We Won't See The X-Men or Fantastic Four Join The MCU For a Very Long Time

Ever since the news broke that Disney was buying FOX fans have been wondering when we might actually see the X-Men and the Fantastic Four join the MCU. Well, according to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, It's not going to happen for a very, very long time. 

A lot of fans were hoping to see some of these characters pop up in Phase 4, but it might not even happen until Phase 5 or 6! During a recent interview with The Playlist, Feige was asked about this and he said:

"No, because any of that deal would take a while to get going and years from whenever and if ever it happens. So, certainly it won’t impact the five movies we’ve announced, and it probably wouldn’t impact anything for a handful of years after that. Because really, we’re not thinking about that. We’re thinking of delivering on what we promised. Any movie, especially for any characters we don’t have the rights to yet until someone tells us we do, would be even further after that."

That whole deal between Disney and Fox is still be ironed out. As far as I know, everything is on track to go through, but until there are signatures on a contract, anything can happen. If the deal actually does go through, though, then that's when Feige and the creative team at Marvel Studios will start figuring out how to make it work.

This is just another one of those things that we're really super excited about, but we are also going to have to be super patient.