10 Dream MCU Projects Disney Will (Probably) Never Make
3. Spider-Man's Link To The Fantastic Four
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Before the news broke that Marvel and Sony were to split ties over efforts to renew their partnership regarding Spider-Man, Tom Holland claimed that he'd love to play the character for at least another two decades. It's a dream gig, and while he can still do that over at Sony, the friendly neighbourhood web-slinger will be forced to grow up away from the pomp and bombast of the MCU.
Again, there are still some positives that could come from the two studios parting ways, but there's also a ton of incredible comics now unavailable for Marvel to adapt. There's the aforementioned Dark Reign, but the biggest casualty of all involves the relationship between Spidey and the Fantastic Four, and his close friendship with one member in particular - Johnny Storm, the Human Torch.
Peter no longer being in the MCU means that we won't get to see them as roommates (a huge loss), or even any inkling of the Future Foundation, where Spidey signed up to the Four as an official member.
No doubt the team will be able to rotate their membership with the likes of She-Hulk and others, but no Spidey is still pretty bad.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
