At one point, Marvel signed over movie rights for the X-Men and Fantastic Four over to 21st Century Fox. Years later, Marvel found that they were unable to reacquire these movie rights from Fox.
Sadly, characters hailing from X-Men and the Fantastic Four were prohibited from being playable from Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite for this very reason. Eventually, Disney (the parent company of Marvel) was able to work out a $52.4 billion deal to reacquire the full rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four.
At long last, we’re now finally starting to see all of this coming to fruition. A new trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps has been released.
Notably, Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics was released recently. This is a good potential sign that we could see a true revival of the series.
We also know that Dr. Doom is set to replace Kang the Conqueror in Phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Fantastic Four: First Steps will likely address Dr. Doom’s presence in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in some form.
Though characters like Dr. Doom and Super Skrull were previously playable in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, we’ve never been able to play as Mr. Fantastic, The Thing, Johnny Storm, or Sue Storm. Of course, there were plans to make all four of them playable, but the development team had difficulties with Johnny Storm and Sue Storm, causing them to replace all four of them with Super Skrull instead.
With the Fantastic Four’s movie rights back in the hands of Disney, we’ll likely see them being more willing to promote the characters. Should a true sequel to Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (or Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite) ever be released, we could possibly see more Fantastic Four representation within the roster.
Check out the full trailer below:
Source: Event Hubs
