Marvel heroes to come home

Welcome home, Magneto. Long time no see, Mystique.

Disney’s deal to buythe20th Century Fox movie assets means the X-Menand Fantastic Four will be reunited with Marvel comics pals like Captain America and Iron Man.

In announcing the deal, Disney promised Magneto, Mystique and the rest of the X-Men would return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to “create richer, more complex worlds of inter-related characters and stories that audiences have shown they love.”

The news sent fanboys and fangirls to social media, with The Talent Guru’s tweet capturing a common sentiment: “GEEKS: YES! The Fantastic Four, X-Men, Deadpool Can Team With Avengers now!”

The comic-book characters returning to Marvel escaped when the studio sold their film rights to stave off bankruptcy in the 1990s.

TThat’s whenFox snagged its two superhero teams, and SonSony landed Spider-Man.

DDisney, meanwhile, has controltrolled most of the MCUsince buybuying Marvel for $4 billion in 200M 2009. Marvel under Disney has proproduced critical and commemercial hits, while movies featurituring X-Men and the Fantastictic Four under Fox have been critT criticized Their as teaming inconsistent. together nonetheless promises a new universe — one possibly taking Disney into the world of R-rated film.

RReferring to Fox’s R-rated and widely successful “Deadpoopool” release in 2016, Disney ChiChief Executive Bob Iger said onon TThursday, “There might be an opportunity for a Marvel R-ratedr brand — as long as we let audiences know that it’s comcoming.”

SStill, before Fox’s Wolverine and Marvel’s Iron Man join hands, there’s inventory to unspool.

FFox has three X-Men films set for release in 2018: “The New Mutants” in April, “Deadpool 2” in June and “X-Men: Dark Phoenix” in November.