And at one point Fox was planning what would have been one of the biggest superhero movies in history to that point: A film combining the X-Men and Fantastic Four into a crossover battle.
For decades, Fox had control over two of Marvel’s biggest properties: X-Men, which they turned into a long series of largely popular and successful movies, and Fantastic Four which … they mostly whiffed on.
THR says Paul Greengrass was even interested in directing this behemoth, but like so many projects in Hollywood, it fell apart.
With the Fox era of Marvel characters all but officially over, it’s a fun time to look back at what could have been.