So yeah, a black guy's playing Johnny Storm. I'm cool with it. A skinny blonde Brit playing Ben Grimm on the other hand...
It's no secret that Fox doesn't see the Fantastic Four IP as much more than a cash grab. Personally, I think if the rights did revert back to Marvel, it could be a silver lining to Fox if they only have the X-Men movies to focus on for the foreseeable future. Either way, it's hard to get my hopes up about another round from the same studio that gave us Barbiedoll Alba as Invisible Woman.
Of course reabsorbing this flagship property back into their growing cinematic universe would be a major boon to business. However, Marvel would still have a few notable hurdles to contend with. It's not as easy as it might first appear to turn Fantastic Four into a long-running franchise, because like a lot of superhero comics (and this one in particular), the FF is designed to sustain more out-of-this-world adventures than your typical blockbuster franchise can ever hope to contain. In order to get around that and get the most out of the series' potential, Marvel would have to do something innovative. Then again, this is Marvel we're talking about, so if any studio can go down that road...
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