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Fox thought the first X-Men movie was a "disaster" and didn't think turning a Marvel comic into a movie…

Former Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Bill Mechanic revealed that the studio considered the first X-Men movie a "disaster" and doubted the viability of adapting Marvel comics into films. Mechanic, who backed the project despite internal pushback, was dismissed from Fox shortly before the movie's release in July 2000.