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How X-Men: The Last Stand Nearly Destroyed the Franchise (2025x30)

Air date: Apr 14, 2025

In 2000, the original X-Men movie redefined superhero films, proving comic book adaptations could be more than just campy action flicks. Then, with the success of the first two X-Men films, and the introduction of Christopher Nolan's Batman, the world started to take notice of superhero movies and comic book adaptations. But then came X-Men: The Last Stand… and it almost destroyed the entire franchise.