Marvel fans might be hoping to see the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and all of Fox's other mutant heroes making their way to the MCU after the Disney completes its acquisition of the studio and its assets; however, the merger doesn't really change Fox's production schedule for its X-Men movies.
Collider just recently spoke with X-Men: Dark Phoenix writer/director Simon Kinberg about his upcoming release, and together with him was producer Hutch Parker. During their discussion with the studio, the pair decided to give an explanation of how the Disney-Fox deal would affect their films.
According to Kinberg, the acquisition doesn't change anything much for the X-Men creative team. It's business as usual for the mutants.
"The status [of the deal] I won't speak to because that's above my pay grade, but we're just continuing to make movies that we make and developing movies that we've been developing for years now, like Gambit, or finishing movies like New Mutants and Dark Phoenix and Deadpool, that comes out this Christmas, and others, Multiple Man, other movies we've been working on we continue to work on," the director explained.
Parker also elaborated on why fans shouldn't expect Fox to close down the production of films like New Mutants and Dark Phoenix so soon. The acquisition hasn't been completed yet, and until the deal fully closes then Fox has to remain functioning on its own.
"Until the deal is completely finished — which has in principal terms been agreed to by the two boards but it hasn't yet gone through the final approvals that go through the government. But until that's done, Fox has to remain Fox and perform as it would as if it wasn't up for sale," Parker said. "So for all intents and purposes, you proceed as business as usual."
While some Marvel fans would want to see the X-Men and all the other mutants sashaying their way into the MCU as soon as the deal is complete, it seems unlikely that Fox would scrap production on films that already on its way. Making films cost money, and if Fox can complete its movies before heading over to Disney, then it should.
Dark Phoenix is set to hit cinemas June 7, 2019.
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