It really is amazing just how much the MCU has after the Fox buyout

[Hybrid]

Thought I'd post this just to demonstrate what the Fox buyout truly means. When most people talk the buyout, they mainly center it around the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and the existence of mutants. However, that's really only scratching the surface of what's possible on the big screen. They don't just have their most famous characters and mutants, but they have nearly all the factions, important cornerstones, worldbuilding elements, and locations that are core in the Marvel Universe. As it turns out, that amounts to a lot. The fact that they were missing have made the MCU incomplete for the longest time.

These include:

• Galactus, the Silver Surfer, and the other Heralds
• Doctor Doom and Latveria
• X-Men adjacent teams: New Mutants, X-Factor, Excalibur, Alpha Flight, X-Force etc.
• Weapon X
• Hellfire Club
• Exiles
• Mojoworld
• Cyttorak
• Phoenix Force
• Age of Apocalypse
• Kang the Conqueror
• The Sentinels
• Annihilus and the Annihilation Wave
• The Negative Zone
• Moloids
• Most of the named Skrulls
• The Shi'ar
• The Brood
• The Phalanx
• The Savage Land
• S.W.O.R.D.
• Otherworld and the Captain Britain Corps
• The Thieves' Guild and the Assassins Guild
• Limbo
• The Future Foundation
• Mr. Sinister and the Marauders
• The Molecule Man
• The Galactic Council
• The Beyonder

Look at all this, and be amazed that the MCU has been able to be this good and this successful while severely handicapped. How much bigger can the MCU get now? I feel like this accounts for at least 40% of Marvel. Can't wait to see them cut loose!

Only thing missing at the moment is Spider-Man and his mythos, sadly.

But anyways, it's pretty unbelievable and I'm very much looking forward to the future. If the MCU was ever at the risk of going stale after Endgame, the buyout ensures the well doesn't run dry.

What do you hope to see out of the massive expanded MCU? Discuss.

[Reviresco]

No. They are also missing Namor and the Hulk, as far as solo movies go.

I'm not sure they didn't have access to some of those characters before the merger, but yes, they were missing the FF, who basically built the Marvel Universe, and the X-Men who were / are extremely popular.

Personally, I think it was the best thing that the MCU didn't have access to their "big guns." It made them realize how great the C list or 'lower level' characters like Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Black Widow, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, etc. could be and develop them instead.

[Hybrid]

No. They are also missing Namor and the Hulk, as far as solo movies go.

I'm not sure they didn't have access to some of those characters before the merger, but yes, they were missing the FF, who basically built the Marvel Universe, and the X-Men who were / are extremely popular.

Personally, I think it was the best thing that the MCU didn't have access to their "big guns." It made them realize how great the C list or 'lower level' characters like Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Black Widow, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, etc. could be and develop them instead.

Isn't it like 90% confirmed that Namor is the villain of Black Panther 2? They'll probably build him up as a Loki-type figure, someone bounces around between good and evil while being a complex and enjoyable character.

[Reviresco]

Isn't it like 90% confirmed that Namor is the villain of Black Panther 2? They'll probably build him up as a Loki-type figure, someone bounces around between good and evil while being a complex and enjoyable character.

Not at all. I haven't seen anything from a reputable source, i.e. associated with Marvel, the MCU, or the cast and crew of BP that have indicated Namor will be in that movie. There's plenty of ... I guess Hickman fans, who have been pushing for it, but as a Namor fan, and I'm not alone, I certainly don't want to see him abused in a Black Panther movie and reduced to a Black Panther villain.

The only MCU person that has "mentioned" Namor is the director of Dr. Strange, who posted a cover from Fear Itself The Deep with Doctor Strange, that happened to have Namor in the background -- and then fairly quickly removed the post.

[Hybrid]

Actually I remember it being indicated that they worked out the Namor issue, and it's from leaks that keep consistently coming up. Again, I doubt they'd reduce him to Black Panther villain, but he's got to start somewhere.

[darewithpeace]

with all that content they could make movies till 2050

[gurkle]

This is one of the many reasons I wish the Fox buyout hadn't happened, or at least that it hadn't happened so soon. The pressure will now be on Feige to produce new versions of characters who have already appeared on the big screen, instead of characters who would otherwise never have starred in a movie in a million years. If they'd gotten the rights back in, say, 10 years then it might have given them a shot in the arm when they really ran out of characters or Feige lost his touch, but now...

[shooshoomanjoe]

No. They are also missing Namor and the Hulk, as far as solo movies go.

I'm not sure they didn't have access to some of those characters before the merger, but yes, they were missing the FF, who basically built the Marvel Universe, and the X-Men who were / are extremely popular.

Personally, I think it was the best thing that the MCU didn't have access to their "big guns." It made them realize how great the C list or 'lower level' characters like Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Black Widow, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, etc. could be and develop them instead.

Didn't the MCU start with the first Hulk movie?

[Hybrid]

Didn't the MCU start with the first Hulk movie?

Iron Man. Hulk was the second. It underperformed and Universal holds the distribution rights, hence no more Hulk solos.

I wonder if this applies to Disney+ though. I want an Immortal Hulk show for sure.