While “Deadpool 3” is gearing as much as be Marvel’s first huge try at tackling mutants, their upcoming “Fantastic Four” reboot can also be going to be an actual problem because it’ll be the primary correct arduous reboot of the Fox period. The studio is claimed to be zeroing in on casting the 4 main roles, and the newest replace on the movie is a little bit of a switch-up on who’s writing the script.
Marvel Studios has employed screenwriter Josh Friedman to assist on the “Fantastic Four” script, in keeping with The Hollywood Reporter. Friedman’s deep sci-fi background looks as if a superb pairing on paper for the MCU with credit corresponding to James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water,” Steven Spielberg’s remake of the “War of The Worlds” that starred Tom Cruise, Apple’s acclaimed collection “Foundation,” “Terminator: Dark Fate,” a tv adaptation of “Snowpiercer,” and most just lately labored on “Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes” for Disney/twentieth Century Studios.
Writers Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer had been beforehand introduced again in September and had been engaged on the script earlier than Friedman’s addition. It’s unclear how main these rewrites will probably be, however with filming anticipated to start in 2024, they’ve loads of time to get the script in ship form and casting all locked up earlier than cameras begin to roll. Outside of normal on-line rumors, the studio hasn’t precisely given an official synopsis or who the movie’s most important menace will probably be. “Fantastic Four” have one of many extra in depth rogues galleries and will show fascinating to see which villains Marvel finally selects for his or her first outing.
Matt Shakman, who beforehand labored with Marvel on the Disney+ collection “WandaVision” is ready to direct after exiting Paramount’s troubled “Star Trek 4.” We’ll maintain our fingers crossed that the studio will make the forged announcement between now and a possible look at San Diego Comic-Con this July. Of course, John Krasinski cameoed as Reed Richards in “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness,” however that befell in one other universe, throughout the larger Multiverse, and there have been indicators that Marvel is certainly trying to recast the position for the 616 incarnations.
“Fantastic Four” at present has an official launch date of February 14, 2025, and it’ll be curious to see in the event that they do find yourself leaning into the romantic facet of the supply materials, on condition that Reed’s rival Namor is now formally within the MCU due to “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”