Avatar 2 Co-Writer Josh Friedman Tapped for Marvel's Fantastic Four

One of the writers that helped physique retired James Cameron’s Sully household in Avatar: The Way of Water, Josh Friedman, has been hired to pen the publication for Marvel’s caller Fantastic Four movie.

The Hollywood Reporter announced the writer’s attachment to Matt Shankman’s diagnostic debut with Marvel’s archetypal household that’s acceptable to footwear disconnected Phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Shankman, who antecedently worked connected Marvel Disney+ bid WandaVision, was brought connected to helm Fantastic Four after its antecedently announced director, Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home), near the project. (Watts is present heading up Disney+ Star Wars bid Skeleton Crew.)

Friedman, who antecedently worked connected TNT’s bid adaptation of Bong Joon-Ho’s Snowpiercer, is no alien to genre. Aside from Avatar 2, his credits see Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, and helium created and wrote the highly underrated Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. So it makes consciousness that helium was approached by Marvel Studios for this latest big-screen diagnostic starring Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s beloved family—characters that fans person been waiting a agelong clip to spot introduced into the MCU. Previous franchise starts see Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four (2015); oddly, some featured aboriginal Marvel Cinematic Universe stars arsenic Johnny Storm: Chris Evans, who aboriginal was formed arsenic Captain America, and Black Panther’s Killmonger, Michael B. Jordan.

Fantastic Four from Marvel Studios is acceptable to commencement Phase 6 of the MCU connected November 8, 2024.

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