With "X-Men: First Class" coming out in the near future, I started thinking about what I would do if the film rights for the X-Men and all related titles were acquired by Marvel allowing them to link the X-Men Universe with the overall Marvel Cinematic Universe. I will explain my ideas for linking the film after my outline is over but I don't envision any X-Men related film done by Marvel Studios to be super connected to the Iron Man, Hulk, Cap't America, or any other movies in very explicit ways. This wasn't an easy task and I started by just thinking about what I would like to see out of an X-Men film. I would like to say that this is an original story idea but it does draw from various arches and story lines that have taken place throughout the comics. Don't want to waste time so enjoy the read, and comment. Thanks.
P.S: This is my first post so go easy on me. This is meant to be fun and somewhat entertaining if I did the job right.
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The film starts in black. A MAN talking about mutants, their natural supremacy over mankind. He then goes on to say that not every mutant feels. The grounds to the X-Mansion are seen. The ivy and grass are overgrown. The gates are chained closed and a sign is post that reads "Private Property. No Trespassing." The grounds are explored a bit, revealing that the property hasn't been visited in a long time. Going inside, the place is dusty. There is trash everywhere and no signs of life although deep within the subbasement there is one person moving about. BEAST sifts through some old files, pulling out addresses of X Men members and listings of their families. Some names that come out are Ice-Man, and Cannonball and his family. A file on a computer reads "Xavier's Protocols." Beast looks at it and sighs.
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CYCLOPS and JEAN GREY are living away in the Mountains. Enjoying their time together isolated and alone. Cyclops just gets off of the phone with HAVOK. Cyclops tells Jean that Havok is doing just fine with Polaris and says that he is doing just fine taking over the reigns of X-Factor (X-Factor won't be specifically named). Suddenly, there is a knock at the door. Cyclops gets worried but Jean informs him that everything is fine and he can open the door. Beast walks in and the three of them talk. This conversation sets up the main conflict and plot of the film:
-Since the X-Men have broken up, Storm, Wolverine, Ice Man, Angel, and many other members have gone their separate ways and haven't kept in contact with any of the other members.
-Beast was informed by an unknown source that former X-Men have recently been attacked and question as to where Jean is.
-Beast tells them he believes that Collosus has been killed by whoever was questioning him and he can't locate Wolverine at all (when Wolverine is mentioned, Cyclops looks bothered).
Beast wants Cyclops and Jean to help him track down the other X-Men in an attempt to reform. Cyclops and Jean bring up Xavier which seems to be a touchy subject among them.
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On Muir Island, MOIRA MACTAGGERT walks down a grass field with the wind blowing gently against her clothes. She reaches a cliff overlooking the rising sun where PROFESSOR CHARLES XAVIER sits drinking tea at a chair and table. She goes up to him and puts her hand on his shoulder. This is where a brief conversation will take place (exposition mostly) that establishes the following:
-Prior to the events of this film, Xavier and Magneto were once friends but were turned into enemies with the X-Men against the Brotherhood time and time again.
-Xavier, releasing Onslaught, was responsible for the X-Men breaking up.
-Xavier misses his students but he feels horrible for what he put them through.
-Magneto and members of the Brotherhood haven't been seen and Xavier hasn't had any contact with any of his X-Men except for (I'm setting up the next scene):
Xavier and Moira look down the cliff and see the shore. ROGUE walks along the shore with her shoes off. A sad look on her face.
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Beast, Jean and Cyclops return to the X-Mansion where FORGE is waiting for them. Beast had called Forge in hopes that Forge would help put Cerebro back online. Forge successful does this and Jean is able to use Cerebro to track down former X-Men mutants. The three of them travel to Africa where STORM joins up with them. Beast informs Storm of what has been going on and she is fine with reforming the X-Men as long as Professor Xavier is made aware of their situation and makes a decision on what he wants to do because, in her eyes, Professor Xavier, is the true leader of the X-Men despite Cyclops being considered their leader.
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The antagonist of the film is finally revealed to be MR.SINISTER. Sinister is busy running some sort of experiment while SCALPHUNTER is sitting in the background and SCRAMBLER overlooks Sinister's shoulder. Sinister talks to himself about raising the "Messiah". Sinister is using DNA taken from Jean Grey to turn into a drug of sorts that is fed through an IV drip into a coffin like apparatus. Sinister reveals that he isn't going to keep the IV drip up forever and needs to find Jean in order for things to really go into effect.
