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Fox removes Fantastic Four 2 from its upcoming slate

November 24, 2015 by Gary Collinson

It was always an ambitious move, setting a release date for Fantastic Four 2 prior to the release of the first movie, and given the abysmal box office performance and reception for the Josh Trank-directed reboot, it’s one that has truly backfired on 20th Century Fox.

Despite talk from Simon Kinberg that Fox is “figuring out” how to proceed with the franchise, it will come as no surprise to anyone that the studio has now quietly removed the sequel from its upcoming slate, with Box Office Mojo noting that the film’s planned release date of June 9th 2017 has disappeared.

Constantin Film – the rights holders to the Fantastic Four – has a deal with Marvel that stipulates they continue to make movies based around the foursome to avoid the rights to the characters reverting back to Marvel, although they do have until 2022 to get another movie into production.

Check out our new Fantastic Four themed podcast The Fantasticast using the player below:

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Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: fantastic four, Fantastic Four 2, Marvel

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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