After the last “Fantastic Four” movie failed horribly at the box office, Marvel attempts to try to revive the franchise once more.
According to We Got This Covered, the studio is looking to reboot the movie for 2022 and Kevin Feige is totally into the idea. Marvel even plans to get “Ant-Man” director Peyton Reed to possibly helm the movie.
Rumor: Marvel Studios is reportedly aiming to release a "Fantastic Four" movie around 2022. pic.twitter.com/Pj1dPuG2Ib
— 𝑪𝑼𝑹𝑻𝑰𝑿 (@CurtixMal) June 15, 2019
For the reboot, it is rumoured that Marvel is eyeing real-life celebrity couple John Kransinski and Emily Blunt as Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) and Sue Storm (Invisible Woman), respectively.
Rumours about the real-life couple playing the onscreen couple have been going around since last year, and Krasinski even told Screen Rant in an exclusive interview that he would “love” to play the role.
The Fantastic Four – MCU @MarvelStudios @johnkrasinski #EmilyBlunt @ZacEfron @JohnCena #FantasticFour pic.twitter.com/Ij1VOQT2KN
— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) April 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/OGChunkyBoi/status/1140203124508020738
🗣 Rumour: Marvel is eyeing #JohnKrasinski as Richard Reed and #EmilyBlunt as Sue Storm. #FantasticFour
Life is good ❤ pic.twitter.com/dgqoZri03u
— Ellis Belle (@EllisBelle1) June 12, 2019
Kransinski and Blunt have a wonderful chemistry on and off screen as seen in many of their interviews as well as in the box office hit “A Quiet Place”, so it makes sense why many fans are very supportive towards the idea.
Furthermore, the married couple were almost casted in Marvel movies after all. Kransinski previously auditioned for the role of “Captain America” but lost it to Chris Evans while Blunt was offered the role of “Black Widow” but she turned it down due to other projects.
Reminder that John Krasinski pretty much had the role of Captain America in the bag until Chris Evans came along pic.twitter.com/ujrJOo8obZ
— Dorian Parks (@DorianParksnRec) July 24, 2015
since y'all are talking about emily blunt as black widow now, lemme explain some things: YES, she was supposed to play the part but bc of her contract with fox, she was forced to appear in another film of them, aka "Gulliver's Travel's" so she refused bc of scheduling conflict pic.twitter.com/a5npp1FnQD
— best of emily blunt (@badpostblunt) July 4, 2018
Nevertheless, the movie is still in very early stage production and Marvel has yet to confirm anything as the couple are only two of the many actors considered for the roles so there’s no guarantee that they’ll end up in the reboot.
But honestly, we couldn’t think of any one better to play the roles other than John Kransinski and Emily Blunt. What do you guys think?
Featured Image: Screen Rant
