When it was announced that Disney and Marvel had secured the rights to the X-Men from Sony, one question was on the minds of every comic book movie fan: When will the X-Men join the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Technically, mutants have already arrived in the MCU as it was revealed in television series Ms. Marvel that Kamala Khan is, in fact, a mutant.
With every passing MCU movie, there are more and more rumours about potential X-Men cameos before the group eventually get their own standalone movie. In the most recent trailer for The Marvels, fans spotted a prominent 'X' on a bit of text on the screen.
There are, of course, those rumours about the post-credits scenes.
Marvel chief Kevin Feige says the X-Men could join the MCU soon.
"The X-Men are as solid and as rich and as a great a concept in characters as exist," he told EW. There's the return of the animated series next year, which we're very excited about. I saw some new final episodes today, which really bring you back to that core of who the X-Men are and that soap opera that those characters represent.
"And then in live-action, people will see. Perhaps soon."
Feige has already worked on X-Men, X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand as a producer and has previously stated that the X-Men are some of his favourite comic book characters of all time.
But, the time when they enter the MCU is crucial.
"Part of the fun is that I've been at this company for half my life, and we're just now tapping into arguably one of the biggest aspects of the publishing history," he said.
"It's pretty remarkable, and it's a testament to the house of ideas and what Marvel publishing has done these 80 years. The question is how to do it and when to do it, and that's something we've been working on for years."
As for The Marvels trailer, make your own mind up...
The Marvels trailer
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