Plans for the Fantastic Four to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been in the works for a long time, and with The Fantastic Four: First Steps slated for release in July, that journey is almost at an end. However, this version of Marvel’s First Family is a bit different; they inhabit a retro-futuristic Space Age world, not the glitzy near-future of the main MCU timeline.
Meanwhile, a smart fan theory claims this may not be the only way The Fantastic Four will show a different version of the supersquad. In fact, there may be a huge plot point — and mutant — hiding in plain sight. If true, it not only changes what we know about the movie, but everything we know about the MCU’s future... and its plans to introduce the X-Men.
