Fantastic Four: 10 Theories For How They Can Join The MCU

10. Flashback To The 1960s

This would be a divisive move on Marvel Studios' part, but the Fantastic Four movie could very easily take place in the 1960s. It actually wouldn't be the first time studio bosses have considered setting a big screen adventure featuring this team in the decade they were created, and it would certainly help the franchise stand apart from what's happening in the present day.

Just like Captain America: The First Avenger delivered a unique spin on World War II, Fantastic Four could do the same with the Swinging Sixties, and the heroes wearing those classic blue costumes and battling the likes of Mole Man and Annihilus during that period would actually work rather well.

Marvel Studios could even use these 60s set adventures to set the stage for stories set in the present; after being vanquished by the team in this decade, Galactus returning decades later (once he knows Reed Richards is no longer a threat) makes sense, as would Reed and Sue's children - Franklin and Valeria - being portrayed as adult heroes in other upcoming releases.