Is Avengers: Doomsday Actually an Avengers vs X-Men Movie?
The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s relationship with the X-Men has been fairly frigid until Disney purchased assets from 21st Century Fox in 2017. Due to the X-Men franchise being under Fox’s control, along with the Fantastic Four and the similar situation with Spider-Man at Sony, the mutant team seemed to become a red-headed stepchild for the company, on and off the page. But now, with all of the characters under the MCU banner going forward, it’s fitting that the X-Men could be the unwitting villains of Avengers: Doomsday and possibly bring one of the 21st century’s most divisive Marvel Comics storylines to the big screen, as part of Doctor Doom’s big debut.Videos by ComicBook.comWhat Is Avengers vs. X-Men? Avengers vs. X-Men pits the two superhero teams against each other over the fate of mutant messiah Hope Summers, after the Phoenix Force returns and seems to be headed toward Earth to merge with the young mutant. Cyclops and the rest of the X-Men are at their home base, Utopia, and a...