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Beast, Cyclops, Jean and Storm go and find ANGEL living in some icy mountain area. They talk to him and he refuses to join up with them and the three of them leave and return to the X-Mansion where they find ICE MAN, NIGHTCRAWLER, and SHADOWCAT cleaning up. JEAN reveals that she was able to send out a message to the three of them but not Storm because Storm was too far away. ICE MAN, NIGHTCRAWLER and SHADOWCAT all reveal that they were attacked and questioned by Mr. Sinister although they don't actually know who Mr. Sinister is or why he wants Jean. In an attempt to find more answers, they head out.
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Professor Xavier and Rogue talk about the Onslaught Incident. Xavier tells Rogue about what he saw as Onslaught and how he had glimpses of possible futures. One involving a world were mutants outnumbered humankind with a mysterious figure leading the crusade against humankind. Xavier says that Jean was responsible for this and that she shared this information with Cyclops and Jean. It is revealed that after Xavier was defeated as Onslaught, he was left in a coma and was brought to Muir Island to be looked after. When he awoke, Cyclops and Jean were by his bedside and he told them. In order to ensure that this future didn't come, Xavier urged Cyclops and Jean to go start a new life and not tell any of the X Men where they were.
Suddenly, Beast, Storm, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Jean, Shadowcat and and Cyclops enter much to the surprise of Xavier and Rogue. Xavier is updated on the situation and his fears of this possible future are brought back full swing.
Rogue then gets a phone call and leaves the room to answer it.
Back in the room, the others talk about the other X-Men who they weren't able to find. Xavier tells them that he know Collosus is still alive but no one knows anything about Wolverine who can't be found. Rogue comes back into the room and tells them that GAMBIT just called wanting her help as he's being held captive.
Rogue, Iceman, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler and Storm decide to go help Gambit. While Xavier, Beast, Cyclops and Jean continue their talks.
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Rogue, Iceman, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler and Storm arrive at a run down warehouse on the harbor and go inside to find Gambit, Scalphunter and VERTIGO and RIPTIDE. Gambit tells them that he was just expecting Rogue in order to question her for his employeer but that all of them showing up is a welcomed surprise. Storm comments that these were the mutants responsible for the MUTANT MASSACRE (along with other mutants). A fight ensues while Sinister watches. LADY MASTERMIND enters and tells Sinister that she found him and she only wouldn't have been able to if they all didn't show up for her to read their minds. Sinister is pleased with this and they talk briefly about his plans. Rogue touches Gambit and gets a bit of his memories, which mainly involve him seeing Sinister with no mention of his true intentions.
The Marauders back off and retreat.
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Gambit talking with Sinister about holding up his end of the agreement which was to remove the mental blocks that were placed within him which caused him to not have full access to his powers. Sinister placed these mental blocks in Gambit at a young age and Sinister agrees to revert the process which seems to be a very painful process.
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On Muir Island, Professor Xavier, Beast, Jean, and Cyclops continuing their talk when Moira comes in and tells them that the others have returned. Every one is briefed on what happened although none of their questions are answered except for the fact that Gambit is working with the Marauders and Rogue tells them that she knows what their leader looks like but not what he is truly trying to due Professor Xavier reads her mind and gets the image of Sinister. Cyclops storms out and is followed by Jean.
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Cyclops and Jean are talking about what is happening. Cyclops reveals that this is all his fault and Jean begins to probe his mind. The get into a little fight of sorts and she tells Cyclops that she will be able to contain herself if she goes out of control since she has had so much time to focus her energies. She convinces Cyclops to tell everyone who they are up against.
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Cyclops storms in and tells them who is searching for Jean Grey and he reveals his history with Sinister to the group. Everyone is shocked even Professor Xavier who didn't know this.
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Scalphunter, Vertigo, and Riptide talk amongst themselves when Lady Mastermind enters the room and tells them all to assemble.
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Later that night, Beast, Storm and Nightcrawler are working on finding out who Mr. Sinister is and what he can be doing while Iceman and Rogue talk about Gambit and their former relationship. It is hinted at here that Iceman is now dating Shadowcat who comes up and asks him to go for a walk with him.
Alone, Cyclops and Jean head to bed.
In the morning, Jean and Cyclops wake up in their mountain home and two children run in named NATE and RUBY. The children jump in the bed and they all laugh. Later, Jean has coffee on the balcony and Cyclops joins her. There is a knock at the door and Jean goes to answer it but she finds only the adamantium skeleton of WOLVERINE and a pair of dog tags. Jean screams and wakes up back on Muir Island.
Cyclops wakes up next to her but she opens her mouth revealing a flying plane that is one fire and a parachute coming out of it.
