10 Ways Marvel Could Introduce Fantastic Four Into MCU
The Fantastic Four will surely be in the MCU soon, but how exactly will they arrive?
Sooner or later, the Fantastic Four are going to to join the MCU. Clearly when Disney bought Fox, they considered all the potential gains (reduced competition, Deadpool/X-Men movie revenue, The Simpsons, Blue Sky Studios...) but as soon as news broke all Marvel fans cared about was getting the Fantastic Four up on the silver screen.
There’s excitement for X-Men too, but the mutants get a bit of a pass for now. Dark Phoenix is still to come out and Fox have given us great movies from the franchise like X-Men, Logan, Days Of Future Past and both Deadpools. Yes, there’s been duds, but don’t forget the MCU gave us Thor: The Dark World too.
The Fantastic Four, on the other hand, has had three chances with two different casts and produced duds every time. There were some bright spots (to be addressed later), but overall the movies were severely disappointing and fans have ran out of patience.
The only question which remains is how to get them into the MCU itself. Yet another origin movie? Teaming up with another hero? A villain ushering them in? Something to do with Thanos? Marvel has lots of possibilities at their disposal.
10. As Cosmic Beings, Not From Earth
A controversial one which might slightly defeat the point of the Fantastic Four, but it would at least solve any continuity issues that introducing them would bring.
There are many complications (which we’ll address later with entries to counteract them) with introducing the Fantastic Four at this stage of the MCU. Most of them can be solved quite simply - if a little cheaply - by having the Fantastic Four as cosmic beings rather than Earthlings.
Keeping them more in line with Guardians Of The Galaxy means they could meet the Guardians in their third movie, or just come from another planet entirely. The MCU has made various changes to characters’ origins before, but never this drastic.
It certainly wouldn’t be the best received decision, but it might be the easiest. With the quality of storytelling they’ve had over the past few movies, Marvel certainly doesn’t need to take the easy road; surely they’ll be more creative in introducing these massively anticipated characters.
In all likelihood, this feels like a bit of a cop out which would disappoint more fans than it pleases. Marvel probably aren’t going to use it, so on to the more popular ideas we go.