RUMOR: FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot Could Be Marvel's Most Visually Unique Movie To Date Thanks To Unexpected Setting

RUMOR: FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot Could Be Marvel's Most Visually Unique Movie To Date Thanks To Unexpected Setting

A new rumour suggests Marvel Studios' Fantastic Four reboot could be shot to look like a Super 8 film, giving the MCU debut of Marvel's First Family an authentic period look...in the 1960s. Check it out!

By JoshWilding - Jan 08, 2024 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Fantastic Four

There's been speculation for a while now that Marvel Studios' Fantastic Four movie could be a period piece. Various rumours and leaks point to the story taking place in the 1960s, meaning the MCU debut of Marvel's First Family can play out during the same period as their earliest comic book adventures. 

Whether they hail from a different reality or Earth-616's past remains to be seen, though it's an intriguing approach to the material which has both upsides and downsides (how much of a genius can Reed Richards be in the present day if he was first an inventor more than 60 years ago?). 

Leaker @Cryptic4Qual recently took to X to share a rumour Fantastic Four will "be shot in 18fps and interpolated to 24fps." Remember, Super 8 film was created in 1965, suggesting the plan is to imitate the format so the reboot boasts a unique look with scenes appearing as if they were shot during the 1960s. 

There's a risk that will wear thin across the course of a 2+ hour movie, so perhaps the team simply ends up stranded in the '60s for a brief spell? 

It's feasible, for example, that when Reed, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm were inadvertently sent back in time after being bombarded with cosmic rays, leaving them temporarily trapped in the past until they're able to return home. We'll have to wait and see. 

Either way, it seems Marvel Studios and filmmaker Matt Shakman have unique plans for Fantastic Four and, with any luck, an official casting announcement is going to be made any day now.

The Fantastic Four, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, debuted in 1961. The team is comprised of Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Susan Storm (Invisible Woman), Johnny Storm (Human Torch), and Ben Grimm (The Thing). They gained superpowers during a space mission, becoming Marvel's first family of superheroes.

Reed is the brilliant stretchy strategist, Sue has invisibility and force field powers, Johnny controls fire, and while Ben possesses super strength, he's also covered by rock. The team confronts cosmic threats, explores alternate dimensions, and battles iconic foes like Doctor Doom. Their groundbreaking stories revolutionized superhero comics, emphasizing family dynamics and sci-fi adventures.

Director Matt Shakman has worked with both Avatar: The Way of Water co-writer Josh Friedman and WandaVision's Cam Squires on the latest draft of Fantastic Four's screenplay. The movie is currently scheduled to be released in theaters on May 2, 2025.

