The only MCU movie to release in 2024 hits cinemas in just a couple of weeks. Disney, who owns Marvel Studios, is banking on Deadpool and Wolverine being a hit after a disappointing box office last year.

Yet just how are these two superhero characters suddenly in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie?

It all goes back to Disney’s acquisition of Fox, who used to own 20th Century Fox, now returned to its original name of 20th Century Studios.

Film rights to Marvel’s X-Men were with this studio…