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Fantastic Four 2 is a cancelled sequel to 2015's Fantastic Four and it was slated to be released by 20th Century Fox on June 9, 2017.
Plot[]
The plot is currently unknown.
Why It Was Cancelled[]
- The first film was panned by critics and audiences and was a box office bomb.
Results[]
- Its previous July 14, 2017 release was later taken by War for the Planet of the Apes.
- In 2018, one of its actors Michael B. Jordan later redeemed with his role as the main antagonist Erik Killmonger in the 2018 MCU smash-hit Black Panther.
- The film was permanently cancelled. However, there will be a second reboot to the franchise; in December 2017, The Walt Disney Company agreed to a $52.4 billion dollar acquirement of 21st Century Fox and most of its assets with Disney CEO Bob Iger announcing their intention to integrate the Fantastic Four into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- A second reboot is currently in development from Marvel Studios. It was announced on Disney Investor Day 2020, and is set to be directed by Spider-Man: Homecoming and Far From Home director Jon Watts, who also directed Spider-Man: No Way Home and it will be an installment of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 6, Jon then stepped as the director, with Matt Shakman replacing him.
- Chris Evans who played Human Torch from the first two Fantastic Four movies, and then played Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, reprised his role as Human Torch in Deadpool and Wolverine.
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the first film of MCU Phase Six, will release in 2025. Robert Downey Jr. will be playing Doctor Doom.
- Fantastic Four is a stand-alone film.
Videos[]
Top 10 Cancelled Movie Sequels
Top 10 Movies that Bombed so Hard They Had to Cancel the Sequel
Fantastic Four (2015) - WTF Happened to this Movie?
Cancelled FANTASTIC FOUR Movies - 1995 - 2015
Trivia[]
- Fox supposedly set up a proposed crossover with the X-Men film series.