Marvel Studios’ visual development supervisor isn’t has expressed his belief that fans will have to be quite patient before seeing the X-Men in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Disney’s agreement to buy certain media assets from 20th Century Fox was joyous news for many Marvel fans, as it would mean Marvel Studios would now be in control of the X-Men and could therefore incorporate them into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
This wasn’t just exciting news to fans, however,as employees at Marvel Studios were pretty pleased to hear it as well, including Visual Design Supervisor Andy Park.
Speaking to ComicBook.com, Park explained how he has always wanted to work with the X-Men:
“So I was at Stan Lee Comic Con last year… I got interviewed, and I got that exact same question,” said Park. “Like, ‘What is some of the characters you would dream of designing or working on? My answer was always the X-Men characters. And I’m like, ‘But it’s never gonna happen.’ But… we also used to say that about Spider-Man, so you never know, you know.”
Park has also explained, however, that he doesn’t think the X-Men will be showing up in the MCU any time soon:
“That’s probably as much as I can say, ’cause there’s nothing really to say yet. At least beyond, ‘Wow.’ That whole Disney buying Fox deal is- none of us saw that coming, and we’re amazed and excited, because we always dreamed of having the X-Men and Fantastic Four in the MCU, but nothing’s actually been decided or announced,” Park said. “So, I have nothing to spill, ’cause I don’t even know what the future is. The only thing I’ve read … these thing are going to take at least 12 months to 18 months for something to even happen.
“If people are expecting to see them in one of our near upcoming films like they might be disappointed,” Park said. “I don’t know. I would love to see them, too, but I have no idea when they’re actually going to come out, but I’m excited for the future. I can’t wait to find out.”
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Originally published January 16, 2018. Updated April 16, 2018.
