Fantastic Four (2015) - Now 8%(!) on Rotten Tomatoes

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Robert_Downey_Jr. said:

CharlieBradburry said:

Avengers is far better!

yeah tired of people condeming an entire genre of film.  Do people say "why do we need another gangster film?" or "why do we need another spy thriller?"  Superhero movies are even broader than those so I'm not sure why anyone would ask for the entire genre of film to stop being made or lump them all together with one adjective.

I don't think we need any more RomComs...

In terms of timing for this move, sure, they had to do it to keep the rights. But I think enough water had passed under the bridge to make it timely for Fox to have another go at F4. So I don't think it was a totally cynical move purely to keep the rights out of Marvel's hands; it was only half cynical.

Does Fox have the will to wait another 7 years and see if they can make it 3rd time lucky?

Not for creators of beloved stories/characters: Make sure you have a clause in your rights contract that says if a movie is trash (<15% Rotten Tomatoes for instance) and fails at the box office the rights revert to you immediately. Seriously, if I was Marvel I would be looking to sue Fox over this depth of failure for doing irreparable harm to a valuable franchise. Fox might have the movie rights, but Marvel still owns the brand and you can't let such huge damage to the brand go by with a shrug of the shoulders.