Bryan Singer, director of four “X-Men” movies including the upcoming “X-Men: Apocalypse,” was asked by Yahoo! Movies about rumors that he was being pursued to oversee a first big-screen crossover between Fox’s two biggest Marvel franchises, the X-Men and The Fantastic Four.
Singer admitted he knew of one idea Fox was considering for a crossover, but offered few specifics.
“It deals a little with time," he allowed. "That’s all I’m going to say.”
This made my brain jump directly to “Days of Future Present,” Chris Claremont’s 1990 sequel to his 1981 “Days of Future Past” storyline.
In “Present,” a mutant-hunting supervillain named Ahab -- he's from the dystopian alternative future depicted in “Future Past” -- pursues the superpowered adult couple Franklin Richards (son of Reed Richards and Sue Storm) and Rachel Summers (daughter of Scott Summers and Jean Grey) into the present, where the X-Men and the Fantastic Four can lend a hand.
Singer seemed less than certain that the crossover might come in 2018, as Latino Review reported. He implies perhaps that more standalone X-Men and/or Fantastic Four movies may have to be produced to set up the crossover.
“That would be a natural mash-up because they’re both ensemble films and there is a mechanism by which to do it," said Singer. "I think to just say you're going to do it is kind of a mistake. I think you have to really see how the films evolve before you make that decision to completely commit to that, but there are those ideas in play."
"Fantastic Four" hits cinemas Aug. 7. "X-Men: Apocalypse" arrives next May.
Find Yahoo! Movies’ interview with Singer here.
