• Home
  • Reviews
    • All Reviews
    • Theatrical Release
    • Video-On-Demand
    • Home Video
  • Features
    • All Features
    • Exposition
    • One Year Later
    • Career View
    • Encore!
    • Departures
    • Forgotbusters
    • Laser Age
    • Movie Of The Week
    • Performance Review
    • You Might Also Like?
  • Newsreel
  • Essential
  • Podcast
  • The Writers

The Dissolve

  • Reviews
  • Features
  • Newsreel
  • Essential
  • Podcast
  • 0
  • 0

August 19, 2013 newsreel

Fantastic Four and X-Men could share a universe, because Avengers

by Matt Singer
Fantastic Four and X-Men could share a universe, because Avengers

This year’s San Diego Comic-Con was like the movie equivalent of a nuclear arms race; each studio trying to outdo the others with the biggest and most intricate comic-book movies conceivable. Warner Bros. announced Batman and Superman together in a single film. Marvel hyped Guardians Of The Galaxy and The Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Fox, using characters licensed from Marvel, pimped X-Men: Days Of Future Past, with a cast that includes almost every single mutant that’s appeared in the series’ first six films.

Fox is also working on a reboot of Fantastic Four, the Stan Lee/Jack Kirby superhero team that first turned Marvel Comics into the industry powerhouse it is today. Fox’s first two FF films were financial successes and creative misfires; now they’re starting from scratch with director Josh Trank (Chronicle) at the helm. Meanwhile both franchises, X-Men and Fantastic Four, are receiving guidance from “creative consultant” and comic-book writer Mark Millar.

Working the promotional circuit for his own superhero movie, Kick-Ass 2, Millar told the British magazing SFX that “without question” Fox’s two comic-book franchises should start crossing over into each other’s films:

“I think the most exciting thing in superhero movies, until The Avengers came along, was when Nick Fury showed up in Iron Man. Even though it was a guy with an eye patch it was really cool – and I expect we will see more of that.”

Basically, we need to start mentally and emotionally preparing ourselves for the inevitability of a Fantastic Four Vs. The X-Men movie. And then a Fantastic Four Vs. The X-Men Vs. The Avengers Vs. Spider-Man Vs. Batman Vs. Superman movie, followed by Every Comic Book Character Ever Made Vs. Every Other Comic Book Character Ever Made, followed by a total and complete cinematic singularity that will swallow us all and doom our world to eternal darkness (in 3-D).

[Coming Soon]

  1. Most Recent News

    1. The End
    2. North-South Korean conflict film Northern Limit Line to see limited run in American theaters
    3. In Disney live-action remake news, Disney's doing a Prince Charming movie
    4. Broken hearts and broken boats dominate the trailer for John Woo’s The Crossing 2
    5. Slow West and Criterion's twofer of Hemingway adaptations lead this week's home-video releases
comments powered by Disqus

Comments Policy

The Dissolve

  • Reviews
    • Theatrical Release
    • Video-On-Demand
    • Home Video
    • 4+ Star Reviews
  • Features
  • News
  • Essential
  • More Info

    • RSS
    • Comments
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Advertising
    • Writers
    • Contact
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr

Tweets

The Dissolve @thedissolve

© 2019 Pitchfork Media Inc.
All rights reserved.