For over two decades the Marvel superhero team X-Men was a 20th Century Fox property. As a result, they couldn't appear in Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since Disney's acquisition of Fox, bringing the X-Men to the MCU has been on the menu, and now a screenwriter has addressed whether the mutants will soon appear.
Four years on and there has been little to no progress in the integration of the X-Men team into the MCU, apart from Wolverine who is billed to appear in the next iteration of Deadpool. Many fans have speculated that Marvel Studios will introduce the X-Men in its next Avengers film titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. However, the film's writer, Jeff Loveness, has put an end to these speculations.
During a recent interview on the Phase Zero Podcast, Loveness stated that the X-Men will not appear in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. While the television producer and actor affirmed Marvel's plan to reintegrate the team into the MCU, he revealed that it is some time away.
In his words, "No, I think all that stuff is pretty far away. I mean, I know they're making Fantastic Four, but that's its own thing. So, no, I mean, look, I'm the biggest X-Men guy in the world… No, no, no. I think that's being saved for a bit. But, you know, these Avengers are in trouble. They got a lot going on with Kang. They got more than enough to handle."