MCU’s Fantastic Four Movie Rumoured To Be Set In A Never-Before-Seen Era

MCU’s Fantastic Four movie is supposedly not going to be set in the current day as per latest rumours. Read inside to know the rumoured

By Ishita Chatterjee
November 17,2022
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MCU’s Fantastic Four movie is currently one of the most hyped up projects of the franchise. But Marvel hasn’t begun casting on the project till now and we also don’t have any idea about what the general plot is going to be about. But a new rumour has surfaced about the movie that says it isn’t going to be set in the modern day!

Marvel’s Fantastic Four Movie Is Probably Set In This Era

Fantastic Four comics
Fantastic Four comics

As per scooper Grace Randolph, MCU’s Fantastic Four film is going to be set in the 1960s. This is interesting on several levels. One because it will set the project apart from the plethora of Marvel projects we have seen till now. Apart from Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain Marvel, which were set during World War 2 and the 1990s respectively, there hasn’t been any MCU project that has solely focused on the past.

Before you say Ms. Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy 1, or Ant-Man 1, know that the lead characters of these Marvel projects didn’t themselves belong to another time. So if this rumour turns our to be true, then we might get to see a MCU project that’s set in another era after a long time.

What Will The Movie Be About? 

Reed Richards in the MCU
Reed Richards in the MCU

We saw Mr. Fantastic/ Reed Richards played by John Krasinski in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. He was part of the Illuminati of Earth-838. But he didn’t last long as Wanda made quick work of him. However, his existence made fans question the location of his other Fantastic Four partners, especially of his wife, Sue Storm.

We haven’t got any official answers about it, and neither is it confirmed if John Krasinski will return. But fan theories have long been around about him possibly being from another era. If the actual MCU Fantastic Four movie moves forward with such a concept, then we might see the members getting trapped in the 1960s (perhaps of another earth) and only getting freed in the current day.

Deadpool 3 logo
Deadpool 3 logo

Rumours about the group appearing in Deadpool 3 and Loki season 2, the two projects dealing heavily with the multiverse, also lends credence to this theory. However, it would mirror Steve Rogers/ Captain America’s storyline too closely and also such a decision won’t allow the film to take advantage of the 1960s setting and try something new.

So setting the movie in the 1960s firmly would be a better decision as we might get to see the inventions Reed Richards did back then that helped propel the technology forward in the present time. But without any nugget of official information till now, this is all complete fan speculation. So take it with a pinch of salt.

What do you think about his rumour? Let us know. And stay tuned for more updates.