Thursday, 13th May 2021 at 1:19 pm
The Fantastic Four are on their way back to cinemas and there’s reason to be optimistic that this fourth big screen incarnation of the super team will be the one that gets it right.
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Indeed, Marvel’s first family have had a tough time making the leap to live-action, starting with an infamous ’90s attempt that almost never saw the light of day, while two more recent efforts have also provoked largely negative fan reactions.
However, this time, the Richards are in the safe hands of producer Kevin Feige, who has impressively masterminded the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe with very few missteps so far. (Read our Marvel movies in order guide to learn the best way to watch the whole lot.)
The Only Watchable Fantastic Four Movie Is Now On Disney Plus
It seems odd to think it now, but there was once a time when comic book adaptations were just another breed of blockbuster rather than intricately woven and ever-expanding shared universes. And one of the last to be released prior to the debut of the MCU,
The 2007 outing for Marvel’s First Family picks up a couple of years after their origin story and battle with Doctor Doom. The arrival of an extraterrestrial on a surfboard causing havoc is initially thought to be a destructive menace working alone, but it’s revealed that he’s the Herald of Galactus, a cosmic entity of such immense power that it needs to consume the energy of life-bearing planets to survive, and it will take the combined efforts of all involved to stop it.
2 More Marvel Legacy Movies Are Coming To Disney Plus Next Month
When Disney acquired Fox, not only did they inherit the rights to some seriously big superhero hitters like the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool, but it also allowed the Mouse House to add the latter’s back catalogue of previous titles to the Disney Plus library. Rebranded as the
Marvel Legacy collection, subscribers can now revisit vast swathes of comic book content without having to venture onto another platform.
Spider-Man franchise and the rest of the latter’s titles like Tom Hardy’s
Venom also looking to land on D+ once they’ve finished up their initial runs on Netflix. Indeed, it’s an exciting time for fans who want as much Marvel in one place as possible, especially with the Marvel Cinematic Universe continuing to drop new and exclusive TV shows every couple of months. There are two more incoming additions over the next few weeks as well, with Brett Ratner’s
Disney Plus Is Adding 2 Terrible Marvel Movies In May
Spider-Man movies, it confirmed that
Disney Plus would never have the complete Marvel Cinematic Universe collection as part of its content library.
The franchise is only set to continue expanding thanks to the sprawling roster of episodic projects in the works, but it’s going to be a source of frustration for many that the Mouse House won’t have the entire lineup under one roof. Even without Sony’s web-slinging blockbusters, though, Disney Plus still has plenty of comic book properties outside of Kevin Feige’s empire to draw from, with Fox having spearheaded the thirteen-movie
The Silver Surfer might have been in Infinity War after all
Sat Mar 13, 2021 at 11:58pm ET
The Silver Surfer might have soared into the MCU without anyone knowing it.
One of the countless rumors for Avengers: Infinity War was that the long-popular character, the Silver Surfer, would appear.
While that never came about, actor Curt Clendenin recently hinted the Silver Surfer might very well have been in the film after all and could appear in the future.
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Who is the Silver Surfer?
Debuting in the now-classic Fantastic Four #48 in 1966, the Silver Surfer was the herald of Galactus, a cosmic-powered being who feasts on the energies of entire planets.