X-Men in film

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Film adaptations of Marvel Comics featuring the X-Men date back to as early as 1994, when 20th Century Fox acquired the feature film and television rights to the team and associated characters from Marvel for $2.6 million USD after several unsuccessful attempts to adapt the property at other film studios and distributors throughout the prior decade. Fox released X-Men in 2000 to critical and commercial success, with the film being credited for rejuvenating mainstream interest in films featuring and adapting comic book characters alongside other licensed Marvel films released earlier in the decade. X-Men's success allowed the studio to launch a film franchise centered on the team and associated characters which included a trilogy with the initial cast until 2006, four prequel films (2011-19), a trilogy of Wolverine films (2009-2017), two Deadpool films (2016-18) and the spin-off film The New Mutants (2020), which concluded 20th Century Fox's franchise after a two-decade run. In 2005, Marvel...

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