‘X-Men’ producer Simon Kinberg has high praise for Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. Kinberg had a long history working on Marvel adaptations over at 20th Century Fox, namely the X-Men film franchise. He wrote the screenplay for X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and X-Men: Apocalypse, as well as serving as a producer on those films in addition to X-Men: First Class, Logan, and the two Ryan Reynolds-led Deadpool films.
Kinberg made his directorial debut with X-Men: Dark Phoenix which, due to the purchase of 20th Century Fox by Disney, became the last of the mainline X-Men film series to hit theaters and marked the end of the almost 20-year franchise. Like the Fantastic Four, the X-Men are now expected to arrive in the MCU, but no official X-Men project has officially been announced other than a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series for Disney+. Elements from the X-Men universe have been introduced already, first with Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, and with the fictional country of Madripoor featured in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, with many more expected in the near future.
In an interview with IGN to promote his latest film The 355, Kinberg spoke about the X-Men franchise's future in the MCU. While he remains unsure how the X-Men will be introduced in the universe, he has faith in Feige as a producer to bring them in. Kinberg called Feige one of the "greatest producers" ever, citing his impressive track record.
Feige has certainly made a name for himself as one of the all-star producers in Hollywood, having been nominated for an Academy Award for Black Panther. In 2019, Feige was awarded the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America.
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