X-Men Producer Lauren Shuler Donner Won't Be Involved in the MCU Reinvention

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Longtime X-Men Producer 'Most Probably' Won't Be Involved in the MCU Reinvention

By Colin Hickson

Published Jun 20, 2019

Longtime X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner confirmed that she won't be involved with the franchise when it debuts at Marvel Studios.

With Disney's recent purchase of 21st Century Fox, the X-Men will soon be headed to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, longtime producer Lauren Shuler Donner might not be joining them.

In an interview with /Film, Donner revealed she most likely won't have a hand in the new films. “X-Men now belongs to Disney and it’s in their capable hands,” she explained. “That’s really up to Kevin Feige. He started out with me. I trust him. I think whatever he does, it won’t be right away. I think he’s already dealing with the plan that he set in motion for the other Marvel universe. But, I will not be involved most probably. I’ll be friend of the court.”

Having been involved with the films since the first X-Men movie back in 2000, Donner has overseen almost every film in the franchise, though she claims to have had no involvement with X-Men: Apocalypse, Dark Phoenix and the still-unreleased The New Mutants. She also served as executive producer for Legion and The Gifted.

In regards to the X-Men's eventual entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Feige has stated the characters might not appear for "a very long time."

Directed and written by Simon Kinberg, Dark Phoenix stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters and Jessica Chastain. The film is out in theaters now.