{"id":142387,"date":"2025-09-17T01:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/142387\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T01:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:15:09","slug":"elizabeth-olsens-mcu-return-could-lead-to-major-x-men-storyline-comic-book-movies-and-superhero-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/142387\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Olsen\u2019s MCU Return Could Lead to Major X-Men Storyline &#8211; Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/elizabeth-olsen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Olsen<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/mcu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MCU<\/a> return as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/scarlet-witch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scarlet Witch<\/a> could lead to a major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/x-men\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X-Men<\/a> storyline.<\/p>\n<p>Olsen\u2019s Scarlet Witch was last seen in 2022\u2019s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Olsen is now voicing an undead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/wanda-maximoff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wanda Maximoff<\/a> variant in Marvel Zombies, which premieres on Disney+ later this month, while there have also been numerous rumors that she\u2019ll appear in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/avengers-doomsday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avengers: Doomsday<\/a>. Her casting in that movie has not been officially confirmed at this time.<\/p>\n<p>What is the new rumor about Elizabeth Olsen\u2019s MCU return?<\/p>\n<p>Scooper Alex Perez of <a href=\"https:\/\/thecosmiccircus.com\/alex-perez-september-qa-part-1-avengers-doomsday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Cosmic Circus<\/a> was asked what role Wanda will play in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/marvel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel<\/a>\u2019s Avengers: Doomsday, assuming that Olsen truly is in the movie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an unofficial capacity, I heard we\u2019d be getting a Wanda variant from the X-Men universe that we\u2019ll see in\u00a0Avengers: Doomsday, which is a universe where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/magneto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Magneto<\/a> is finally ruling Genosha as he had always pictured it; and we\u2019d have like a \u2018royal family\u2019 type of situation with Erik, Pietro, Wanda, and Polaris,\u201d Perez answered. \u201cThis is an idea that has been pushed since\u00a0Multiverse of Madness, and then\u00a0Deadpool and Wolverine, but it never feels like the right fit because it feels like it takes away from the overall plot. However, the main point they would like to explore with Wanda is the father-daughter relationship with Erik.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked further about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/ian-mckellen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ian McKellen<\/a>\u2019s role as Magneto in Avengers: Doomsday, Perez quoted one of the X-Men\u2019s lines from 2024\u2019s X-Men: From the Ashes Infinity Comic #13: \u201cA lifetime \u2014 several lifetimes \u2014 spent chasing haven after haven, promised land after promised land, and for what? Every time the gates of Eden slam shut in our faces, it breaks us a little more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Avengers: Doomsday will be released in United States theaters on December 18, 2026, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/marvel-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel Studios<\/a>. The sequel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/avengers-secret-wars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avengers: Secret Wars<\/a>, then follows on December 17, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Olsen\u2019s MCU return as Scarlet Witch could lead to a major X-Men storyline. 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