Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has confirmed a major fan theory centering on the upcoming Fantastic Four movie.
To say fans have been waiting for the return ofMarvel’s first familywould be an understatement, as the last Fantastic Four live-action movie came out almost 10 years ago.
While not much is known about the upcoming movie besides itsA-list cast, some fans have thrown out theories about when and where the movie will take place, thanks to some clues given by the studio.
And it seems like some of the major theories around the film’s setting has been proven correct, as Feige confirmedThe Fantastic Fourwill be taking place in the1960sinstead of the modern day MCU.
Many fans started theorizing the movie would take place in the ’60s after Marvel released its first piece ofartworkshowing the team drawn in a very retro style.
As the original Fantastic Four comic was issued in 1961, some took this as a hint that the upcoming film would be taking the team back to their roots.
And those fans were proven right, as Feige confirmed the ’60s time theory whileappearingon the first episode of the new Official Marvel podcast.
Along with telling fans when the story will be taking place, the president also dropped some clues about the movie’s location as well.
“So it is a period piece,” Feige said. “There was another piece of art we released with Johnny Storm flying in the air and making a four symbol, and there was a cityscape in the corner of that image.
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“And there were a lot of smart people who noticed that that cityscape didn’t look exactly like the New York that we know, or the New York that existed in the ’60s in our world. Those are some smart, smart observations.”
ThedrawingFeige is referring to shows Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch, flying over a futuristic New York City skyline.
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Feige could be hinting that The Fantastic Four will be taking place in an alternate dimension separate from the mainstreamMarvel Cinematic Universeor it could be another wrinkle in the MCU’s expanding multiverse.
Kayla Harrington was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in The Boys, The Walking Dead, House of the Dragon, Marvel and Star Wars. She also has bylines at Mashable, BuzzFeed, and The Mary Sue.
