out of a desire to restoreHala, which was destroyed after decades of war.Kelsey Grammer makes an uncredited cameo appearance in the film's mid-credits scene, as an alternate version of Henry "Hank" McCoy / Beast, reprising the role he played in the 20th Century Fox filmsX-Men: The Last Stand (2006) andX-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). He recovers Monica Rambeau after she surfaces in his universe, having sacrificed herself to close a jump point torn open by Dar-Benn during the film's climax. He theorizes that disruptions in space-time were causing anomalies from adjacent worlds to appear in other universes across the wider multiverse. He then informs Monica, alongside his world's variant of her motherMaria Rambeau / Binary, that he would return to examine them after providing a status report to his world's Charles Xavier.[66] Beast's appearance in the film resembles both his counterpart in the comics as well asX-Men: The Animated Series andX-Men '97, as opposed to the iteration in the originalX-Men film trilogy.[67] Despite this, a portion ofJohn Ottman's fanfare used inX2 (2003),Days of Future Past andX-Men: Apocalypse (2016) was used during his appearance in the post-credits scene.[68]
Deadpool & Wolverine is the MCU's first mutant-focused film, serving as a sequel to 20th Century Fox'sX-Men filmsDeadpool (2016) andDeadpool 2 (2018).[69][70] Taking place six years after the events of the previous film, it involvesWade Wilson being forced out of retirement after being captured by theTime Variance Authority (TVA). An agent of theirs,Paradox offers Wade the opportunity to join the "Sacred Timeline" and live among established MCU characters such as theAvengers, but reveals that his original timeline, designated as "Earth-10005", is deteriorating as a result of the demise ofJames "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine during the events of the filmLogan (2017) in 2029. Realizing that Paradox planned to accelerate his universe's decay with his "Time Ripper" due to its perceived obsolescence, Wilson steals hisTemPad and travels across the multiverse to recruit an alternate, disheveled variant of Wolverine to have him act as his timeline's "anchor being". Paradox sends the pair to theVoid where they are forced to team up and escape to their respective worlds while coming into conflict withCassandra Nova and her accomplices.
The cast comprises numerous returning characters from previous 20th Century FoxX-Men films among other Marvel Comics-based films outside the MCU. In addition to the titular protagonists, the film features appearances fromPiotr Rasputin / Colossus,Ellie Phimster / Negasonic Teenage Warhead,Yukio, andRusty / Shatterstar all of whom appeared in the previousDeadpool films.[71][72][73] Versions of mutants from theX-Men films also make appearances as members of Cassandra Nova's alliance within the Void.John Allerdyce / Pyro fromX2 andX-Men: The Last Stand makes a supporting appearance as an enforcer of Nova's, but is revealed to be a double agent of the TVA sent to monitor her and ensure her containment within the Void.[73] The original incarnation ofVictor Creed / Sabretooth fromX-Men (2000) is also depicted as one of Nova's compatriots,[74] while stand-in actors are used to represent the mutantsMortimer Toynbee / Toad fromX-Men,Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike fromX2,Callisto,Quill andCain Marko / Juggernaut fromThe Last Stand,Frederick Dukes / Blob fromX-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009),Azazel fromX-Men: First Class (2011), andBetsy Braddock / Psylocke fromX-Men: Apocalypse, among others.[75][76]Laura / X-23 as previously depicted inLogan and reprised byDafne Keen appears as the leader of the "Others", a faction of heroes from across the multiverse who desire to rise against the TVA for placing them in the Void against their will, with Laura being taken from Earth-10005 following the events of the aforementioned film before being returned to her timeline per Deadpool's personal request to the TVA, where she reunited with Wilson and Logan, who decided to stay in and help preserve their universe.[77][78][79] Recurring X-Men memberRemy LeBeau / Gambit appears in the film as a member of the resistance group led by Laura, portrayed byChanning Tatum as a referential homage to the actor's planned appearance as the character in anunproduced standalone film within theX-Men film series prior toDisney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox.