Don't Hold Your Breath For That FANTASTIC FOUR/X-MEN Crossover

Don't Hold Your Breath For That FANTASTIC FOUR/X-MEN Crossover

If Fox really was working towards this cinematic universe we've been hearing about, it sounds like those plans no longer include the Fantastic Four! In a recent interview, X-Men producers now claim that the characters from both franchises exist in completely separate universes...

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By MarkCassidy - Aug 07, 2015 06:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Fantastic Four
Source: NY Daily News

Recent rumors suggested that director Bryan Singer was being courted to guide both his X-Men and the Fantastic Four towards a combined cinematic universe for Fox's stable of Marvel properties. Following that, Singer himself seemed to confirm that that was indeed the plan, though he never mentioned any involvement. Now maybe the critical reaction to Josh Trank's reboot made them rethink things, but in a joint email to New York Daily News, producers Simon Kinberg and Hutch Parker completely played down any connection between the two franchises.

"They exist in parallel universes. The Fantastic 4 live in a world without mutants. And the X-Men live in a world without the Fantastic 4. Crossing them over would be challenging, but we sure would love to see all those actors together, the way we had them on stage at [San Diego] Comic Con."


Remember those SDCC pics? Surely Fox was teasing some kind of shared universe there? Kinberg and Parker don't rule it out completely, but it definitely seems like they're trying to distance their beloved X-movies from the... well, laughing stock that Fantastic Four has become. Which is actually a shame, because the cast of that movie deserve a lot better and there's plenty of potential for those characters to blossom with the right creative team behind them.

Have you seen Fantastic Four yet? Do you intend to? You can check out my review of the movie HERE.
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Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 8/6/2015, 6:09 PM
^^^ Yup, they need Marvel to sign off on a crossover, which is just more salt in the wound.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 8/6/2015, 6:34 PM
Good, I hope they don't cross over
JamesMann
JamesMann - 8/6/2015, 6:39 PM
We already knew that they existed in parallel universes. Since FF is all about traveling to other dimensions then it's feasible that would be the idea for an FF/X-Men crossover. If (and that's a huge IF) the film is successful they could easily do it.
JamesMann
JamesMann - 8/6/2015, 6:43 PM
If FF does go back to Marvel (which, without seeing the new FF movie at this point I'm ambivalent to) I'll be happy that at least the X-Men won't go back.

But that's because I think the X-Men work muuuuuuuch better outside of the Marvel world than connected to it.
Kyos
Kyos - 8/6/2015, 6:54 PM
‏@joshuatrank A year ago I had a fantastic version of this. And it would've recieved great reviews. You’ll probably never see it. That’s reality though.

Damn...!
SuperCat
SuperCat - 8/7/2015, 6:12 AM
Look at all the f*cks I give.
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 8/7/2015, 6:12 AM
Put FF away from X-Men. X-Men is the only CBM franchise that Fox still hasn't completely f*cked up (thanks to Singer). Do you want it ruined? Fox should leave X-Men to Singer and sell the FF rights to Marvel.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 8/7/2015, 6:13 AM
"Crossing them over would be challenging, but we sure would love to see all those actors together, the way we had them on stage at [San Diego] Comic Con."

Doesn't sound like they scrap the idea.

Maybe after FF will bomb at the box office. But i'm not sure it will bomb. They could still make FF2/XMen movie just like DC went with BvS after MOS
jerryblake
jerryblake - 8/7/2015, 6:15 AM
still ... the perfect situation in this case is to handle Marvel FF rights and get X-Men tv rights instead. Win/Win situation.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 8/7/2015, 6:15 AM
Marvel won't get the rights back anytime soon.

7 years from now, we will see a FF reboot from Fox.
DallasAvenger
DallasAvenger - 8/7/2015, 6:16 AM
Makes sense. In a world full of mutants four people who got their powers a different way don't sound very fantastic. More like The Asterisk Four.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 8/7/2015, 6:17 AM
@LEVITIKUZ

yeah ... well ... it's Fantastic FOUR. So you kinda have to [frick] this up four times.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 8/7/2015, 6:17 AM
at least they got the title right
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 8/7/2015, 6:18 AM
@JamesMann
"But that's because I think the X-Men work muuuuuuuch better outside of the Marvel world than connected to it."

But think, how do you top Infinity Wars? Avengers vs Xmen .... I think that would be the ultimate crossover.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 8/7/2015, 6:18 AM
Good!
X-Men are special in their own world. They battle against discrimination because they are different, throwing them into a world where we can establish everyone can be a superhero by various other means just takes away from that.

X-Men need to stay with Fox, and F4 shouldn't cross over with X-Men.
Unless you have them meet in the middle in some sort of Savage Land universe situation
crawley
crawley - 8/7/2015, 6:18 AM
What are the critics saying?
Earthbound
Earthbound - 8/7/2015, 6:18 AM
Both the X-Men and Fantastic Four have done a lot of parallel universe travel, Days of Future Past did time travel which is even harder than parallel universe travel. It's a cop out. Fox is banking on Deadpool and X-Men installments. Honestly, if Deadpool doesn't impress and with Hugh Jackman leaving the claws behind after the third Wolvie movie, Fox's X-Men properties will crumble.
Mysterion
Mysterion - 8/7/2015, 6:19 AM
Fantastic Four is still at 9% in Rotten Tomatoes after 110 reviews...
I remember when Green Lantern was getting trashed in reviews too, I chose to ignore them and see the movie at the theater....boy did I regret that immediately. I will not make the same mistake twice.
superotherside
superotherside - 8/7/2015, 6:19 AM
If I was Marvel I'd be like...
Giznad
Giznad - 8/7/2015, 6:19 AM
I feel like no one is aware of Reed Richards morphing his face into Wolverine in one of the FF movies. Ya tellin me they were separate then?
DallasAvenger
DallasAvenger - 8/7/2015, 6:21 AM
What you mean nobody wants to see X-men vs Fantastic Four: Mojoverse?
SuperCat
SuperCat - 8/7/2015, 6:21 AM
@MARVELPSYCHO79

I was thinking the same thing. Even with all the bad reviews, I'm still going to see it tomorrow.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 8/7/2015, 6:22 AM
@jerryblake

Well they have Foxxed it up 4 times.

This, 2 Tim Story films, 90s film.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 8/7/2015, 6:24 AM
@LEVITIKUZ

you are right. I forgot about Silver Derper.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 8/7/2015, 6:25 AM
LOL!! @jerryblake

Silver Derper.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 8/7/2015, 6:27 AM
It's not Batman and Robin. I readed it's more like it could be a better movie (would probably end up being an ok movie at least) but Fox cutted/gutted/reshooted the movie like crazy.
JorL5150
JorL5150 - 8/7/2015, 6:27 AM
@MisterBatfleck


Exactly- originaly the failtastic four producers were adamant that they were the ONLY superheroes in this universe
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