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How Marvel is setting up the future of the MCU

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George Chrysostomou on how the future of the MCU is being set up… What was once a pipe dream in the mind of a competent producer has become a unprecedentedly successful shared cinematic universe, tying in movies and TV into a coherent world of characters and locations. The Marvel Cinematic Universe, as it has come […]

Ant-Man director Peyton Reed excited about the Fantastic Four joining the MCU

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Ant-Man and the Wasp director Peyton Reed is intrigued and excited by the prospect of the Fantastic Four in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Fantastic Four carries a lot of weight in the world of Marvel comics but for one reason or the other, the property has never done well on the big screen. Does […]

Fantastic Four Villains take centre stage this December with Marvel variant covers

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In celebration of the upcoming wedding between Ben Grimm and Alicia Masters, Marvel has announced that it will celebrate over five decades of the First Family will a series of variant covers featuring the team’s most memorable villains. Check out the first eight Fantastic Four Villain variant covers here… Look for Marvel’s Fantastic Four Villain […]

Disney boss says “it only makes sense” to integrate X-Men into the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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With all of the obstacles cleared out of the way, it’s now only a matter of time until The Walt Disney Company completes its acquisition of 20th Century Fox’s film and TV assets, meaning that Marvel Studios will soon find itself in control of the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises – which of course includes […]

Wedding bells will ring in Fantastic Four #5 this December

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Wedding bells will soon be ringing once again in the Marvel universe, with the publisher announcing that Ben Grimm and Alicia Masters are set to tie the knot this December in Fantastic Four #5. This December, Dan Slott and Esad Ribic joined by Marvel Young Gun Aaron Kuder and superstar artists Adam Hughes and Michael […]

Comic Book Review – Fantastic Four #2

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Allen Christian reviews Fantastic Four #2… “Here We Make Our Stand” When last we left the Future Foundation, the Reed Richards helmed think-tank featuring the brightest young minds on Earth, they were rebuilding the imploded multiverse with the combined powers of Franklin Richards and the Molecule Man. And that’s exactly where they are when we […]

Comic Book Review – Fantastic Four #1

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Allen Christian reviews Fantastic Four #1… In early 2015, leading into Jonathan Hickman’s Secret Wars, we saw the dissolution of the Fantastic Four and the cancellation of their eponymous monthly comic book. The assumption is that Marvel seized this opportunity to cease production of the book due to ongoing conflict with 20th Century Fox, the […]

Disney CEO comments on plans for Fox properties like X-Men, Deadpool, Fantastic Four and Avatar

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Disney CEO Bob Iger has revealed that Disney has plans on how to incorporate their purchased Fox properties such as X-Men, Deadpool, and The Fantastic Four. The sale of Fox’s film and TV assets to Disney has been a huge talking point for many months, largely due to the fact that Marvel properties like X-Men […]

Marvel releases launch trailer for Fantastic Four #1

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57 years to the day that the world was introduced to the Fantastic Four, a new tale will begin for Ben, Johnny, Reed and Sue when Fantastic Four #1 hits comic book stores tomorrow, offering up an all-new story from superstar creators Dan Slott and Sara Pichelli. To celebrate, Marvel has released a launch trailer for […]