• Evotech@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Can someone explain why Hollywood is so fascinated with fantastic four? Seems like they insist on having a successful reboot

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      They’re one of the foundational titles of the Marvel universe. Along with X-men and the Avengers, you’ve pretty much covered the entire population of Marvel superheroes.

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      I believe previous, Sony (or whoever) had to release something to prevent the rights from reverting to Marvel. So its less that they’re fascinated and more they’re just trying to hold on to the rights.

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        Mostly correct. Fox owned the rights to make movies based on the Fantastic Four, so when Disney acquired Fox in 2019, Disney also acquired the rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four (allowing those characters to rejoin the MCU). So while the prior Fantastic Four movies were mostly so Fox could keep hold of the rights, this one will be the first proper Marvel Studies Fantastic Four movie and thus fully in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.