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Major Changes To DOCTOR DOOM in FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot

Doctor Doom courtesy Marvel
Doctor Doom courtesy Marvel

Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot is diverting from comic book canon.

Fans are still debating the casting of the actors playing Marvel’s First Family but what will we think about a radical reworking of one of Marvel’s most iconic villains?

Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Wrath of the Titans) is playing Doom in director Josh Trank’s film.

Is the scientific genius, master of dark arts and ruthless dictator of Latveria going to be a hacker in the reboot? Continue reading Major Changes To DOCTOR DOOM in FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot

FUTURE of FANTASIC FOUR After Cancellation

Fantastic Four #570 courtesy Marvel
Fantastic Four #570 courtesy Marvel

Marvel confirmed the rumors about their Fantastic Four series at New York Comic Con.

Current writer James Robinson said the Fantastic Four are “going away for a while” and he’s “building up to the end of the Fantastic Four.”

Marvel is cancelling the latest volume of the book starring their First Family.

The End of FourEver will be the final arc ending with issue 645 – a return to the original numbering.

 

Is this ending about sales, studio rivalry or just time for a creative break? Continue reading FUTURE of FANTASIC FOUR After Cancellation

FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot Compared To BATMAN BEGINS

Ultimate Fantastic Four courtesy Marvel
Ultimate Fantastic Four courtesy Marvel

With the global launch of X-Men: Days of Future Past behind him there’s no rest for Simon Kinberg. The producer/writer is on the set of the Fantastic Four reboot. Movie franchises starring the Children of the Atom and Marvel’s First Family are both controlled by Fox.

 

In a new interview Kinberg tells The Daily Beast the tone of the Fantastic Four will be different:

 

“The tone of this movie will feel as unique as when you saw Iron Man, X-Men, or Batman Begins for the first time. Continue reading FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot Compared To BATMAN BEGINS

Fox Sets Dates For FANTASTIC FOUR, THE WOLVERINE 2

The Wolverine courtesy Marvel.com
The Wolverine courtesy Marvel.com

Fox moves full speed ahead its own cinematic universe based on the Marvel heroes it controls by locking down dates for Marvel’s First Family and fan-favorite X-Man.

 

The studio set June 19, 2015 as the date for Fantastic Four reboot and March 3, 2017 as the date for a sequel to The Wolverine and July 13, 2018 for a “Marvel mystery” film. X-Men: Apocalypse is already scheduled for May 27, 2016. Continue reading Fox Sets Dates For FANTASTIC FOUR, THE WOLVERINE 2