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WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 1/8/2024, 10:53 AM
If it’s done right and the writing is good, I’m on board
MotherFuckerJon
MotherFuckerJon - 1/8/2024, 10:56 AM
@WhatIfRickJames - ay there lies the rub.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/8/2024, 10:58 AM
@WhatIfRickJames - well you got your answer already lol
MarcosMaria8
MarcosMaria8 - 1/8/2024, 11:16 AM
@WhatIfRickJames - According to an American insider, he discovered what the Marvel movie will be like: Avengers: Secret Wars – Doctor Doom arrives at TVA, and in a battle the villain kills all TVA employees, and after that he tells Loki that he intends to create a new universe where there is no poverty and crime and for this he will have to sacrifice most of the creatures of the multiverse, soon after he steals Loki's powers and kills him. Doctor Doom builds Battleworld in the place where the TVA is located, destroying several timelines and joining the remaining ones into just one, and because of this he causes the death of trillions of creatures in the multiverse. Nick Fury, Monica Rambeau and the Fantastic Four are at S.A.B.E.R. and they detect suspicious activity in space, Monica Rambeau and the Fantastic Four go to Battleworld in a ship, they arrive at Battleworld in the ship, and in a battle Doctor Doom kills Monica Rambeau, and sends the Fantastic Four to the Light Dimension with the use of interdimensional transport equipment of the old TVA. Sylvie learns of Loki's death and the creation of Battleworld, and uses the tempad to recruit Wolverine (Hugh) and Deadpool (Ryan) to help defeat the villain. Nick Fury is at S.A.B.E.R. and learns of the death of Monica Rambeau, and the disappearance of the Fantastic Four, and decides to use a holographic call to recruit Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Sam, Winter Soldier, Peter (Tom), Banner and Thor to defeat the villain. The Fantastic Four meet the cosmic entity called “One Above All” in the Light Dimension, and he says that it is in this dimension that the souls of all good creatures in the multiverse go when they die. Sylvie, Wolverine (Hugh) and Deadpool (Ryan) use the tempad to recruit Peter (Tobey) and Peter (Andrew) to help defeat the villain. The heroes recruited by Nick Fury are in space towards Battleworld, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Sam, Winter Soldier and Peter (Tom), are in the first part of the ship and Sam tells Peter (Tom) that he thought before the Spider-Man was a 52 year old man, and Peter (Tom) tells Sam that he thought before that Captain America was paler, Banner and Thor are in the second part of the ship and Banner tells Thor that he misses Tony Stark and Steve Rogers, Thor says he does too. Scarlet Witch (who is being mind controlled by Doctor Doom) arrives on Battleworld in a gigantic ship and with a gigantic army of Robots, she tells Doctor Doom that now they can begin part two of the plan, the sacrifice of most of the remaining creatures of the universe. “One Above All” tells the Fantastic Four that it is not yet time for them to die, and sends them with his power back to Battleworld. Sylvie, Wolverine (Hugh), Deadpool (Ryan), Peter (Tobey) and Peter (Andrew) use the tempad to recruit a variant of Tony Stark (Robert) and a variant of Steve Rogers (Evans) to help defeat the villains. Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Sam, Winter Soldier, Peter (Tom), Banner and Thor arrive on Battleworld in a ship, Doctor Doom tells Scarlet Witch to let the heroes come to him, and he mocks because Doctor Strange thinks he can do it defeat with just that army, Doctor Strange opens several portals and Namor and his army, Black Panther (Shuri) and his army, Wong and his army of Wizards, Peter Quill, White Vision, Valkyrie, Korg, Daredevil, Ironheart, Ant-Man, Wasp, Rhodes and Guardians of the Galaxy leave them, shortly after, the Fantastic Four arrive on Battleworld, and Sylvie, Wolverine (Hugh), Deadpool (Ryan), Peter (Tobey), Peter (Andrew) and the variants of Tony Stark (Robert) and Steve Rogers (Evans) arrive at Battleworld using the tempad, and a great battle between the heroes against the villains and the army of Robots begins. Doctor Strange removes Scarlet Witch's mind control spell, shortly after, Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch sacrifice themselves to kill Doctor Doom, and the other heroes kill the entire army of Robots. A major incursion takes place in the universe caused by the creation of Battleworld, and the Fantastic Four use the interdimensional transportation equipment of the old TVA to go to the Light Dimension, they convince "One Above All" to build a new 616 Universe, and take the few survivors from the old multiverse there. (A Marvel soft reboot happens after this, with some characters continuing to be played by the same actors, and with a recast of other Marvel characters).
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 1/8/2024, 11:39 AM
@MarcosMaria8 - Lots of fan fiction out there over the years so I’ll believe it when I see it. Doesn’t smell right to me out of the gate.
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 1/8/2024, 11:40 AM
@MarcosMaria8 - wtf. weirdos
hainesy
hainesy - 1/8/2024, 11:50 AM
@MarcosMaria8 - That's the dumbest thing I've ever read. Please be fan fiction.
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 1/8/2024, 12:11 PM
@hainesy - lost me at “according to an American insider”

Why call out American? Feels like a phishing email
newhire13
newhire13 - 1/8/2024, 12:17 PM
@MarcosMaria8 - Dude, at least post something plausible…or funny
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 1/8/2024, 12:28 PM
@MarcosMaria8 - And then they all dance

















Skestra
Skestra - 1/8/2024, 12:56 PM
@MarcosMaria8 - Did Patton Oswald have another filibuster?

Apophis71
Apophis71 - 1/8/2024, 12:59 PM
@hainesy - It has to be fanfic, and bad fanfic at that...

1.) No way they would have the TVA and Loki wiped out in a first act, that is final act sort of stuff.
2.) Fury and Rambeaux joining forces again instantly when prior to the film they are in different universes makes zero sense and where are the Xmen plus the Variant of her Mum she was in the care of, plus then doing all that just for her to be first killed and again destroying multiple timlines and merging the remained into one in the first act is dumb.
3.) Battleworld built in the remains of the TVA and they take a ship to get there? It is not a distant planet, it is a pocket dimension kind of thing outside of time thus needs portal tech not a ship to get there.
4.) How is anyone going to call Spider-man currently by whatever method if they don't even know who he is and why would they have even written a dumb ass line of anyone thinking he was 52 when his lines and voice let alone actions were all those of youth not age (even if you thought late 20's). Also Peter has not lost his memory, he knows what Cap looked like and who he was and also knew Falcon and no way they would write any line yet let alone one as dumb as 'looked paler'.
5.) They are not going to randomly throw in One above all in as a quick fix for something the greatest genious mind going could create a fix for with good writing let alone 'give them his powers' as that is F4 doing it all on their own level stuff and if needed a quick fix Sylvie could retrieve them with the tempad as that is the tech that sent them there.
6.) Scarlet Witch mind controlled, and with an army of robots, again in a ship. is next level stupid in so many ways.
7.) How can it even be called Battleworld with merged timeline if it doesn't have many prior villains rather than one totaly new one and Scarlet Witch (plus robots).
8.) A major incursion cannot occur if already destroyed the multiverse and merged what was left of it in the first act.
9.) Killing Doom in his one and only appearance if not the villain of F4 is next level dumb and not gonna happen.
10.) If 'one above all' gave the F4 his powers why would they need to go back to him to fix things if they had the powers to do so themself.

