X Men Probably Won T Appear In Avengers Infinity War

X-Men Probably Won’t Appear In ‘Avengers: Infinity War’

By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2016 1:00 pm EST

But is it possible? Yes.

Will it happen? Probably not.

Co-director Joe Russo explains why we shouldn’t expect an X-Men Infinity War appearance.

The Avengers: Infinity War co-director Joe Russo tells ComicBook.com that if Marvel has had discussions to bring the X-Men to the MCU, he hasn’t heard anything about it:

As for whether or not the X-Men were considered for Captain America: Civil War, Russo admitted it was never on the table:

And Russo would know if there were discussions. Not only was he intimately involved in the last two Captain America films (Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War) but he’s also co-directing the next two installments of The Avengers franchise (Avengers: Infinity War and the yet-to-be-titled sequel). If they even had a contingency plan to involve characters from X-Men of Fantastic Four, Russo would probably have heard about it.

“There was not talk on Civil War about the X-Men.”