20th Century Fox Reportedly Considering Some Sort Of Team-Up With Marvel Studios

[The Deadman]

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/avengers/20th-century-fox-reportedly-considering-some-sort-of-team-up-with-marvel-a142923

Deadpool was an unexpected hit, but Fantastic Four was a huge flop and X-Men: Apocalypse proved to be a critical and commercial disappointment. It makes sense then that 20th Century Fox is at least considering teaming up with Marvel Studios, especially after they essentially saved Spider-Man for Sony Pictures by giving the wall-crawler a critically acclaimed role in Captain America: Civil War.

Talking on the latest episode of Collider Heroes, Matt Key, a producer on Kevin Smith's Fatman on Batman podcast, had this to say about some interesting rumblings he's been hearing. "I've heard from a few of my sources, my little birds that Fox and Marvel have... kind of talked, but not really, but like there's interest from Fox, like, 'Ooh, y'know, what they did with Sony and Spider-Man is actually pretty cool, like, maybe...' We're years away from that ever possibly happening... but I think that's what it would take... Fox joining hands with Marvel..." Well, that's pretty vague all in all, eh?

[ZariusTwo]

Sounds like a whole lot of nothing. Believe when seen.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Sounds like a whole lot of nothing. Believe when seen.

Exactly. It'll only happen once Fox has bled their X-Men franchise dry, and from all appearances, that's a long way off.

[TurtleTitan97]

Sounds way too good to be true.

[CyberCubed]

Hugh Jackman has always said he wanted to see his Wolverine with the Avengers. Even though he said he's retiring from Wolverine, I bet he'd change his mind if they said Wolverine can appear in one of the upcoming Avengers movies.

[ToTheNines]

Sounds like a whole lot of nothing. Believe when seen.

Yeah. The only thing I could see happening is Fox letting Marvel have Wolverine after this last one, out of fear that people would lose their minds over them recasting Jackman

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Hugh Jackman has always said he wanted to see his Wolverine with the Avengers. Even though he said he's retiring from Wolverine, I bet he'd change his mind if they said Wolverine can appear in one of the upcoming Avengers movies.

An interesting point.

However, dollars to donuts Andrew Garfield said something similar. Didn't turn out that way for him.

[CyberCubed]

An interesting point.

However, dollars to donuts Andrew Garfield said something similar. Didn't turn out that way for him.

Its Hugh Jackman. And Wolverine. An actor as big as him with a character as popular as Wolverine who has appeared in every single X-men film so far, like 9 films...is a big deal.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Its Hugh Jackman. And Wolverine. An actor as big as him with a character as popular as Wolverine who has appeared in every single X-men film so far, like 9 films...is a big deal.

Not arguing that.

But Marvel has shown, when they have the opportunity to go with an established well-received actor in a prominent role (Garfield as Spiderman), they still choose to recast and stamp the character portrayal with their own MCU "flavor."

[ZariusTwo]

Yeah. The only thing I could see happening is Fox letting Marvel have Wolverine after this last one, out of fear that people would lose their minds over them recasting Jackman

If the X-23 rumors are correct for the last Wolvie movie, they could always lend her over to Marvel since they're in the business of actively promoting her over the original in the comics.