Fox X-Men universe
Fox X-Men Universe | |
Developer | Twentieth Century Fox |
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Publisher | Twentieth Century Fox |
Platforms | As noted below |
Released | 2000-2020 |
Added to Museum |
See Fox X-Men universe category |
The Fox X-Men universe was an American multimedia series by Twentieth Century Fox that was spearheaded by films and television shows with characters related to the Marvel Comics team, the X-Men. It also included comics and music.
Purchase of X-Men film rights
In 1996, Marvel Enterprises went bankrupt. To save the company, the film rights to its most popular characters were sold to various film studios at relatively low prices. The rights to produce X-Men films, as well as films based on characters related to the X-Men, were purchased by 20th Century Fox.
Discontinuation
It was discontinued in 2019 after The Walt Disney Company acquired 20th Century Fox. The last film that was part of the X-Men Saga was The New Mutants, which was released in 2020.
Legacy
Some of the actors in Fox's X-Men universe have appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In 2021, the television series WandaVision contained a character named Ralph Boener, who had the appearance of Fox's X-Men universe version of Quicksilver, and temporarily had his powers as well.
In 2022, the film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness contained a variant of Professor X that was an amalgamation of Fox's X-Men universe version and the version from the 1992 X-Men animated series.
X-Men films
X-Men television series
Title | Studio | Released | Added to the Museum | Notes |
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Legion | FX Productions | 2017-2019 | Not yet |