We are in the earliest stages of Marvel phase four, but leaks are already flying over the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A credible new report claims to reveal some sensational details about what’s to come, including a nice plan to launch the X-Men in the MCU. (Consider yourself warned: possible MCU spoilers ahead!)
The source of these latest Marvel leaks is Twitter. Specifically, an account named @mainmiddleman, which previously reported on the importance of Ralph Bohner’s necklace weeks before its importance in the WandaVision finale. More recently, they posted a new Twitter thread that is absolutely filled suspected MCU spoilers. And based on their history with WandaVision, we tend to give @mainmiddleman the benefit of the doubt.
Here’s a quick tour of what they’re claiming about Marvel Studio’s big X-Men plans …
Marvel’s X-Men Movie Plans Start in 2021
The leaker claims that Marvel’s major X-Men project has ‘The Mutants’ with the code name, and it contains a movie with the name and plans to introduce other characters in the MCU via various programs and movies leading to the real The mutants movie.
Apparently, the first mutants could arrive in the MCU in 2021. The leak also notes that “mention can be made of mutants who feel free to reveal themselves to the world and fight crime after Tony Stark revealed himself as Iron Man.” In addition, it claims that The Blip (also known as the Snap) can play a major role in turning ordinary people against their brothers.
As for the actual first X-Men movie, it can be directly linked to Eternal and focuses primarily on Charles Xavier and Moira MacTaggart. It could also include the Brotherhood of Mutants (Magneto, Mystique, Sabertooth, Toad, Pyro, the Blob, etc.) as the main villains, and include an X-Men team inspired by the “First Class” comics ( these are Angel, Jean Gray, Cyclops, Iceman and Beast).
Finally, @mainmiddleman claims that the first MCU X-Men film focuses on ‘social issues about minorities’, which makes sense since Mutants has always been a metaphor for minorities and the way society abuses them.
The same Twitter leak also contains alleged details about Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and The Fantastic Four.
When it comes to Stephen Strange, it sounds like Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) will be a main villain. Apparently he now works for the Marvel supervillain Nightmare and is trying to get his hands on the Darkhold. The leak also claims that the final WandaVision scene was actually a shot taken out Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
And if you’m worried about another multi-universal counterfeit, take the following comfort:
“There will be a big scene for an association of interdimensional villains after the multiverse collapses.”
In the end, the Fantastic Four’s introduction to the MCU seems closer than we thought. Apparently the team will appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which will be issued in 2022. The film could also join the upcoming Disney + series Secret Invasion, with the Fantastic Four’s main villain possibly possibly Super-Skrull. (But do not worry, doctors Doom fans, the Supreme Leader of Latveria may also show up.)
It may sound like a lot, but there’s more to this leak. Check out the full thing via Reddit below: