The director of 'Ant-Man and the Wasp & # 39; is still interested in 'Fantastic Four'

Peyton Reed, director of Ant-Man and the Wasp says that there is still a film "incredibly awesome " Fantastic Four " When Ant-Man arrived, I jumped on the occasion because it's kind of a movie. 39 I wanted to do it for a long time, "Reed said Forbes when asked his interest in other Marvel properties outside of Ant-Man . made comedies, I developed a version of Fantastic Four in 2003 and so these are the movies on which I grew up, that I liked and that I 'd like. have always wanted to do. "

Reed's 1960s-set Fantastic Four movie would have treated the quartet as rock stars – think Beatlemania – but 20th Century Fox released a modern Tim Story-directed blockbuster in 2005 and a sequel in 2007 before the series was restarted in 2015 Fant4stic .

The Bring It On and Yes Man director explained that he likes to think that he can "keep making movies big and small," adding that he's no longer "discouraged by this kind of film."

"In terms of staying in the Marvel thing, it really is, on the outside of the specific thing Ant-Man with those characters that I really like, who knows? I do not know, "said Reed." It's really just to be struck by a concept or script or something. "

" I was asked about it at cause of this potential merger of Disney and Fox and my previous involvement with Fantastic Four. I agree with the fact that the Fantastic Four comics, are crown jewels and that I think there is still an amazing film, incredibly awesome Fantastic Four ", Reed said.

"Beyond that, there was no specific conversation about it. This merger is not even a done deal, but it's absolutely something that would be particularly interesting now because I think it's like a foolish challenge right now. Also, I think thematically that the films Ant-Man deal with many of the same things as Fantastic Four . "

As part of the Marvel Stable, Reed is excited by the potential of the merger: when or if 21st Century Fox's $ 71.3 billion acquisition of Disney is complete, the Disney-owned Marvel Studios will then be able to incorporate Fox-controlled characters from Fantastic Four and X-Men families into the shared MCU, home to characters like the Avengers and Spider -Man.

"I think as a fan with a slight case of OCD, it's something that feels cool that these characters could all come back under the same umbrella and live in the same universe and reflect what Stan Lee has done in the day in comics, "Reed said," As a fan, it's exciting to see these characters and this kind of cross-pollination. It was exciting when they negotiated the agreement for Spider-Man to come from Sony and be in [ Captain America: Civil War ] and now be in the MCU. Whether it is X-Men or Fantastic Four characters or someone else, I have to believe that Kevin Feige has at least some general ideas about how this might work. I have no idea and I am not aware of all that but it is exciting in the family. "

Because the two originals, Ant-Man and Fantastic Four, were co-created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby,] The Ant-Man franchise will serve as a point of entry for the first Marvel family in the MCU?

"Yeah," Reed answered, "there are a lot of organic ways to weave their story into the MCU and hopefully"

Reed's feelings are shared by Joe Russo, co-director of Avengers: Infinity War who chose the family of superheroes as the most deserving characters who need a good handling. "I think we all agree that the Fantastic Four need the correct story," Russo told the newspaper . "" characters that were important to me, Ben Grimm was one of my favorites. And I think there is a version of this movie and this world that still has to be told. "