No one can deny that the deal that Marvel and Sony put together has been a huge success. Spider-Man was the most anticipated hero to appear in Captain America: Civil War, and it seems to have breathed new life into the character's popularity with the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming coming out next year. One of the main reasons that people are excited for this movie is because it's embracing it's role in the MCU, and bringing over Tony Stark to help launch the new franchise for the wall crawler. So does this mean that we could possibly see other movie studios jump onto the MCU band wagon and bring their comic book characters over to the MCU? If this new rumor that's being reported turns out to be true, then it's quite possible.
On a recent episode of Collider Heroes, Matt Key, who is the podcast producer for Kevin Smith's Fatman on Batman, said that he's heard a few things from people:
"I've heard from a few of my sources, my little birds, that Fox and Marvel have kind of talked. But not really. But there's interest from Fox. We're years from that ever possibly happening, but I think that's what it would take, is Fox joining hands with Marvel."
This isn't the first time that we've heard this rumor, but the fact that it's coming from Key gives this one a little bit more weight. Smith and his team always seem to have their fingers on the pulse of things, especially when it relates to anything that has to do with comic book, comic book movies, and comic book televisions shows. If what Key has heard turns out to be true, what does this mean for upcoming Marvel movies?
The first thing I should point out is that while X-Men: Apocalypse wasn't a box-office dud, it didn't connect with fans of the series or with critics of the film. The latter I wouldn't normally mention, but since the fans didn't care for the movie either, it should be mentioned. Sony had the same problem with Spider-Man before joining hand with Marvel. they just weren't able to connect with the fans. It could have been the writing, or it could have been it's star, it's just that people didn't like The Amazing Spider-Man films. X-Men also just rounded out their third trilogy of films, and Wolverine's actor, Hugh Jackman, is getting ready to leave this role. Does this mean that Fox is getting nervous as to where to take their mutants in future films?
Probably not. Deadpool has breathed new life into the studio, and with a sequel in the works already, as well as an X-Force and New Mutants movie being worked on as well, chances are that they aren't too worried about their mutant properties. So then why all of this talk with Marvel? It's more than likely that Fox is wanting to bring their Fantastic Four characters over to the MCU. While Sony had two go-arounds with Spider-Man, the first one being a huge success, the second one not-so-much, both of Fox's attempts at bring Marvel's First Family to the screen has bombed both times. Chris Evans, who played Johnny Storm in the first two FF films, is now Captain America, so I wouldn't expect to see him signing on for another movie, and Michael B. Jordan, who played Johnny storm in the reboot has signed on with Marvel to join the cast of the upcoming Black Panther movie, so I don't expect to see him agreeing to a sequel, either. This is more than likely the property that Fox and Marvel are discussing teaming up for. Not only would it bring over the FF themselves, but all of the villains that belong to their franchise, as well. This would mean that maybe, just maybe, we'll get a Doctor Doom that is an actual badass and not just cinematic fluff.
What do you think about this new round of rumors? Is it possible that they really are talking, and (more importantly) would you want to see some sort of team-up happen between the two movie studios? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section down below.
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