X-Men (film series)

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X-Men is an American superhero film series based on the X-Men, a group of characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for comic books published by Marvel Comics. Encompassing thirteen live-action films, it was produced by 20th Century Fox and Marvel Entertainment from 2000 to 2020. In the 1980s, Marvel embarked on efforts to adapt the X-Men stories to film. After prolonged development, Fox purchased rights in 1993 and developed a trilogy comprising X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). A succession of films followed, expanding the fictional universe. Plans for a reboot led to the production of four prequel films chronicling the adventures of the X-Men as young people, from X-Men: First Class (2011) to Dark Phoenix (2019). From 2009 to 2020, Fox oversaw the creation of another six films as X-Men spinoffs, which feature Wolverine, Deadpool, and the New Mutants. The studio's television networks division produced Legion and The Gifted (both 2017–2019) tangential to the...

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