Marvel’s Goofiest Missing Fantastic Four Explanation Is More Likely Than You Think

Ahead of their debut in Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four, Marvel’s First Family have become the focus of a brilliant theory that explains exactly where they’ve been hiding during the last decade-and-a-half of the MCU. 20th Century Fox made two attempts at bringing the Fantastic Four into live-action, first in 2005, and later in 2015, yet neither of these adaptations were entirely positively received. The finalization of Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox in 2019 meant that the team’s film rights reverted to Marvel Studios, and the MCU’s Fantastic Four reboot was quickly put into development, though the upcoming project has a complex challenge to overcome in the MCU’s Phase 6.