Marvel producer Victoria Alonso has suggested that the 'X-Men' is "outdated" given the gender bias it implies.
The producer has worked on some of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's biggest titles, including the recently-released Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame.
With the merger of Disney and Fox, the X-Men now have the potential to be brought into the MCU, and Alonso was pressed on the cinematic future of everyone's favourite mutants.
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"I don't know where the future is going," she told Nuke the Fridge. "It's funny that people call it the X-Men, there's a lot of female superheroes in that X-Men group, so I think it's outdated."
She added: "I don't know where it's going to go. We'll see. They just now have joined. They have a movie [Dark Phoenix] coming out soon, which under that banner is their last film. So, we'll see what time will tell."
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Dark Phoenix star Jessica Chastain has come up with her own idea of where things could go next with X-Men and the MCU.
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"I'd see a Jean Grey/Thor romance, romantic comedy," she pitched to Digital Spy. "[Chris Hemsworth]'s fun to work with. I don't know if he can decide that, I think that's more of a Disney decision."
She added of Hemsworth: "Oh, he'd be on board. Boy oh boy, would he be on board. He likes to have fun, a comedy."
Meanwhile, Dark Phoenix's first reviews have been decidedly mixed, with some calling it an underwhelming end to the X-Men era.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix is out on Wednesday, June 5 in the UK and Friday, June 7 in the US.
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Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies, TV and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME and Screen International. Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings to Love Is Blind, and is equally in his element crossing every 't' and dotting every 'i' as a sub-editor.
