The WandaVision director would be in charge of the next Fantastic Four movie

American Matt Shakman, known for his work as a director of Wanda Visionthe successful and first foray of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (UCM) in the field of television formats, is in talks with the studios belonging to Disney to cover the role of director in the next film by Fantastic Fourwhich will work as a reboot of the story that has already been made into a movie three times.

According to what is reported by the specialized site Variety, it would be the almost definitive replacement of Jon Watts, author of the three episodes of Spiderman played by Tom Holland who is part of the UCM, who was announced in that role but was finally released from the project last April.

A lot of experience

For its part, and in addition to having worked in Wanda VisionShakman arrives with a career that has seen him directing episodes of other famous series such as Succession, The Boys, Billion, Game of Thrones, Fargo Y It’s always sunny in Philadelphiawhile he had already been hired to direct the fourth film in the “reboot” of star Trek started in 2009.

The appearance of his name among the candidates Fantastic Four has received a great reception from UCM fans and has a clear lead within Marvel’s ranks after receiving one nomination for Best Director and another for Best Miniseries at the Emmy Awards for Elizabeth Olsen’s streak in the as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch and Paul Bettany as Vision.

There are few details of the script

Little is known about the film, announced at the latest edition of San Diego Comic-Con in July, when Kevin Feige – the CEO of Marvel Studios – confirmed that it will be the first title of Phase 6 of the UCM, with a release scheduled for November. 2024.

So far, the only hint of the cast is focused on John Krasinski (The office, a silent place), who embodied – to the pleasant surprise of hundreds of fans – Reed Richards, the leader of the superhero quartet, in Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madnessa film by Sam Raimi released in May of this year.

It is not known, however, if Krasinski will return as Mr. Fantastic, as well as the rest of the interpreters who will give life to the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, the Thing and Doctor Doom, the eternal villain of the team.

a great saga

Fantastic Four They debuted as a comic in 1961, conceived by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and although they have become one of Marvel’s most popular brands and most loved by the public, they have failed to dedicate themselves in their adaptations to the general public. screen so far and the MCU project hopes to reverse the series.

In this sense, the first attempt to transfer the plot to the cinema was in 1994 by Oley Sassone as director and with a screenplay by Craig J. Nevius and Kevin Rock, although it never came out officially and from which today there are only few copies remained in circulation on the web for illegal downloads.

Subsequently, in 2005 and 2007, it was the turn of the most remembered adaptations: the first with Fantastic Four and then with The Fantastic Four and the Silver Surferby Tim Story and starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis and Julian McMahon.

The last time they were seen in theaters was in a very badly received version released in 2015 and directed by Josh Trank, which featured Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell in the lead roles.

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