New Kid Friendly FANTASTIC FOUR Movie Possibly in the Works at Fox

Dammit, Fox. Just stop it. You have some of the coolest Marvel villains all under the Fantastic Four rights and instead of just admitting defeat and letting those rights roll over, you gotta pull this shit.

So, Bleeding Cool is reporting that Fox has started working on another Fantastic Four movie with the help of Seth Grahame-Smith. Grahame-Smith is an author who created the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies book by mixing the original literature with his own zombified twist. He also was involved in helping with the last Fantastic Four movie script. And by help, I mean, trying to fix what was left of the train wreck of a script that existed.

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Fox is Trying to Figure Out Their FANTASTIC FOUR Sequel

fox-is-trying-to-figure-out-their-fantastic-four-sequelCan you believe that 20th Century Fox is actually planning to make a Fantastic Four sequel? That last film should have been the final nail in the coffin for that franchise. Even after it completely bombed and people hated it, they still think that they actually have an audience for it. Talk about being in denial. Continue reading

X-Men/Fantastic Four Crossover Movie Could Happen, Says Bryan Singer

X-men Fantastic four crossoverDirector Bryan Singer says a crossover between the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises could happen, depending on the success of “X-Men: Apocalypse” and the “Fantastic Four” reboot.

Singer made the disclosure in an interview with Yahoo Movies about the home entertainment release of X-Men: Days of Future Past — The Rogue Cut, which is Singer’s cut of the film and includes 17 more minutes than the theatrical release. Continue reading

‘Fantastic Four’: Reed Richards’ Powers Have Been Augmented For The Reboot

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We’ve discussed on numerous occasions why the heroes known as the Fantastic Four needed to be updated, and how Twentieth Century Fox’s film franchise reboot is its own thing – a “contemporary re-imagining” of the property as described in its own official synopsis. The casting and tone of the trailers alone are proof of this, and judging by the latest official marketing assets, Fantastic Four may have a few other notable differences from the comics as well.
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Marvel’s Vendetta against Fox Continues; Comic Writers No Longer Allowed to Create New X-MEN Characters; FANTASTIC FOUR Comics to End Next Year

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While Sony Pictures and Marvel might be able to work out a deal to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the bitter rivalry between Marvel and 20th Century Fox continues. Fox owns the screen rights to X-Men and Fantastic Four, and Marvel has retaliated by undermining those properties.  According to Marvel Comics writer Chris Claremont [via Bleeding Cool], the company has forbidden the creation of new X-Men characters because those characters could then be used by Fox.

Hit the jump for more on how Marvel is trying to hurt Fox’s profits even if it means canceling comics. Continue reading

Comic Writers No Longer Allowed to Create New X-MEN Characters; FANTASTIC FOUR Comics to End Next Year

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While Sony Pictures and Marvel might be able to work out a deal to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the bitter rivalry between Marvel and 20th Century Fox continues.  Fox owns the screen rights to X-Men and Fantastic Four, and Marvel has retaliated by undermining those properties.  According to Marvel Comics writer Chris Claremont [via Bleeding Cool], the company has forbidden the creation of new X-Men characters because those characters could then be used by Fox.

Hit the jump for more on how Marvel is trying to hurt Fox’s profits even if it means canceling comics. Continue reading

Marvel Comics Reveals New Details on the Universe-Combining Secret Wars

Comics Reveal New Details on the Universe Combining Secret Wars

Back in October, Marvel Comics announced an all-new Secret Wars series would be taking place in 2015 and would later reveal that the story’s “Battleworld” would be made up of different stories from all throughout the Marvel canon. Now, Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso and SVP, Executive Editor Tom Brevoort have revealed new details on the event series, which will have huge ramifications for the entire Marvel universe going forward. Continue reading