X-Men MCU conversations have taken place between Patrick Stewart and Kevin Feige

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It's been a while since we've heard anything about X-Men showing up in the MCU. Until now, that is. Professor X actor Patrick Stewart has revealed he held talks with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel Studios president Kevin Fဣeige about those ch🐽aracters, including Charles Xavier.

“I met with Kevin Feige a couple of months ago and we had long, long conversations," Stewart told , before teasing that "there have been moves and suggestions൩, which include Charles Xavier."

Feige, who namechecked “mutants” during the big 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel Phase 4 blowout reveal 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:at San Diego Comic-Con last July, has kept the introduction of X-Men under wraps, understandable given Disney only officially acquired Fox (and its stable of superher🎃oes, including the likes of Wolverine, Cyclops, and, yes, Professor X) last year.

But Feige has revealed prior to these talks that there is a five-year plan currently in place for the MCU – 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:which doesn’t incl🦹ude ꦆthe X-Men. Plans can, of course༒, change – remember the Inhumans movie? – but X-Men almost certainly isn’t in the MCU’s immediate future.

You don’t need to have telepathic skills to wonder where this is going next: will Patrick Stewart be returning as Professor X? According to the actor – who is set to reprise another of his most famous roles in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Trek: Picard later this week – his appearance in Logan served as an appropriate end to his incarna✤tion of the character.

Stewart said: “Here's the problem... If we had not made Logan, then yes, I would probably be ready to get into that wheelchair o🌠ne more time and be Charles Xavier. But Logan changed all that.”

So, Patrick Stewart probably isn’t going to be back as Professor X but, for the first time, the X-Men showing 𓃲up in the MCU suddenly feels very, very real. Isn't that🍨 exciting?

Quick! Brush up on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel timeline before it gets *too* confusing.

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