The Fox Merger Could Cancel Doctor Doom Movie

Doctor Doommovie writer Noah Hawley says there is a sense of " precariousness " about the project considering the looming Disney - Fox merger . It came as a surprisal last yr when it was reportedDisney was looking to acquire 20th Century Fox . Of course , many Marvel fans wondered what the possible merger would signify forFox ’s ongoing ten - Men film serial , since the rights to the mutants and Fantastic Four would revert back to Marvel Studios . While those involved in the 10 - Men serial and Marvel Cinematic Universe have minimize how the unification would affect their various franchises , there ’s no doubtsomethingwill happen should the deal go through .

Still , Fox has continue toproduce and release hug drug - Men movieswhile the studio waits for the deal to be finalized . X - Men : Dark PhoenixandNew Mutantsare expected to release in 2019 , plus Channing Tatum ’s farseeing - delayedGambitmovie may start filming this summer . Further , while the studio apartment is n’t developing aFantastic Fourfilm , Fox is project aDoctor Doommovie write by Noah Hawley , the showrunner of X - Men TV seriesLegion . Now , while the worldwide mood at Fox has seemed to be business - as - usual , Hawley indicates the Disney - Fox deal could touch his Doctor Doom movie .

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In an interview withVulture , Hawley discussed the status of his Doctor Doom motion-picture show , which he herald at Comic - Con International in San Diego last summertime . In addition to giving anupdate on the Doctor Doom movie script , Hawley spoke about the bodied obstruction facing the project .

I have sex there ’s also a little dubiety , give the electric potential for a Disney merger and the fact that Marvel may find control of disco biscuit - Men and Fantastic Four . They may have a plan of their own in a desk drawer . I just do n’t know . So , I imagine there ’s sort of a sentiency of uncertainty .

So far , those at Disney - both CEO Bob Iger and Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige - have tried to temper panic that the Mouse House will wipe the ten - Men movie ticket sporty and start over . weigh the achiever of Fox ’s Merc with a Mouth movies , Iger has assured fans thatDeadpool would stick R - rated under Disney . Further , Feige sound out theDisney - Fox deal wo n’t affect MCU moviesalready in progression , so any change to the sprawl cinematic macrocosm wo n’t be seen by moviegoers for a few years yet .

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in the end , it depends on what Marvel Studios design to do with the fiber rights they acquire from Fox . Feige and others could somehow fuse the universes , or Marvel could wipe the slating clean and start over from scratch . What seems most likely , however , is Marvel Studios peck and choosing certain chemical element to keep and others to bring up entirely . The X - human will likely be bring up , while Deadpool - and his burgeoning 10 - Force - will stick around , perchance remaining in a separate universe of discourse .

As far as Doctor Doom , the undertaking has the benefit of not cause any tie to Fox ’s X - Men macrocosm . So the studio could potentially green light it as a movie that ties loosely into the MCU . However , depending on how Hawley ’s Doctor Doom practice the Fantastic Four , if Marvel has dissimilar plans , they may pick off it or nix it altogether . Unfortunately , we ’ll have to wait and see how the Fox merger shake off out before we know anything for sure .