[80][81][82] In addition, numerous alternate variants of Wolverine appear in a montage sequence where Deadpool attempts to find a suitable candidate for replacing his timeline's counterpart, including an amputated counterpart inspired by the character's depiction in theX-Men comic book event "Age of Apocalypse" (1995–96), a version inspired by Logan's alternate alias "Patch", a "comic-accurate" Wolverine who is depicted at the character's 5'3 height in the source material; a "crucified" variant homagingUncanny X-Men #251 (July 1989), an "Old Man Logan"-inspired variant, and a version nicknamed "Cavillrine" by Deadpool after his visual resemblance to actorHenry Cavill.[83][84][85] Alternate versions of Deadpool himself also appear most prominently as members of theDeadpool Corps; named variants of Wilson includeDogpool,Lady Deadpool,Kidpool, Babypool,Headpool,Cowboypool, Welshpool,Deadpool 2099,Zenpool,Watari / The Fool, Haroldpool,Golden Age Deadpool and Piratepool.[86][87] Ryan Reynolds himself portrays an alternate, handsome variant of Deadpool nicknamed "Nicepool" who acted as the previous dog owner of Dogpool.[88]
Avengers: Doomsday, a sequel toAvengers: Endgame (2019), will feature a narrative that depicts an alliance between theeponymous team, theNew Avengers, theWakandans, theTalokanil, the Fantastic Four and the "original" X-Men team, who unite to faceVictor von Doom / Doctor Doom.[89][90]
Tenoch Huerta, Patrick Stewart, Kelsey Grammer and Channing Tatum will reprise their respective MCU andX-Men roles inAvengers: Doomsday, appearing alongsideother returning MCU actors. The ensemble will also featureIan McKellen,Alan Cumming,Rebecca Romijn andJames Marsden returning as Erik Lensherr / Magneto, Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler, Raven Darkhölme / Mystique and Scott Summers / Cyclops from the originalX-Men film trilogy.[91][92]
At SDCC in July 2019,Kevin Feige stated thatmutants would eventually be introduced to the MCU, which include theX-Men,[93][94] and said those terms are interchangeable and that the MCU depiction would differ from20th Century Fox'sX-Men film series.[95] By September 2023, Marvel Studios was preparing to meet with writers for an X-Men film later that year,[96] andMichael Lesslie entered negotiations to write the film in May 2024;[97] he was confirmed to be writing the film a year later. Shortly after,Jake Schreier was announced to direct following positive responses toThunderbolts* (2025).[98] After bringing back actors from Fox'sX-Men films for the Multiverse Saga, Feige said this film would feature a recast X-Men team following the "reset" of the MCU inSecret Wars. He said it would be "a very youth-oriented, focused and cast movie".[99][100]
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.
| Crew | Film | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X-Men | X2 | X-Men: The Last Stand | X-Men: First Class | X-Men: Days of Future Past | X-Men: Apocalypse | X-Men: Dark Phoenix | |
| 2000 | 2003 | 2006 | 2011 | 2014 | 2016 | 2019 | |
| Director | Bryan Singer | Brett Ratner | Matthew Vaughn | Bryan Singer | Simon Kinberg | ||
| Producer(s) | Lauren Shuler Donner Ralph Winter | Lauren Shuler Donner Ralph Winter Avi Arad | Lauren Shuler Donner Bryan Singer Simon Kinberg Gregory Goodman | Lauren Shuler Donner Bryan Singer Simon Kinberg Hutch Parker | Lauren Shuler Donner Simon Kinberg Hutch Parker Todd Hallowell | ||
| Screenwriter(s) | David Hayter | Michael Dougherty Dan Harris David Hayter | Simon Kinberg Zak Penn | Ashley Edward Miller Zack Stentz Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn | Simon Kinberg | ||
| Story by | Tom DeSanto Bryan Singer | Zak Penn David Hayter Bryan Singer | Simon Kinberg Zak Penn | Sheldon Turner Bryan Singer | Jane Goldman Simon Kinberg Matthew Vaughn | Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg Michael Dougherty Dan Harris | Simon Kinberg |
| Composer(s) | Michael Kamen | John Ottman | John Powell | Henry Jackman | John Ottman | Hans Zimmer | |
| Director of photography | Newton Thomas Sigel | Dante Spinotti | John Mathieson | Newton Thomas Sigel | Mauro Fiore | ||
| Editor(s) | Steven Rosenblum Kevin Stitt John Wright | John Ottman Elliot Graham | Mark Helfrich Mark Goldblatt Julia Wong | Lee Smith Eddie Hamilton | John Ottman | John Ottman Michael Louis Hill | Lee Smith |
| Production Designer(s) | John Myhre | Guy Hendrix Dyas | Ed Verreaux | Chris Seagers | John Myhre | Grant Major | Claude Pare |
| Costume Designer(s) | Louise Mingenbach | Judianna Makovsky | Sammy Sheldon Differ | Louise Mingenbach | Daniel Orlandi | ||
| Distributor(s) | 20th Century Fox | ||||||
| Running time | 104 minutes | 134 minutes | 104 minutes | 132 minutes | 132 minutes | 144 minutes | 114 minutes |
| Budget | $75 million | $110–125 million | $210 million | $140–160 million | $200–205 million | $178 million | $200 million |
A 10-movie collection titledX-Men: 10 Movie Collection was released byDisney and20th Century Studios Home Entertainment on April 26, 2021.
