Fantastic Four: Kevin Feige talks about the interpreters of the reboot
Fantastic Four
As we all know, the Fantastic Four cinematic reboot was confirmed last December, during Disney's Investor Day. Directing the new Marvel Cinematic Universe film will be director Jon Watts, who directed Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) and the highly anticipated upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home. But who will play the iconic characters in the MCU has not yet been revealed and there has been a lot of speculation about it in recent months.Many fans have suggested that the couple, even in real life, consisting of John Krasinski and Emily Blunt could have played Reed Richards and Susan Storm, but both denied their involvement, with Blunt in particular expressing frustration at the question posed in the interviews. To clarify many doubts Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, in an interview granted to Comicbook.com.
Fantastic Four: Kevin Feige talks about the interpreters of the reboot
Kevin Feige, during the interview, teased what fans should expect from the Fantastic Four reebot. He obviously didn't give precise indications on who will be hired, but said that, as with past Marvel Studios films, he is working on finding a mix of established actors and new faces.What Feige worries about is finding the right actor for the part:
I think the MCU is a nice combination of both [established actors and new faces]. You have Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and then Tom Holland, an actor who has never been seen before by so many people. You have a Benedict [Cumberbatch] joining Doctor Strange or Christian Bale in the new Thor movie. It's always a nice combination of both and it's always about finding the best actor for the part, whether he's known to the world or not.
Of course, much of the success of Marvel Studios is due precisely to being able to find the right actors to play these iconic heroes. That said, it will take some time for Marvel to reveal the official cast, as they have just begun meeting writers for the film, and the same goes for a possible release date.
Chances are that the film will not hit theaters until 2023. Expectations are certainly high and there are many who want to finally review the heroes who laid the foundations of the modern Marvel universe in comics. If they get that treatment on the big screen they always deserve, we just have to wait to find out.
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Marvel Exec Explains Why X-Men And Fantastic Four Won't Show Up In Disney+'s What If
Published: Aug. 19. 2021 5:26 PM
Part of the magic of Disney+'s still-new What If...? series is getting a Sliding Doors experience with many of the Marvel characters that fans have come to adore in the past 14 years. But while some fans have held out massive hopes that the canon-breaking animated project would be a way for the MCU to bring in outside characters like the X-Men or the Fantastic Four, executive producer Brad Winderbaum is here to politely sweep those X-hopes beneath the rug, because they're won't be fulfilled with this show.
Brad Winderbaum serves as Marvel Studios' Head of Streaming, Television and Animation, so he's obviously a pretty good source of information about the currently airing anthology What If...? When asked by Collider if the creative team was unable to use characters such as X-Men and Fantastic Four, here's how Winderbaum replied:
We had very few parameters when we were ideating the show, but that was certainly one of them. We wanted to make sure that the characters were firmly rooted in the MCU. It had nothing to do with rights. It had nothing to do with the future stories we wanted to tell. It had everything to do with what What If...? is, which is a spin on an established storyline. So we looked primarily at the Infinity Saga.
Regardless of whether that answer is pleasing to hear or not, it certainly falls squarely in line with everything fans have come to know and expect from Kevin Feige and the Marvel Studios team. Even though Disney+ has unlocked new storytelling avenues with universe-expanding shows such as WandaVision and Loki, with Anthony Mackie having recently signed on to officially become Captain America on the big screen, that doesn't mean the company is welcoming any and all characters into the MCU's fold. Rather, What If...? is giving its superhero-friendly creative team a chance to play around with firmly established properties crafted under Feige's watch, but without the pressure of introducing such a high-profile slate of characters from Marvel Comics lore.
Which isn't to say that What If...? doesn't have all kinds of awesome and surprising moments to deliver for MCU fans, even if none of them involve Wolverine or the Human Torch mixing it up with Gamora or Tony Stark. For instance, Episode 2 featured the final MCU performance from late actor Chadwick Boseman, who brought T'Challa to life once more as Star-Lord for the anthology.
What If...? already has Season 2 on the way, and given the lead time that animated projects have (considering how long it takes things to come together), it's hard to imagine Marvel will find a way to introduce X-Men and Fantastic Four characters into live-action projects so that Season 2 could then twist those stories on their heads. I mean, it's definitely FUN to imagine that'll happen. But it's a...stretch. Mr. Fantastic pun fully intended.
What If...? drops new episodes on Disney+ every Wednesday morning, so be sure to keep watching, and stay updated on everything else coming to the 2021 Fall TV schedule.
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