Marvel Studios & Disney Fighting over MCU Future & Direction of Franchise

A newer scooper on the scene, @mainmiddleman, has also made some rather outrageous claims about Marvel Studios' upcoming X-Men reboot. With recent MCU films underperforming at the box office, it appears that Disney CEO Bob Iger is looking for a massive blockbuster rather than a smaller-scale adventure heavy on the political themes that the X-Men franchise is known for.

"[Kevin] Feige wanted a more grounded X-Men story with a plot that really focused on social issues and disagreements about what it means to be a mutant. He wanted a powerful dramatic movie that really showed what the X-Men were all about, with the Brotherhood of Mutants as the bad guys."

"But that's not what Iger and Disney want. Aware of the poor performance of more restrained films (especially the disappointing box office results, like [Captain America: Brave New World] and Thunderbolts recently) the script has been requested to focus on [a] great event film to get a wider audience attention."

"So, expect [the] MCU's first X-Men movie [to be] huge on events, focusing [on] the Box Office, with more action and fan services. Ideological issues will carry on, but they will be less important than dealing with something bigger."