Ant-Man 2 Director Still "Dreams" of Making Fantastic Four Film

WithAnt - Man and The Wasphitting theatre of operations in just over a week , director Peyton Reed revealed that he hopes it wo n’t be the last superhero team he brings to the adult screen . SinceIron Mankicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe all the way back in 2008 , the term " superhero fatigue " has been bandied about more and more with each pass class . It ’s not a sentiency Reed seems to share , however , still holding onto the dream of adjust even more , specifically theFantastic Four .

In a lineal subsequence to the 2015 hit ( also direct by Reed ) - as well asCaptain America : Civil War - Ant - Man and The Waspwill discover Scott Lang ( Paul Rudd ) skin with the consequences of his choices , as both a superhero and a beginner . Finally teaming up with Hope Van Dyne , the duo find themselves confront Revelation from the past and a knock-down new enemy in the form of Ghost ( Hannah John - Kamen ) .

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In an consultation withCinema Blend , as part of theAnt - Man and The Waspdomestic press day , Peyton Reed expressed pastime in returning to The Fantastic Four , a project he was first helping to develop nearly twenty years ago . Eventually the adaption landed in the hands of Tim Story , who went on to helm both 2005’sFantastic FourandFantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer , but it was a dream Peyton Reed clear never let go of :

" Well , I have been known to mentionFantastic Fourin conversation that may or may not have happen in the Marvel hallways . It ’s all a gargantuan dubiousness mark at this head , because no one live if this merger is going to happen . It was on , it was off , it was on … who knows . I gauge I can woolgather , good ? I can have the dream . We ’ll see . Time will severalize ! "

Though those earlier iteration of the superhero squad saw its parcel of success and appealed to some fans , neither of them quite reached the summit of acclaim and popularity that the MCU film have since its origin a decade ago . The critically and commercially panned 2015 version from Josh Trank notwithstanding , now would be the perfect time for a reboot . And , in the hands of Marvel Studios , fans could finally get the version they have been long since clamor for - much in the same waySpider - humanity : Homecominggave many their long - delinquent and definitive rendering of the wall - crawler .

Wolverine shouting and Spider-Man swinging by a web in Fantastic Four

With the highly anticipatedmerger of Disney and Foxlooking ever more probable , Peyton Reed could very well get his wish . And it ’s easy to picture how the results could prove pleasing to fan . Reed clearly has noesis of the material , and already has a particular style in judgement for the characters . His old proposal would have see to it Mister Fantastic and family ready firmly in their sixties heyday , serving as almost an allegory to the Cold War distance race .

Themes of family would be equally familiar ground , with it suffice prominently inAnt - Man , most notably in the often complex relationships between fathers and minor . Themes whichAnt - Man and The Wasplooks ready to keep via Scott Lang and Cassie , Hope Van Dyne and Hank Pym ( Michael Douglas ) , and , ifthis theoryproves true , Ava / Ghost and Bill Foster ( Laurence Fishburne ) . All of which looks determine to arise only more complex with thereturn of Janet Van Dyne(Michelle Pfeiffer ) , and which could add itself attractively to bringing to life the humour and complex dynamics of Marvel ’s first family .