The Nerdist article discusses revelations made by Alan Cumming (who played Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United) about two significant unmade elements from Fox's Marvel era.

1. Cut Cumming described an intense, "full-on" fight scene cut from X2 where Nightcrawler, under William Stryker's mind control, battled Storm, Jean Grey, and Cyclops.
2. Massive Unmade Crossover Film: More significantly, Cumming confirmed that around 2010, Fox was developing a massive "Avengers-style doomsday event" film. This ambitious project would have brought together the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Daredevil, and potentially Deadpool. The premise involved these heroes initially fighting each other before uniting against a larger, possibly cosmic, threat. Key figures like Tom Rothman (then-Fox executive), writer Zak Penn, and Bryan Singer were reportedly involved in its conception.

However, Fox ultimately scrapped the crossover idea due to concerns over its substantial budget and the perceived risk of combining their major superhero franchises. The article notes the irony of this decision, given the later success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's shared universe model and the MCU's current exploration of similar multiversal concepts.

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