X-Men (movie series)

***X-Men*** is an American superhero movie series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. An *X-Men* movie produced by 20th Century Fox and directed by Bryan Singer was released in 2000. Singer returned for a sequel, *X2*, which was released in 2003. Due to him directing *Superman Returns* (2006), Singer was replaced by Brett Ratner for the third and final movie of the original *X-Men* trilogy, *X-Men: The Last Stand* (2006).

The trilogy became a movie series with the release of *X-Men Origins: Wolverine* (2009), a prequel movie based on the character Wolverine. In 2011, a prequel and soft reboot of the series, titled *X-Men: First Class* was released. It focused on the younger versions of Charles Xavier / Professor X and Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, before they became enemies. In 2013, a second Wolverine movie, *The Wolverine*, was released, but it was set after *The Last Stand*. The prequel and the original series crossovered in *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (2014). In the new movie, a new timeline is created and it is the one that the rest of the movies follow.

The first movie of the new timeline is *Deadpool* (2016), which is based on the character of the same name. *X-Men: Apocalypse* was released in the same year and was followed by the third and final Wolverine movie, *Logan*. *Deadpool 2* was released in 2018 and the fourth and final movie of the *X-Men* prequel series, *Dark Phoenix*, was released in 2019. The final movie of the series, *The New Mutants*, was released in 2020.

The *X-Men* movie series also has two television series, *Legion* (2017–2019) and *The Gifted* (2017–2019). *Legion* has three seasons and *The Gifted* has two.

After The Walt Disney Company bought Fox in 2019, Marvel Studios took the rights to X-Men and the Fantastic Four. Having plans for their own X-Men movie set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), they canceled all planned X-Men projects. Patrick Stewart returned as a different version of Professor X in *Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness* (2022) and Kelsey Grammer returned as a different version of Hank McCoy / Beast in *The Marvels* (2023). In *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024), the third *Deadpool* movie, a lot of the characters from the movie series will return, even though it is part of the MCU. An X-Men movie set in the MCU is in development.

The series has got positive reviews, with *X-Men: Days of Future Past* and *Logan* being considered two of the best superhero movies of all time. All 13 movies have made over $6 billion around the world.

## Movies 
## Television series 
## Timeline 
Events in the main continuity *X-Men* films are traditionally placed in two timelines. The settings are mostly contemporaneous save for *X-Men Origins: Wolverine* (set between 1845 and 1979), *X-Men: First Class* (1962), and *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (partially 2023). From *X-Men: Days of Future Past*, a new timeline emerges corresponding to the prevention of Bolivar Trask's assassination by Wolverine in 1973, which retroactively alters all established film continuity. This second timeline includes *X-Men: Apocalypse* and *Dark Phoenix*, spanning from 1983 to 1992. 

However, continuity in the films is not uniform and has been subjected to perceived errors related to storytelling and characters. The *Deadpool* films, for example, feature a distinct interpretation of Deadpool than *X-Men Origins: Wolverine*, despite being played by the same actor, though a cameo appearance by the younger cast in *Deadpool 2* is meant to convey these films are also part of the new timeline. Jackman stated that *Logan* transpires in an alternate timeline, contradicting Mangold's claim that it does in fact occur in tandem with the core films. *The New Mutants* contains some references to the X-Men though bears no obvious relationship to events in the main continuity films. Nevertheless, Marvel designated the *X-Men* universe as Earth-10005 within the context of their multiverse.

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## Reception 
### Box office 
### Reviews 
## References