Fox Is Reportedly Considering a Marvel Studios Team-Up
After Deadpool was released, it was mentioned by the filmmakers that they would like to see Deadpool and Spider-Man team up in a movie. That sparked a lot of discussion about Fox and Marvel making a deal to team up and make movies together like Sony and Marvel are in the process of doing. Last week, we learned that the relationship between the two studios has blossomed quite well, and they seem to be enjoying each other’s company. They might even start building a Spider-Man cinematic universe together!
Even though Deadpool was an explosion of glory for the studio, X-Men: Apocalypse proved to be a disappointment both critically and commercially. Fox has had a few bad eggs with their X-Men franchise, and even though they have a lineup of mutant-centric movies they are working on, like New Mutants, Wolverine 3, and Gambit, it sounds like somewhere down they line they might want to work with Marvel on a creative level.
During a recent episode of Collider Heroes, Matt Key, a producer on Kevin Smith's Fatman on Batman podcast, said he has heard some interesting rumblings:
"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..."
That’s pretty damn vague, and who knows if there’s any truth to it. One thing we know for sure from previous reports is that some of the directors, producers, and writers developing these comic book films for Fox would love to work with Marvel, and some of them have said they are pushing for it.
Fox and Marvel have already teamed up to help develop the TV series Hellfire and Legion, so maybe that opens doors for a movie team-up. If the two studies do end up coming together and working on some crossover projects, it’s probably not going to happen for awhile. Hopefully, it does happen, though, because it would be pretty cool to see the MCU expanded even more with some of our favorite mutant characters.