User blog:ARTaylor/Is a New X-Men Series Coming?

Consider this just a rumor for the moment, but Bleeding Cool has word that a new series could be coming based on the X-Men. Their source is reportedly close to the Marvel creative summit that happened last week. Supposedly there is going to be a lot more coming involving the Children of the Atom this year.

It has been a well-known secret that things are tense between Fox and Marvel/Disney for a while. Fox owns the film rights to X-Men and Fantastic Four and Marvel wants them back. In response, Marvel Comics has ended Fantastic Four, their longest running comic series, and massively downplayed mutants in all media and merchandise.

In addition to this, there seems to be a division within Marvel between Marvel Studios and the rest of the Marvel company. Though nothing has been confirmed, rumors suggest that the film division wants to report directly to the overlords at Disney rather than through the rest of Marvel. While things haven't become peaceful, Marvel Studios worked with Fox on the Deadpool film and is working with them on the upcoming Legion series. This cooperation is apparently leading to greater presence of mutants in merchandise.

Their source suggests that it will also lead to a new X-Men cartoon. The feud between the two companies is what ended Wolverine and the X-Men and is why mutants have been mostly absent from the subsequent animated series, save for the occasional appearance of the ever-popular Wolverine. Despite Marvel lowering the profile of mutants the films have done well, showing that audiences still love them. According to their source, an announcement will come later this year regarding the series.