‘Fantastic Four’ set in the 1960s and will be separate to main MCU
nme.comFantastic Four film will be set in the 1960s and won’t be a part of the main Marvel Cinematic Universe.Speaking on the latest episode of the Official Marvel Podcast, the Marvel Studios president spoke about the upcoming slate of Marvel projects, revealing that he’s most excited for the new Fantastic Four film.Earlier this year, Marvel confirmed the core cast for the upcoming film, which through its artwork teased that it would be set in the 1960s.
Now, Feige has confirmed the time period in which the film will take place.“It is a period film,” Feige confirmed. “There was another piece of art we released with Johnny Storm flying in the air, making the 4 symbol and there was a cityscape in the corner of the image.
And there were a lot of smart people who noticed that the cityscape doesn’t look exactly like the New York that we know or the New York that existed in the ’60s in our world.
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