Simon Kinberg Says ‘The New Mutants’ Could Tap Into YA Vibe; Other 'X-Men' Characters Could Appear

Building your Cinematic Universe isn’t easy. While Marvel paved the way — hell, invented the template that all studios are incredibly thirsty for — you have to remember, at first, they were ambitious, but still fairly conservative about their rollout. They had planned movies around "Iron Man," "Thor" and "Captain America" as a means to get to “The Avengers,” but generally never had more than 3-4 release dates and titles revealed at once. On the other hand you have Warner Bros. Playing catch-up, they announced a ten-film plan going all the way through to 2020 — the equivalent of Babe Ruth pointing to the upper deck rafters and predicting a grand slam. And though it opened huge, the negative narrative around “Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice” is undeniable (a fan petition has started calling for Zack Snyder to be fired from “Justice League”). With success behind them, Marvel now plans things out much further, but they’ve obviously earned...