The Marvel Cinematic Universe may already be the biggest and most lucrative franchise in the history of cinema, regardless of how Martin Scorsese classifies it, but the sandbox is only set to grow bigger in the coming years. Not only is the MCU expanding onto the small screen with a huge roster of shows in development for Disney Plus, but Kevin Feige also has some new toys to play with following Disney’s acquisition of Fox, with the X-Men, Deadpool and the Fantastic Four now officially under the Marvel Studios banner.

Out of those three newly-acquired properties, Deadpool 3 seems the closest to getting the green light, but both the X-Men and the Fantastic Four are going to be high-profile projects for the studio, too. While the mutant team have had their fair share of ups and downs on the big screen, the Fantastic Four have fared much worse, being the subjects of four movies that range from ‘not very good’ to ‘absolute trainwreck.’

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man will be teaming up with the Fantastic Four at some point and it could be in their MCU debut via a supporting role, working with the titular heroes in order to face off against the movie’s as-yet-undecided villain.

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