History WMG / FantasticFour2015

When a producer from Fox approached Josh Trank for directing the reboot, it was under rushed circumstances after ''Film/TheAvengers'' showed how lucrative superhero movies were getting again. The meeting probably involved formalities and buttering up before the producer said, "We want you to make a great movie like ''Chronicle'' too, ''The Fantastic Four''." Trank misinterpreted that statement as "We want you to make a great movie, like ''Chronicle 2: The Fantastic Four'', and assumed they were willing to produce a sequel to ''Chronicle'', as long as it was a homage to the Fantastic Four in certain places. The lack of advertising compared to other movies is due to someone finally realizing the misunderstanding between both parties, but before the movie could be redone to be a FF movie. The plan is to release what is made, but to downplay the changes to hide the mistake.

* And now even more {{Jossed}}, because Sony has given the rights to Spider-Man back to Marvel instead.
** Actually Disney is basically now Joint custody with Sony, who plans to put out a Non-MCU animated Spider-Man movie a year after the MCU Spider-Man movie.

** Actually Disney is basically now Joint custody with Sony, who plans to put out a Non-MCU animated spider-man movie a year after the MCU spider-man movie.

[[WMG: The Four will someday go to an alternate universe and meet the former Film/FantasticFour]]

* In an attempt to apologize for the terrible movie, the sequel will double as a reboot by turning the "Fant4stic" evil (either because they get drunk with power, as demonstrated by how they essentially intimidated the government into giving them a state of the art laboratory, or by retconning Planet Zero as a dimension where Galactus transforms people into his heralds, as evidenced by "Crash Test" Doom). They eventually hop into the the dimension of an alternate Fantastic Four, who end up defeating the Fant4stic to symbolically wash Fox of the last movie.

[[WMG:The movie's failure really ''was'' because of a lack of a StanLee cameo]]

* A 1960s-set iteration of the team where they become celebrities after the space accident, only to wind up lost in space after another expedition. After years of stasis, they're finally recovered by the United States ... only to discover they're in a different time period (the current day) and reality (the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse) altogether. Obviously, an MCU Fantastic Four movie would establish the mutliverse, much like ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' expended into the cosmos and ''Film/DoctorStrange'' is set to introduce magic. Plus, literally transplanting them from one universe to the other would be a sick meta move.

* [[http://screenrant.com/michael-b-jordan-boba-fett-star-wars-rumor Reportedly Disney's considering Michael B. Jordan to play Boba Fett]]. Maybe they offered him a Boba Fett spinoff movie if he sabotaged the production?

[[WMG:Doctor Doom and Mole Man are not actually villains.]]
They're actors hired to play them.
* At this point, this would quite frankly be an improvement to the movie.
* Also, [[Film/MarvelOneShots the real Doctor Doom and Mole Man are waiting in the background, and they will]] ''[[Film/MarvelOneShots not]]'' [[Film/MarvelOneShots be happy with this.]]
* {{Jossed}} on Mole Man's count, they seem to be going for a more Ultimate approach where he is initially a member of the staff in the Baxter building.
** Doubly Jossed given that Tim Blake Nelson's character isn't even Harvey Elder or remotely based on him.
* Jossed. It's Doctor Doom alright.

[[WMG: Fox can't do an ''X-Men/Fantastic Four'' crossover...]]
In the same way that they can't make an ''X-Men'' TV series - they don't have the legal rights to make either happen. In spite of the rumors to the contrary, the legal fine print that prevents them from doing either of those things, and it should be worth noting that they purchased the ''X-Men'' and ''Fantastic Four'' movie rights at separate times, which most likely disallows them from making a crossover.

A rumored script leak that Fox tried to cover up involved several allusions to Mutants in an earlier revision that were completely removed later on, and the movie is set in a completely different setting. This might be because Fox found out that they aren't able to cross the characters over.

Any mention of a potential crossover thus far has actually just been Fox trying to raise interest for this movie or the hypothetical crossover in hopes that they can drum up the necessary legal support from Disney to make a deal happen. As it stands, Fox may be able to make an ''X-Men Cinematic Universe'', but they can't make a ''Fox-Marvel Cinematic Universe''.

[[WMG:The differences between the Fantastic Four and the reboot version is a result of poor communication.]]
When a producer from Fox approached Josh Trank for directing the reboot, it was under rushed circumstances after ''Film/TheAvengers'' showed how lucrative superhero movies were getting again. The meeting probably involved formalities and buttering up before the producer said, "We want you to make a great movie like ''Chronicle'' too, ''The Fantastic Four''." Trank misinterpreted that statement as "We want you to make a great movie, like ''Chronicle 2: The Fantastic Four'', and assumed they were willing to produce a sequel to ''Chronicle'', as long as it was a homage to the Fantastic Four in certain places. The lack of advertising compared to other movies is due to someone finally realizing the misunderstanding between both parties, but before the movie could be redone to be a FF movie. The plan is to release what is made, but to downplay the changes to hide the mistake.

* Adveristing part has been {{Jossed}} as Trank said in an interview that [[http://collider.com/the-fantastic-four-movie-details-josh-trank/ there is little marketing due to him wishing to go back to the old school way of not showing too much]].
** Un-Jossed. The movie's marketing was invisible because the final product really wasn't well-received in the slightest.

[[WMG: It's actually a ''Chronicle'' sequel and the characters are all comic fans playing out their fantasies]]
* The part about it being a StealthSequel to ''Chronicle'' might not be too far off. One supposed draft of the movie had the crystals from the movie appearing.

[[WMG: Annihilus and his Annihilation wave will appear as the BigBad of the sequel]]
Given the apparent prominence of the Negative Zone in this film an eventual appearance by them seems inevitable.

[[WMG: Doom is actually Joey from ''Hackers'']]
In 1995's Film/{{Hackers}}, the character Joey suggests "Doctor Doom" as his hacker alias. Phreak dismisses him, saying "You're hopeless, man! Hopeless!" However, Joey proves to not be hopeless by the film's end. Perhaps he adopts the Doctor Doom handle and meets Reed Richards?

[[WMG: Kang The Conqueror will be the antagonist of the sequel.]]
James Gunn recently confirmed that Fox owns the rights to his character, and in the comics he is a descendant of Reed Richards.
* Good luck to ever [[StillbornFranchise seeing a sequel]] to this.

* Jossed.

* Good luck to ever [[Main/StillbornFranchise seeing a sequel]] to this.

The fact that the movie is taking more inspiration from UltimateFantasticFour, this movie could have Reed's desire to change the world grow into a dark trait, setting him up to take up the name of The Maker in the sequel.

*** And ''that's''' saying something!

** Another member of the team will get a RaceLift

* Jossed. There are no Doombots in this movie - unless you interpret this version of the character as being one.

* Jossed. Blogger Doom never happened in the final cut. [[spoiler: He also never gets a chance to go back to Latveria, on account of being killed and all]].