When 20th Century Fox announced in 2012 that Mark Millar had signed to consult on and develop their Marvel properties such as The Fantastic Four reboot and their X-Men franchise, many hoped that would lead to a shared universe involving these characters crossing over. A "well-placed source" for Schmoes Know reveals that the studio has no plans of merging The Fantastic Four and X-Men characters.
The unidentified source claims that the studio really wants director Josh Trank's The Fantastic Four reboot, which stars Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch, Miles Teller as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Kate Mara as Sue Storm/The Invisible Girl and Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm/The Thing, to stand on its own, without any help from the X-Men mutants.
The hope is that The Fantastic Four will do well enough to warrant multiple sequels. Of course, if the movie and its follow-ups do well, its possible that 20th Century Fox may consider a crossover in the future, but it definitely isn't happening anytime soon.
This isn't the first time rumors of The Fantastic Four and X-Men crossover have surfaced. Back in August 2013, Mark Millar revealed that these characters will likely cross over.
However, he clarified those remarks by saying that both franchises exist in the same universe, although they will not cross over.
I keep seeing 'news' that X-Men & FF movies are crossing over. No, they're not. They exist in same universe but movies stand alone.
— Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) August 19, 2013
News sites get very excited about very obvious answers, but the Chinese whispers thing is frustrating. There is NO crossover planned.
— Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) August 19, 2013
Another rumor surfaced in December from The Motley Fool that the studio was planning a crossover, but the site released a correction shortly thereafter, revealing there is no such project in the works.
The Fantastic Four comes to theaters June 19th, 2015 and stars Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell. The film is directed by Josh Trank.
X-Men: Days of Future Past comes to theaters May 23rd, 2014 and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Peter Dinklage, Hugh Jackman, Evan Peters, James McAvoy, Ellen Page. The film is directed by Bryan Singer.
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