When are the Mutants going to be formally introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? If youcheck out the most recent reports, it will happen sometime in 2024, presumably in the upcoming fourthquel, Captain America: New World Order. But, other sources are singing a different tune, saying that a metal alloy commonly associated with the X-Men won't arrive a bit later until Thunderbolts, which premieres on July 26, 2024.
According to grapevine talk, Thunderbolts' story will start off with the 7-member Avengers-like anti-hero group traveling to the body of the dead Celestial, Tiamut, to get their hands on Adamantium. The island will later be revealed to be named "Genosha", which is just one of the many places that the Mutants call home in the comic books. But, what starts off as an off-the-books acquisition mission takes a turn for the worse when Sentry, a long-rumored member of the team, starts "hearing voices" and they'll have to stop the MCU's version of Superman "at all costs".
Thunderbolts was initiallyrevealed as the final film of Phase 5 of the MCU. It's still unclear if this remains the case after Blade was pushed back to September 6, 2024. Then again, Kevin Feige could've been referring to Thunderbolts like what the MCU did with Avengers: Endgame. Although the second-highest-grossing film of all time is widely considered the culmination of the entire Phase 3 (and pretty much the MCU at that point), the last film of Phase 3 is Spider-Man: Far From Home.
