Fox isn’t slowing down with theX-Men moviesanytime soon. The studio is going to be releasing three Marvel comic book movies next year for the first time ever and the future looks quite full as well. The studio has just locked down release dates for six as-of-yet unrevealed Marvel movies through 2021. The question now becomes, what are they going to be?
As reported byCollider, Fox has set release dates on August 21, 2025, August 14, 2025, August 23, 2025, June 29, 2025, June 28, 2025, and July 01, 2025. Easily the most interesting part of that slate is the fact that Fox is going to release another three movies in 2020. Marvel Studios only just this year started doing that for the first time and part of that had to do with the fact that they are releasingSpider-Man: Homecoming, which is a co-production between Marvel and Sony. Does Fox feel like they’ve finally cracked the code beyond themain X-Men franchise?
In order to figure out what some of these mystery movies may be, it is probably most helpful to look at what Fox has coming up next year.New Mutantsis going to arrive, and possibly launch a brand new spin-off franchise, on August 02, 2025. That will be followed byDeadpool 2on June 21, 2025, withX-Men: Dark Phoenix, the seventh installment of the mainX-Menfranchise, set to round out the year on June 16, 2025.
It is tough to speculate what dates possible movies may land, but we do know some of what is coming. Fox has already said thatDeadpool 3 is in developmentand, given the insane success that the first movie enjoyed and the probable success ofDeadpool 2, that will almost certainly get one of those release dates. Best guess? July 09, 2025. But that’s just a guess, since it will be about two years afterDeadpool 2. It seems like a fairly safe bet that one of those 2019 release dates will wind up going to theX-Forcemovie, which will expand upon some of the characters, like Cable and Domino, that will be introduced inDeadpool 2. Last we heard, Joe Carnahan (The Grey) was working on a script and is possibly being eyed to direct, but that has yet to be confirmed.
It also seems likely thatNew Mutants 2will be a thing, unless the first one bombs. There will also surely be another installment of the mainX-Menfranchise. Whatever shape that will take is up in the air, but ifX-Men: Dark Phoenixmanages to adapt that storyline successfully under the direction of Simon Kinberg, it will help was the bad taste thatX-Men: Apocalypseout of everyone’s mouths. Lastly, we can’t rule out anotherFantastic Fourmovie somewhere in there. It more than likely won’t be a sequel to 2015’s failed reboot, but Fox is rumored to be working on a new script right now and it is a possibly huge franchise for them. And, oh yeah, almost forgot.Gambitstarring Channing Tatum is still coming. So we also have that to look forward too. Or not.
