TMDb/Marvel Studios: Building Celebrity How Disney's Fox deal brought the X-Men to the MCU, from Deadpool & Wolverine's success to the new mutants on the horizon. April 11, 2026 AceShowbiz - The acquisition of 20th Century Fox by Disney dramatically shifted the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) by restoring the live-action rights of the X-Men back to Marvel Studios. Since this landmark merger, the MCU has carefully hinted at the existence of mutants through characters such as Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani), Namor (Tenoch Huerta), and more recently, Wonder Man (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II).