If I expand it basically tells the story, which I suggest you read because it is that good.
The MCU takes elements and themes from various comic boom stories and they apply them to what is known to us in the MCU. It won’t be a straight retelling but I think it will be similar as the Winter Soldier movie and the Out of Time story in Captain America Vol 5.
Thanks - I have read it, I was just curious which particular elements you thought were aligning. I felt coming out of The Eternals that they could be positioning the general MCU for Hickman’s version of Secret Wars, so I was curious if what you were thinking lined up with that, as a way into it through the FF movie(s).
I’m leaning towards the What If version of Ultron being a pastiche of Alex Ultron.
I BELIEVE that Nathaniel Richards is a version of Kang, but if he isn’t he is at least a time-displaced individual. We could sew the TVA hunting down rogue variants of Nathaniel. I believe there is a rumor that John Kaczinski is playing a variant of Reed Richards? Could be that his variant is actually Nathaniel OR they are substituting Reed for Nathaniel all together.
We have dozens of Infinity Gems seen in Loki show as paperweights because they’re worthless outside of the universe that they hail from (this was established by Hickman).
There has been recent High Evolutionary rumors circulating, too. Mostly in regards to Rocket but we all know that the MCU ties together and now with the establishment of a multiverse anything is possible.
We also have Captain America in possession of the Time Gem at the end of Endgame. In Time Runs Out (I know not FF but it IS Hickman) and he runs into Alex Ultron who had taken over the world.
We’ve got Celestials which could lead to the Mad Celestial. I’m also in agreement with a theory I heard that Galactus in the MCU will be less a survivor of the last universe and more of a Rogue celestial that consumes planets rather than seed them.
Could be Secret Wars, could be Fantastic Four… with Hickman all of his writings tie together so who knows how it will go.
I just hope Doom appears and is awesome.
Agreed. Doom needs to he a serious presence and needs to be the big bad.
I wonder if they have another director lined up or if this was sudden?
I think he’s bsing, but if if its true he’s most likely involved, no way he’s playing doom tho
Director locked before D23…
which means…cast announcement at D23…
Just an honest question to spark some discussion… can the Fantastic Four ever be cool again? Everything from the team name to the dynamics is so 1960’s and dated. Here’s the team. Smart guy who comes up with the plans. Hot head young guy to show off and conflict with older gruff guy. Woman character who helps hold them all together. At their most dire moments, when all seems lost, big strong guy yells out “it’s clobbering time!” to get readers/viewers excited. Snore. I realize the comic was very original and ground breaking at the time, and had some classic stories over the years in its first couple of decades, but in today’s age…… it all seems so overdone (even though it was the original in a way). I don’t know. I just am not interested in sitting through another origin movie of a team from a bygone era. I guess if Galactus is more than a cloud, that’s a win.
I am wondering as well, and very curious to see what the MCU FF will be like. I have faith. There is so much potential. And, Marvel Studios have repeatedly gotten me to enjoy characters I never cared about. (Except for Eternals, that didn’t work for me. Haha.)
The only thing I can say is it all comes down to writing. Good art helps too but a really good writer can move past clichés, cash grabs and novelties and bring in strong story and character arcs. A really good writer can bring out the best and worst in a character making the reader truly invested in what happens next. So, yeah, I think they can be good but if the premise has gotten a bit stale with the Fantastic Four it will just need some high-end talent that really knows what they are doing when it comes to storytelling and story progression to lure readers back to them and keep them there.
With the right writers. In the more recent 2 in 1 by Zdarsky, Ben and Torch were great. Also, with FF I think it was always more about the villains. The 60s FF introduced some of the greatest characters to Marvel, not to mention interesting villains.
I imagine Marvel will throw in Spidey and She-Hulk to drum up interest and ticket sales.
If James Gunn directed the movie it would probably be a fantastic film.
