At some point, I’m sure we all knew that the X-Men franchise was going to go in a different direction. While speaking with Collider, producer Simon Kinberg said the following regarding the future of the films:
It delivers on the dramatic story and emotion of the last two movies. It feels like the culmination of the four main characters really — McAvoy, Fassbender, Nic Hoult, and Jen. And it’s a bigger movie in both physical scale and I would say emotional stakes too because it is the culmination of this mini trilogy of stories.
We already knew that Hugh Jackman is leaving the role of Wolverine after his next film and with Deadpool coming out early next year, FOX could decide to take the X-Men in a completely new direction. Some will hope that there would be some type of agreement with Fox and Marvel so that all of the characters could exist within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. To those fans I would definitely say the following:
Don’t hold your breath.
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