The superhero genre has been dominating the TV and film industry, largely thanks to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (which is streaming with a Disney+ subscription). Folks who have been watching the Marvel movies in order will recall how, prior to Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox, the Fantastic Four were kept out of the shared universe. The 2015 Fantastic Four movie is somewhat infamous nowadays, although screenwriter Jeremy Slater recalled how confident he originally was about it... even comparing it to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy.
Prior to Marvel's first family joining the MCU in First Steps, Josh Trank's Fantastic Four flopped in theaters back in 2015. In a conversation with THR, Slater got real about his original expectations for the blockbuster, saying:
