Fantastic Four 2015 Writer Shares Thoughts On MCU Reboot's Reed Richards

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Fantastic Four (2015) and Moon Knight writer Jeremy Slater shares his thoughts on the MCU’s incarnation of Reed Richards in the upcoming reboot of Marvel’s First Family. Slater has spoken widely about his time working on Josh Trank’s notorious Fantastic Four film, saying that while he was initially brought in to write the first draft, he found it to be a difficult working environment and left the project after six months. Very little of what he wrote was included in the final film, including a planned Galactus villain storyline, which Slater wrote using his extensive background knowledge of the source comics. Since then, he has found success on both The Umbrella Academy and Moon Knight.

Disney will be hoping to avoid the tumultuous production process that bogged down Fantastic Four (2015) when they make their recently announced reboot. While the announcement of an MCU Fantastic Four movie came all the way back in 2019, very little information has been published since then, especially when it comes to casting. John Krasinski's Doctor Strange 2 Mr. Fantastic cameo has fans wondering if he's intended to star, but the nature of the multiverse means that isn't necessarily the case, and Marvel Studios has been silent so far.

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For Slater, the MCU Reed Richards only needs to be one thing — cool. Speaking with Inverse, the writer outlines that he has no inside knowledge on Feige & Co.'s approach, but notes that many comic versions of Mr. Fantastic tend to portray him on the lamer side. Describing his appreciation for the the character in the "Mark Waid Imaginauts run," Slater says it doesn't have to be that way in the upcoming Marvel movie. Check out his quote below:

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