If Fox dont want to pollute their precious X-Universe with this quixotic quartet, then perhaps we could see a revival of the Fantastic Four brand on the big screen against another old school villain - the Skrulls. Shape-changing aliens who conquer through infiltration, the Skrulls have been Fantastic Four enemies for decades - the word is that Marvel Studios couldnt use them in the Avengers because the rights belonged to Fox, hence the use of the Chitauri instead. A secret alien invasion storyline is a completely different kind of narrative to the usual megalomaniac attacks a single major urban landmark, causing massive property damage style of third act, and could signal a shift in perception for the Fantastic Four, whod be forced to use means other than Big Punching to defeat their foes. Of course, given that the group features The Thing, thered still be plenty of Big Punching, especially as that Fantastic Four lore features a creature known as the Super-Skrull: a Skrull who somehow has the powers of all four members of the Fantastic Four themselves...