Up until this weekend, all indications pointed to 20th Century Fox setting up their own shared Marvel movie universe with X-Men and Fantastic Four. With Fantastic Four being a certified bomb for Fox, they seem to be backing away from that plan.
Bryan Singer(director of all good X-Men movies) has said previously that there was definite plans to bring Fantastic Four and X-Men together. Now producers Simon Kinberg and Hutch Parker are putting distance between Fantastic Four and their successful projects. Kinberg and Parker are now saying the two teams exist in alternate universes. A photo shoot with Entertainment Weekly had cast members from X-Men, Fantastic Four, Deadpool, and Gambit; teasing a shared universe that doesn't seem to be happening anymore.
Fantastic Four being a failure for Fox shouldn't be a huge surprise since they hid the movie from critics until the day before its release. Director Josh Trank even distanced himself from the movie with a tweet that was quickly deleted. His tweet furthers rumors in the film industry that Fox producers have an ugly history tampering with the movies instead of trusting the directors they hire.
Where the future of Fantastic Four lies could be anyone's guess. Fox could move forward with the sequel they already scheduled for 2017. They could give the rights back to Marvel Studios. Or maybe strike a deal similar to what Sony made with Marvel (for all things Spider-Man) to work together.
-Lando McFly
I'm probably the outlier here, but I actually kinda liked it. Doom was actually developed as a character for once (although I didn't care for his CGI form) and I was digging the indie feel. With that being said, it definitely isn't a climactic movie, which is what I think we're taught to expect from superhero movies today but it did touch on the heavy scientific stuff that you would find in a FF book. It's not a "great" movie by any means, and I'm probably giving FOX way more credit than I should.
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