Should James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender Join the MCU?

It’s clear that at some point in the future Marvel is going to launch a full-fledged X-Men movie franchise as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. What’s not clear, at this point, is what the MCU’s X-Men will look like. At least some of the characters, and possibly even some of the actors, will be carried over from the Fox X-Men universe; that much is clear from Deadpool & Wolverine, which had the chance to kill off or retire both Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman and didn’t.

That means the door is open for more alumni from the Fox X-Men movies to join the MCU. And we think a case could be made that the two names that really should join are James McAvoy’s Professor X and Michael Fassbender’s Magneto. In our latest Marvel video, we break down McAvoy and Fassbender’s onscreen history together in the X-Men franchise, and explain why they should be brought over to the MCU, rather than recast their roles with new actors. Watch our full discussion below:

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If you liked that video on why McAvoy and Fassbender should continue to play Professor X and Magneto in the MCU check out more of our videos below, including one on how Doctor Doom will take over the multiverse (and what it has to do with adamantium), one on why Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 worked and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania didn’t, and one on who will make up the Avengers team in Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled to open in theaters in May of 2026. Avengers: Secret Wars follows in the summer of 2027.

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