X-MEN Producer Says She is Happy To Work With Marvel on Crossover Film Projects

Now that Disney has purchased Fox there is a much better chance now that we could actually see long-time estranged Marvel characters unite on the big screen. Now during an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, X-Men franchise producer Lauren Shuler Donner is saying that she is happy and open to working with Marvel on their crossover film projects that will eventually be planned.

"Sure, why not? Look, it’s 18 months [away], so who knows. For me, I think [Disney CEO] Bob Iger is one of the smartest men in the country. [Walt Disney Studios Chairman] Alan Horn’s an old friend. [Marvel Studios President] Kevin Feige was my intern and assistant and then my associate producer on the first X-Men. Kevin and I started the X-Men together, so for me if we work with Kevin, I’m happy.”

Disney and 21st Century Fox expect the regulatory process around the deal to take at least a year and up to a year and a half. After that, Fox's leased Marvel properties like X-Men, Deadpool, and the Fantastic Four will be brought into the shared Marvel Cinematic Universe, home to properties like The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Spider-Man.

Kevin Feige, chief behind Marvel Studios' cinematic universe franchise is supposedly eager to utilize the X-Men in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Fox's X-Men spinoff The New Mutants arrives in theaters in April, followed by the Deadpool sequel in June. And then in November, X-Men: Dark Phoenix opens in November.