There is so much more there that can be picked apart but we are a long way away from the script being finalised yet anyway and SO much that there is no current sign of yet would need to be setup before (like actualy introducing Doom and resurrecting Scarlet Witch) that...

...even chatGPT could come up with better than all of that.
The1st
The1st - 1/8/2024, 1:11 PM
@WhatIfRickJames - Yeah that's a lot of info, for an insider to have. Makes you wonder how deep they are but it lines up with some of the obscure rumors I have heard of Feige wanting another Endgame moment. I will reserve judgment until the film arrives.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 1/8/2024, 1:41 PM
@WhatIfRickJames - "Whether they hail from a different reality or Earth-616's past remains to be seen, though it's an intriguing approach to the material which has both upsides and downsides (how much of a genius can Reed Richards be in the present day if he was first an inventor more than 60 years ago?)."

🙄🤔:

Imagine this guy




Coming out of the cryogenic machine into this universe














MatteMan
MatteMan - 1/8/2024, 5:48 PM
@WhatIfRickJames - I love to read comments like this.👍🫡
MG0019
MG0019 - 1/8/2024, 9:26 PM
@WhatIfRickJames - Please am Nigerian Prince in need your Help with IMMEDIATE recompense for need to transfer Finalized Script Of Kang Avengers five years before shooting begins.
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 1/8/2024, 9:34 PM
@KennKathleen - brawndo has electrolytes
Vigor
Vigor - 1/8/2024, 10:55 AM
Is there an example of what this looks like, that I can check outI'm gonna check YouTube
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 1/8/2024, 10:59 AM
@Vigor -
Vigor
Vigor - 1/8/2024, 11:04 AM
@TheFinestSmack - ok now that's pretty cool. Thanks for sharing. It makes me feel like Cloverfield is about to show up
HumanRubiksCube
HumanRubiksCube - 1/8/2024, 11:05 AM
@TheFinestSmack - imagine going day one to an imax theatre and seeing that shite lmao
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 1/8/2024, 10:57 AM
The 60's setting has been rumored for years. Hoping they just start off in the 60's on their mission and then get trapped in space for a while, returning in the modern era of the MCU.
Matador
Matador - 1/8/2024, 11:04 AM
@TheFinestSmack - I don't know about you but I'd rather watch 60's 70's soft porn over F4 looking like this.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 1/8/2024, 11:11 AM
@Matador - I imagine it will look more like the early episodes of Wandavision and then transition to modern HD once they come back to the modern era. But by all means, you can still watch your old school porn lol
Matador
Matador - 1/8/2024, 11:32 AM
@TheFinestSmack - You've sold me on some fine wisdom today good gent!


HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 1/8/2024, 12:12 PM
@TheFinestSmack -

Same. Film it in in old style and then bring them modern day to the 616 timeline. Dr Doom comes with them but gets captured by the TVA at the end.
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 1/8/2024, 10:57 AM
Suree
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/8/2024, 10:58 AM
Leaker @Cryptic4Qual..
WHO IS THIS?! Seriously dude you need to hit the road jack. I'm not gonna bother reading this make up BS. You aren't helping, you're making this worse. And everyone like you does this for meaningless clicks. You block people to keep your fake reality in check. I could make a bot that writes better articles. What a joke.

And this is obviously a lie because they only do green screen! Quantumania was your sign. Practical effects are no longer a thing from Disney. They can't build a town like Oppenheimer, they're worse than Lucas with the prequels..
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 1/8/2024, 10:59 AM
I'm gonna take this rumor with me to the bathroom and see if I'm still thinking about it when I get out.
Matador
Matador - 1/8/2024, 11:06 AM
@MosquitoFarmer - I'll be next door.

Repian
Repian - 1/8/2024, 10:59 AM
I can imagine the fantastic car inspired by a convertible car from the 60s.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/8/2024, 10:59 AM
Maybe he works here for free HAHA
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 1/8/2024, 11:03 AM
Who the hell remembers Super 8? that movie was a piece of shit.
OleBobbyTiger
OleBobbyTiger - 1/8/2024, 11:04 AM
@HashTagSwagg - He's not talking about the movie Super 8. Try again.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 1/8/2024, 11:10 AM
@RoberTiger - I stand by my previous statement, that movie was a piece of shit.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 1/8/2024, 11:58 AM
@HashTagSwagg - all hype for an entirely forgettable movie. JJ at his best.
SirDuckAlot
SirDuckAlot - 1/8/2024, 12:45 PM
@HashTagSwagg - Its a Spielberg movie but flaccid
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 1/8/2024, 1:33 PM
@HashTagSwagg - it took forever, but we've found common ground
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 1/8/2024, 1:47 PM
@ProfessorWhy -
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