MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE: 3 Trilogies Marvel Studios Could Adapt In the Next Saga (UDPATED)

MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE: 3 Trilogies Marvel Studios Could Adapt In the Next Saga (UDPATED)

With the MCU's next Saga likely starting in 2028, here are some suggestions for the stories and characters Marvel Studios can use in the Phoenix Saga.

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By bkmeijer1 - Jun 01, 2025 12:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Studios

With the Multiverse Saga nearing it's end with Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars, the next saga is already close. With Disney's acquisition of Fox and it's rights to Marvel characters like the X-Men, it is likely the next Saga will focus on the mutants. It could be named The Mutant Saga, but if the Phoenix Force comes into play The Phoenix Saga would be an apt title as well. However, the world of the MCU is also still occupied by the Avengers and other superheroes. So, here's a look at what the trilogies, titles and release dates could look like. 
 

Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps

The next Spider-Man movie, Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), follows a street-level Spider-Man as he bonds with the piece of Venom and faces off against the likes of Mr. Negative, while also dealing The Punisher. All while trying to balance that life with his new college carreer. With MJ and Ned off to college, this is a good opportunity to introduce new friends: Harry Osborn and Carlie Cooper. Then, Spider-Man: Devil's Day (2028) follows Spider-Man fighting Kingpin (and Scorpion as his muscle) with the help of Daredevil and Black Cat, after she is betrayed by Kingpin.

The trilogy comes together in Spider-Man: One Last Day (2030). As Peter is teaches Miles his newfound powers, Octavius turns mad by his new science project. To fight the Spider-Men, Ock recruits Vulture, Scorpion, Mysterio, Shocker and Hobgoblin (Ned Leeds corrupted by Ock) into his Sinister Six. Outside of this, Spider-Man will most likely appearing in Avengers: Secret Wars. That movie could even see him unite with the other live-action Spider-Man to form the Spider-Corps, based on the Thor Corps of the comics. Eventually, Spider-Man could even join up with the Future Foundation.
 

X-Men: The Mutant Saga

The saga could kick off with Uncanny X-Men (2028). It follows the first team of the comics (Cyclops, Beast, Marvel Girl, Angel and Iceman) as they are revealed to the world by Mr. Sinister. Sinister plans to use Cyclops and Marvel Girl to prepare for a future threat, but is foiled by the X-Men. With mutants now out in the open, the X-Men are attacked and abducted by Sentinels in Giant-Size X-Men (2031). Only Cyclops remains, who recruits, Wolverine (introduced in his own tv show), Banshee, Storm, Sunfire, Colussus, Nightcrawler and Thunderbird to defeat the Sentinels and free the abducted mutants.

The threat Sinister has warned off has arrived finally arrived in Astonishing X-Men (2034): Apocalypse. Both the Blue and Gold teams work together with the time-travelling Cable to defeat him. However, they learn Jean wasn't Jean at all, but a clone replaced by Sinister and the real Jean is in space. A companion tv show could expand on the school's students like X-23, Shadowcat, Psylocke, Dazzler, Gambit, Jubilee, Bishop, Magik and Rogue and villains like Magneto's Brotherhood, The Hellfire Club and The Brood, while a Starjammers focuses on threats from space like the Shi'Ar.
 

Avengers: World's Mightiest Heroes

The next Saga could start with Dark Avengers (2030). With the war on aliens coming to a close, Norman Osborn is appointed a team, that includes Hercules and Baron Zemo, to invade New Asgard. Only Captain Marvel and Thor stand in their way. In Avengers: Annihilation (2033) Annihilus and the Annihilation Wave are coming for Earth. It's up to Nova, Captain Marvel, Thor, Hercules, Rocket's Guardians of the Galaxy, the Eternals and the Fantastic Four to form a united front against the coming attack. Annihilation could serve as conclusion to the arcs of Captain Marvel, Thor and Rocket.

Finally, the Saga comes to a close with Avengers vs. X-Men Part 1 (2036) and Avengers vs. X-Men Part 2 (2037). When Jean, embued with the Phoenix Force returns to Earth, Cable and the X-Men attack the Avengers to protect her from them and the Shi'Ar. Part 1 ends with Jean dying and the Force being split in five parts. It merges with different X-Men, including Cyclops, and in the following year they reform the world. In Part 2, the Avengers and X-Men once again come to blows as the Phoenix Five's power grows unchecked. The conflict ends with Cable's daughter Hope absorbing the Force.

Meanwhile, on the tv side the Mephisto Saga is playing out with Mephisto serving as overarching villain. Young Avengers sees the young heroes fight Mephisto's son Blackheart, Midnight Sons has the supernatural heroes fight Dracula's daughter and Blackheart's mother Lilith, and West Coast Avengers concludes with West Coast-based heroes facing off against Mephisto himself. Phase 7 will also feature Doctor Strange in the Dimension of Darkness (2028), Black Panther 3 (2029), Nova (2029), and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Immortal Weapons (2030).

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hainesy
hainesy - 11/6/2024, 5:59 PM
No. Just no.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/6/2024, 9:51 PM
We literally just need one single good X-Men film that is faithful to the comics. Just one. At this point I worry it'll take a miracle for the MCU XMen film to end up GOOD. I worry we will look back at the Fox films like First Class, X2, DoFP and say man we had it so good back then......just give us a good X-Men film and don't pull any culture thumper bs. Adapt Giant Size 1 and Uncanny and let's do this.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/7/2024, 2:36 AM
@McMurdo - exactly. Getting the first one right is key. I don't really mind what villain they up using, but I do wanna see the original team first
HAUSMAN01
HAUSMAN01 - 11/6/2024, 10:21 PM
I like what you have mapped out, although you don't have F4 nor characters like Luke Cage or Iron Fist included, unless I missed something
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/7/2024, 2:38 AM
@HAUSMAN01 - true, I didn't look at all the characters. It's just a few thoughts and those that I really do wanna see.

Fantastic Four is a must too, but I got nothing strong on that whatsoever (except Spider-Man joining the Future Foundation)
HAUSMAN01
HAUSMAN01 - 11/8/2024, 6:43 PM
@bkmeijer1 - I feel u if anything here are some good F stories that maybe the MCU might implementFantastic Four: Life Story Age The Characters User Comment Image In New Ways
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bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/9/2024, 5:22 AM
@HAUSMAN01 - that's a lot to go on. And I'll be honest, I don't know most of them. I think Marvels (the audio drama) could be interesting too
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 11/7/2024, 2:46 AM
Congrats on the article, refreshing to see a new writer here

Anyway, with the success of D&W im afraid marvel will milk it to death that a rebooted mcu xmen will take a long time to come
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/7/2024, 3:44 AM
@vectorsigma - thanks. I have written some editorials before, but I don't really have a lot of time anymore. Part of the reason this is a short article.

But yeah, I can see them lean more into the FoX-Men. Hopefully only for Doomsday and Secret Wars though. After that and X-Men '97 it's time for the MCU X-Men.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 11/7/2024, 4:37 AM
@bkmeijer1 - i remember after Endgame that a lot are speculating that the mcu xmen might arrive at around 2025.

With how things are going, we might get it 2028 at the earliest. Marvel hasnt really taken advantage of getting those rights from fox atm (aside from d&w)

But time will tell.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/7/2024, 5:05 AM
@vectorsigma - and I don't mind it. They could've done the mutants this saga already, but I feel they already had this one planned (Feige did say once they plan 10 years ahead).

Better to wait and make them the main focus instead of cramming in new characters. With existing characters they can do a quick multiverse one-off.

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