When Marvel Studios’ San Diego Comic-Con panel announced that the Fantastic Four reboot was coming in November 8, 2024 and left it at that, fans instantly placed their bets on next month’s D23 being the destination for directorial and casting news to be revealed.
Plenty of rumors have been flying around as to who could potentially be replaced Spider-Man veteran Jon Watts at the helm, but the latest slab of scuttlebutt has been pointing firmly in the direction of WandaVision director Matt Shakman. Given the esteem the show is held in among the Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom, it would be a sound call on paper, but what would it mean for Star Trek 4?
Shakman has been attached to the latest outing for Chris Pine and the Kelvin crew for over a year, but anytime anybody is asked about the status of the project, you either get a vague answer or an admission that nobody knows. Needless to say, the Fantastic Four speculation has been stirring the Star Trek pot all over again.
Star Trek 4 is still scheduled to arrive in theaters before the end of the year, but that wouldn’t give Shakman a great deal of time given that Fantastic Four is penciled in for November 2024. It’s definitely doable, but probably not ideal for your health to crank out two mega budget fantasy epics one after the other.
It’s all hypothetical at this stage, of course, but D23 is only a few weeks away, so let’s hope we get some answers when the Mouse House’s expo returns.