According toDeadline , Jon Watts has stepped down from guide Marvel Studios’Fantastic Fourreboot . The filmmaker behind the MCU’sSpider - Mantrilogy was set to introduce Marvel ’s first family to the franchise , but he ’s made the determination to depart from the projection . The portion surround Watts ’ issue have n’t been cover in whodunit like Justin Lin ’s recent departure fromFast X – there does n’t   seem to be any inauspicious will between   Watts and the studio apartment .

Rather than citing the usual “ creative differences , ” Watts is simply taking a suspension from busy , time - consuming Marvel pic schedules to shoot some smaller original undertaking . After a decade of makingSpider - Manfilms , that ’s utterly understandable . Now , theFantastic Fourreboot has a vacant film director ’s death chair that needs to be filled .

Peyton Reed

According toComicBook.com , Ant - Mandirector Peyton Reed once pitched an unconventionalFantastic Fourmovie set in the 1960s with the loose structure of the Beatles ’ musical comedyA Hard Day ’s Night . If he ’s still interested in the prop , this would be a delightfully offbeat elbow room to introduce the characters into the MCU ’s sprawl multiverse .

TheAnt - Manmovies are a pair of sport , lighthearted superhero adventures and Reed has demonstrate his ability to harness beloved icons with Luke Skywalker ’s return inThe Mandalorian ’s 2d - time of year conclusion .

Joe Cornish

Joe Cornish ’s astonishing directorial entry , Attack the Block , tell the story of aliens invading the street of London through the eyes of a nursemaid and a street bunch who team up to campaign for survival .

assault the Blockhas everything aFantastic Fourmovie call for – sci - fi , drollery , character - driven activeness , etc . – and Cornish afterwards march his family - favorable blockbuster chops with the critically acclaimed but commercially disappointingThe Kid Who Would Be King .

John Krasinski

There are a few popularfan molding for the role of Reed Richardsand Sue Storm , but by far the most popular selection is real - lifetime married twosome John Krasinski and Emily Blunt .

If Krasinski and Blunt finish up being cast as Reed and Sue , the former would also be a keen choice to direct . The picture show that putThe Officestar on the map as a film maker , A Quiet Place , is a genre   film about family ( like theFantastic Fourreboot should be ) .

Matthew Vaughn

Matthew Vaughn has a track record of directing corking comic book picture – Kick - Ass , Kingsman , X - man : First Class , the list goes on – so he ’d be a upstanding replacement for Watts .

According toCinemaBlend , Vaughn has already thrown his hat in the gang to helm the MCU’sFantastic Fourreboot : “ I ’ve always loved the mind of doingFantastic Fouras it was originally compose . ”

James Gunn

After twoGuardians of the Galaxymovies , aSuicide Squadsequel , and a season ofPeacemaker , superhero team - ups are James Gunn ’s bread and butter .

The filmmaker might not be up for state the same story a fourth sentence , but the mixture of meat , humor , and heroism seen in theGuardiansmovies would be consummate for theFantastic Fourreboot .

Bryce Dallas Howard

Ron Howard ’s daughter Bryce Dallas Howard is best known as an worker , but she ’s been watch over in her father ’s step in the past couple of years and earned a repute as an exciting newfangled vocalization in filmmaking .

The younger Howard directed a few standoutMandalorians and the best episode ofThe Book of Boba Fett . She ’s adept at telling mythological floor and shooting effects - push back spectacle with the StageCraft technology – and , as an worker herself , she ’s great at directing worker .

Steven Spielberg

In possibility , Steven Spielberg would be the perfect Marvel director . classic likeJurassic Parkand theIndiana Jonesmovies created the summer megahit andmade the Marvel Cinematic Universe possible .

Unlike fellow film maker Martin Scorsese , Spielberg has embraced the MCU . harmonise toMovieWeb , Guardians of the Galaxy – a gravid model for aFantastic Fourfilm – is one of his favorite movies .

Taika Waititi

After shooting a string of successful quirky depressed - budget comedies , Taika Waititi made the leap into large - budget blockbusters withThor : Ragnarok , one of the most popular entranceway in the MCU .

Waititi reinvigorated theThorfranchise with a respectable Venus’s curse of play after a couple of drear , self - serious affairs , and he could do the same to theFantastic Fourfranchise after the dingy , ego - seriousFant4stic .

Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig ’s modish directorial effort – a Barbie movie star Margot Robbie – has prove that she ’s not averse to I.P.-based picture . Both of Gerwig ’s solo directorial projects – Lady BirdandLittle Women – have focused on character over plot and explore the joy and frustrations of family life .

Both films have moments of hysterical levity , heartbreaking tragedy , and everything in between . On top of that , the star vehicle that earned Gerwig mainstream realisation , Frances Ha , is a quintessential New York movie .

Brad Bird

Brad Bird is more renowned for his work in animation with Pixar andThe Simpsonsthan he is for his resilient - action filmmaking . But his live - activeness debut , Mission : unimaginable – Ghost Protocol , was a plot - changing , activity - packed blockbuster extravaganza .

On top of that , Bird has already directed the bestFantastic Fourmovie ever made : The Incredibles . Ifthe MCU’sFantastic Fourrebootcan capture even a 10th ofThe Incredibles ’ magic , it ’s in good stead .

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Wolverine shouting and Spider-Man swinging by a web in Fantastic Four

Sidious, Tyranus, Maul, and Vader.

In a dusty landscape Finn stares out into the distance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Split image of Taika Waititi, the Fantastic Four, and Bryce Dallas Howard

Scott finds the Ant-Man costume in Hank’s safe in Ant-Man

Moses leading his friends in Attack The Block.

John Krasinski in a corn field in A Quiet Place

The church fight in Kingsman The Secret Service

Gamora, Rocket, Peter Quill, Groot, and Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy.

Baby Yoda in Mando’s cockpit in The Mandalorian episode 4

Indiana Jones punching a Nazi

The Revengers in Asgard in Thor Ragnarok

Lady Bird and her mom lying on a bed together sleeping

The Incredibles readying for battle in the jungle in The Incredibles

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