After a rather lengthy and detailed recent rumour claimed that Fox was considering scrapping X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants thanks to production troubles, new evidence has come out refuting that. However, that doesn't mean there still aren't issues on Fox's upcoming mutant superhero movies.

Both X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants have been hit with several delays, pushing them all the way back to next year. Now a new report has emerged from a Fox insider who claims that both films are in such a state of disarray that they may just be scrapped entirely to clear the slate for Disney's inevitable takeover of the franchise.

It seems Fox is learning some lessons from previous disappointing X-Men movie and wanting to keep it a little more grounded this time round. And introduce Aliens. Wait, what?

2018 was supposed to be the year of the X-Men. At least for Fox, as we already know that 2018 is the year of the MCU. It looks like Fox is not even going to try compete with that behemoth though and instead of three big movies, the only X-Men movie we will be getting is Deadpool 2.

Despite the looming takeover from Disney, it's business as usual for Fox. And business apparently involves developing a secret Silver Surfer movie written by comic book legend Brian K. Vaughn.

According to mythology, a phoenix will die in a fire before being reborn again from the ashes. How fitting then that the next X-Men movie will tackle the famous Phoenix storyline from the comics, as the previous film, X-Men: Apocalypse, was a flaming wreck

2017 is a quiet year on the X-Men front, with only the stellar Logan to keep us going. 2018 though is looking to be the biggest year in the X-Men franchise yet.