Fantastic Four 3 The Negative Zone Trailer
Note: Please do not add Stan Lee died in November 2018 and Julian McMahon in July 2025 This was before their deaths.
Fantastic Four 3 is a third and cancelled installment of the 2005 Fantastic Four series produced by 20th Century Fox and Marvel and was scheduled for a 2009 release. It was slated to bring Black Panther to the film series.
Plot[]
The plot is currently unknown.
Cast[]
- Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic
- Jessica Alba as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman
- Chris Evans as Johnny Storm/Human Torch
- Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm/Thing
- Julian McMahon as Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom
- Danny DeVito as Mole Man
- Djimon Honshu as T’Challa/Black Panther
Why It Was Cancelled[]
- Black Panther's film rights remained at Marvel.
- The cast of the first two films with the exception of Chiklis expressed no interest in making a third film.
- It was cancelled due to the negative box office performance of Rise of the Silver Surfer.
- The film would have likely used the Puppet Master as the main antagonist as the film would have focused on Ben and Alicia’s relationship.
- Jessica Alba had some on-set conflicts with Tim Story.
Result[]
- The film was permanently cancelled along with the planned Silver Surfer spin-off film.
- Marvel and Fox both hit the reset button with the 2015 reboot as a result of the reboot's failure.
- Chris Evans went on to portray Steve Rogers/Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise beginning with Captain America: The First Avenger, which was released in 2011, he later reprised the role of Human Torch in Deadpool & Wolverine.
- Mole Man would appear in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, where he’s portrayed by Paul Walter Hauser.
Videos[]
Fantastic Four (2015) - WTF Happened to this Movie?