While searching for answers, Beast discovers that Sinister is actually Nathaniel Essex and he explains his history to Professor Xavier and the others before Xavier goes to see Moira. Meanwhile, Iceman and Shadowcat who are walking on the grounds are attacked by Riptide and BLOCKBUSTER. Rogue is startled by Gambit who appears to look different. Gambit tells Rogue all about Mr. Sinister and his amazing plans to start an Apocalypse.
Beast, Storm, and Nightcrawler are attacked by Scalphunter, Vertigo, and Scrambler. Scrambler shuts down Beast while the others fight and Scrambler continues through the hallways.
Xavier finds Moira and she turns into MYSTIQUE revealing Moira knocked out nearby. Xavier questions Mystique and asks her where MAGNETO is but she doesn't answer. Cyclops and Jean break free from their room and run into Lady Mastermind and Sinister. Sinister takes a blow from Sinister and Jean puts up a fight against Lady Mastermind. All of this happens while Sinister and Cyclops talk about Cyclops' past and Sinister's plan for Jean.
The fights continue until several bombs go off that were planted across the island. When the smoke clears, Sinister and his Marauders are gone along with Jean. Cyclops is super pissed and Xavier says that he was able to read the mind of Mystique and he tells them what Sinister is truly planning. Sinister wants to raise the mutant Apocalypse but in order to do so he must channel the life force of Jean Grey who has the cosmic energy of the Phoenix flowing through her.
Cyclops reveals that he knows where Sinister is at because Jean told him prior to the explosion as she had read Lady Mastermind's thoughts and sent them to Cyclops as she knew that she was going to be captured.
The X-Men suit up as Xavier stays behind with Moira who is still knocked out. The X-Men arrive in an underground base located beneath the streets of New York underneath the sewers. While the group walks through the sewers, more about the Mutant Massacre is talked about while Cyclops tells them what Jean was capable of doing while they were in the mountains.
Meanwhile, Sinister is busy extracting the Phoenix Force from Jean in order to awaken Apocalypse. Sinister obsesses over Jean seemingly and uses a drug to suppress her abilities although she is glowing with a fiery anger.
The X-Men burst into Sinister's base led by one of Cyclops' optic blasts. I envision an epic fight scene of sorts and have some ideas but this is getting pretty long. Long story short, the X-Men have an intense battle with the Marauders while Cyclops just forces his way to Sinister and he ends up in a fight with Gambit who is turning into his DEATH persona. As the Phoenix Force is drained from Jean, Apocalypse begins to awaken and Sinister reveals that his plans are complete and he runs off. Cyclops projects a huge blast as Apocalypse causing the cables connecting the Jean and him to break but the Phoenix Force is still powering him back to life. Cyclops makes the decision to kill Jean in an attempt to stop Apocalypse from coming back to life as Jean is able to read Apocalypse's mind and realize the true extent of his powers and she sends this information to Cyclops. Cyclops kills Jean and the underground base begins to collapse causing buildings to fall on the streets above. The X Men race to get out and the Marauders are killed in the battle although Sinister, and Mystique escape and Gambit is taken out by Rogue and brought back to the X-Mansion.
Back on Muir Island, Professor Xavier is informed of what happened. Cyclops is torn apart by his actions but he's remaining collected. Professor Xavier decides to reopen the Mansion because there are still threats that only they can handle.
Months later, the Phoenix Memorial is erected which is seen as the Xavier school is reopened and a few new mutants arrive (these can be cameos by newer mutants). Inside of the Mansion, Cyclops stares at a picture of him and Jean together that is in a frame next to a picture of the original X-Men together. There is a knock on the door from Storm. They talk about him killing Jean and the state of the X-Men after she tells him that Xavier wants him.
Xavier and Cyclops talk about Jean and her being a host to the Phoenix Force. They talk about the school and how things should be while Cyclops adopts a more militarist personality and cold disposition.
The film draws to a close with a memorial service/ground breaking ceremony in the front of the school. Angel gets out of a car and appears. He mentions to Beast that he was getting bored.
As we're taken away from the X-Grounds, we're brought to a government building. HENRY GYRICH enters into a briefing room. Mystique turns into REVEREND WILLIAM STRYKER as Gyrich enters. They talk about the destruction caused by the Marauder/X Men battle and how they can eliminate mutants.
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Professor Xavier sits at his desk as Cyclops enters. Professor Xavier introduces him to EMMA FROST.
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There you have my little story. Now, linking it to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I envision references to the Avengers helping against Onslaught, and references to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Tony Stark asking for the X-Men to work with them although the X-Men refuse. There doesn't need to be anything too big to do this so it can just be simple little nods and hints at things beyond the X-Men universe.
So let me know what you think. I appreciate any feedback.