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Originally Posted by jedirulz123

I was under the impression Fox only owned cinematic rights, and had to go to Disney to ask to do the X-Men tv show they had planned?
I don't think Disney/Marvel would have any reference to X-Men, mutants or the F4 until they have the film rights firmly within their grip.

It's animation rights vs live action rights last I checked.
Otherwise Mutant X would have never had that lawsuit filed against it by Fox. They were checking with Marvel about TV series because Marvel knows the characters. They still have a working relationship as much as everyone wants to view it as Marvel and Fox hating each other. That's why we got the Hulk vs. Wolverine animated movie from Marvel. If that was live action, it wouldn't have happened at all.

Overall you're right though for major characters and teams. Especially with the inhuman presence in the tv show and soon the movies. So I doubt fantastic 4 would crossover. Ditto to bringing up Xavier's school in a large fashion. That'd create too many questions of why don't we see them in the cinematic universe.

But Wolverine I could see them sliding into a Captain America flashback story among a handful of other cameos that can be easily dismissed for why they aren't in the movies. Even Deadpool I could see them finding a way to work in maybe for a laugh, and his 4th wall breaking would be something they'd want to keep out of the major cinematic events and tv series. So that, if at all, would only be for comedic purposes as a one-off "what the hell, why not."

So the only mutants I'd expect to see in the animated tie-ins to the cinematic universe are ones that could easily be worked around for no major headlining movie appearances any time soon if at all. So stuff set in the far past, or stuff set in the far future, besides the characters that can blend in and aren't major code named heroes unless there's a story device in place to explain away why they wouldn't appear in the upcoming major crossover films.