Marvel's Fantastic Four Origin Rule Raises 1 Giant MCU Question
The Fantastic Four'supcoming introduction into the MCU raises some big questions about Marvel's First Family. The Fantastic Four have been long-awaited by Marvel audiences, but were finally revealed to be making their way to the MCU at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 and given a 2024 release date during Marvel's panel at Comic-Con 2022. While no information has currently been revealed about the cast or story for the upcoming film, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has now revealed some new information about Fantastic Four.
Marvel Studios finally acquired the film rights to the Fantastic Four in 2019, causing a huge amount of excitement for the potential for the team to show up in the MCU alongside already-established characters. Patient viewers were gifted their first tease of the team during Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness with the cameo appearance of John Krasinski as Reed Richards, the leader of the superhero quartet. While this created a huge amount of anticipation for the introduction of Marvel's First Family in the 616-universe of the MCU, it also proved that the Fantastic Four are already functioning in at least one other reality in the multiverse.
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In an interview, Feige revealed that the upcoming Fantastic Four project at Marvel Studios will not be an origin story for the team since viewers are probably already familiar with the backstory thanks to Marvel Comics as well as previous film adaptations over at Fox. This apparently suggests that the Fantastic Four will be getting the Spider-Man treatment in the MCU, with Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming introducing Peter Parker months after the manifestation of his powers.
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