10 Things To Expect From Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4

4. The Fantastic Four Join The MCU

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Alright, now this one's a little more touch-and-go given the tricky moving parts in place, but are Fox really going to attempt to make yet another Fantastic Four movie after last year's reboot catastrophically failed and made the property a laughing stock?

It seems much more likely that Fox, who have until 2022 before their rights to F4 lapse back to Marvel, may end up cutting a deal with Marvel Studios to partner up on introducing the superhero group into the MCU, much like the deal with Sony to get Spider-Man in the fray.

While there's definitely the potential for this to result in an overstuffed Phase 4, if done right, it could finally turn the iconic heroes into the box office dynamite they so clearly deserve to be.

The alternatives are that a) Fox actually reboot F4 again or b) we don't get another F4 movie until at least 2023 if not later, so take your pick.

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