1. Have A Long Term Game Plan For The Future
Okay, this last one might seem like a no-brainer but it's an important no-brainer. One of the biggest criticisms against The Amazing Spider-Man is the rumored rewrites during production that derailed some key storylines and a mid-credits stinger that seems like a "we'll decide what that means later" moment. Part of the reason x3 is considered to suck so bad is that it was derailed by Bryan Singer's decision to abandon ship for Superman 3.2 (a.k.a. Superman Returns). The awesome plans he had for the threequel set up in the closing moments of X2 were squandered when Matthew Vaughn came aboard with some new ideas and then jumped ship a few weeks before filming leaving Brett Ratner with very little time to wrap his head around the project. Vaughn and Singer redeemed themselves with First Class, but they'll still have to knock another out of the park in the follow up before they can truly be said to have gotten the franchise back on track (as opposed to making the one good X-Movie in the middle of a bunch of sucky ones). Josh Trank could end up making a stellar movie that makes everyone say "dude got the juice, he got the flavor" but if there's no plan for the follow up it could all go sour just like the X-Franchise did. While a lot of people get sick of the whole "trilogy format" thing, there's a reason that it's used so much, because it works. If Trank and Fox can come up with a 3 or 4 movie over arching plot that builds up to an epic conclusion then the film gods will have smiled on us all, but there's more important things to consider than just the big plot points. One of the best things about the FF is that anyone member of the team would be an interesting character if they were to carry their own movie, but becomes so much more when they're combined. With that in mind, each character should have a journey that they're taking separately in the emotional and psychological landscape of the actors motivation for the duration of the franchise. More importantly, each journey needs to be charted on one big map so it can be seen where those paths cross and break. Reed and Ben need to have a different kind of interpersonal relation to each other after two or three movies. Same for Johnny and Sue. There needs to be a further emotional path outlined for the whole team that incorporates all four individual paths but has its own overall flow and direction. This same set of dynamics applies to the villains and the supporting cast as well. The Marvel Movieverse and the Nolan Trilogy have changed the nature of the game to the point where it ain't the same game anymore. It's now crucial to lay the seeds in the first movie for plot points that won't become apparent or a big deal for two or three more movies. It's no longer a sensible approach to look at one set of super hero movies without asking "how will this affect that set of movies". So Fox and Trank should really be getting Singer and Vaughn in the room so that they can talk things over. As for Daredevil... I think
Fox should cut their losses and let him go. The FF and The X-Men franchises are more than enough to keep their plates full.