As of May 2014, the DVD and Blu-ray sales of the first six films in the United States earned more than $620 million.[101]
| Title | Format | Release date | Films |
|---|---|---|---|
| X-Men Double Pack | VHS | November 10, 2003 | X-Men,X2 |
| X-Men Collection | DVD | November 25, 2003 | X-Men,X2 |
| X-Men Trilogy | October 3, 2006 | X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand | |
| The Ultimate Heroes Collection | October 16, 2007 | Daredevil,Elektra,Fantastic Four (2005),X-Men | |
| Marvel Heroes | May 13, 2008 | Daredevil,Elektra,Fantastic Four (2005),Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand | |
| X-Men Trilogy | Blu-ray | April 29, 2009 | X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand |
| X-Men Quadrilogy |
| October 19, 2009 | X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand,X-Men Origins: Wolverine |
| X-Men: The Ultimate Collection | October 31, 2011 | X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand,X-Men Origins: Wolverine,X-Men: First Class | |
| X-Men and the Wolverine: Adamantium Collection | December 3, 2013 | X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand,X-Men Origins: Wolverine,X-Men: First Class,The Wolverine | |
| X-Men: The Adamantium Collection | |||
| X-Men: Experience Collection | Blu-ray | May 6, 2014 | X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand,X-Men: First Class |
| X-Men: The Cerebro Collection | November 10, 2014 | X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand,X-Men Origins: Wolverine,X-Men: First Class,The Wolverine,X-Men: Days of Future Past | |
| X-Men Trilogy | April 19, 2016 | X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand | |
| X-Men: 2-Film Collection | April 19, 2016 | X-Men: First Class,X-Men: Days of Future Past | |
| X-Men: Beginnings Trilogy | October 4, 2016 | X-Men: First Class,X-Men: Days of Future Past,X-Men: Apocalypse | |
| X-Men Collection | November 1, 2016 | X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand,X-Men: First Class,X-Men: Days of Future Past,X-Men: Apocalypse | |
| X-Men Universe: 9-Film Bundle | X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand,X-Men Origins: Wolverine,X-Men: First Class,The Wolverine,X-Men: Days of Future Past,Deadpool,X-Men: Apocalypse | ||
| X-Men: 3-Film Collection | September 25, 2018 | X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand | |
| X-Men: 10 Movie Collection |
| April 26, 2021 | X-Men,X2,X-Men: The Last Stand,X-Men Origins: Wolverine,X-Men: First Class,The Wolverine,X-Men: Days of Future Past,X-Men: Apocalypse,Dark Phoenix,The New Mutants |
| Film | U.S. release date | Box office gross | Production budget | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. and Canada | Other territories | Worldwide | ||||
| X-Men | July 14, 2000 | $157,299,718 | $139,039,810 | $296,339,528 | $75 million | [102] |
| X2 | May 2, 2003 | $214,949,694 | $192,761,855 | $407,711,549 | $110 million | [103] |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | May 26, 2006 | $234,362,462 | $226,072,829 | $460,435,291 | $210 million | [104] |
| X-Men: First Class | June 3, 2011 | $146,408,305 | $206,208,385 | $352,616,690 | $160 million | [105] |
| X-Men: Days of Future Past | May 23, 2014 | $233,921,534 | $512,124,166 | $746,045,700 | $205 million | [106] |
| X-Men: Apocalypse | May 27, 2016 | $155,442,489 | $388,491,616 | $543,934,105 | $178 million | [107] |
| Dark Phoenix | June 7, 2019 | $65,845,974 | $186,597,000 | $252,442,974 | $200 million | [108] |
| Total | $1,208,230,176 | $1,851,295,661 | $3,059,525,837 | $1.138 billion | [109] | |
| Film | Critical | Public | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | |
| X-Men | 82% (176 reviews)[110] | 64 (33 reviews)[111] | A−[112] |
| X2 | 85% (249 reviews)[113] | 68 (37 reviews)[114] | A[112] |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | 56% (235 reviews)[115] | 58 (38 reviews)[116] | A−[117] |
| X-Men: First Class | 86% (294 reviews)[118] | 65 (38 reviews)[119] | B+[120] |
| X-Men: Days of Future Past | 90% (328 reviews)[121] | 75 (44 reviews)[122] | A[117] |
| X-Men: Apocalypse | 47% (345 reviews)[123] | 52 (48 reviews)[124] | A−[125] |
| Dark Phoenix | 22% (385 reviews)[126] | 43 (52 reviews)[127] | B−[125] |
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