Ok, so I've been thinking about this for a few days and I think I have a solid pitch for Fantastic Four in the MCU.
The movie's title will be Fantastic Four: The First Family (following Spiderman: Homecoming's style of reboot names) The film will likely be as long as Civil War if not longer and will happen (as in release date) in the place of Inhumans.
So the movie opens with a flashback to the Sixties. Reed Richards is working in the Baxter Building on a rocket that could potentially explore outside of our own solar system. Essentially the backstory is all the same, except instead of the government, it is S.H.I.E.L.D. who is concerned with the outcome of this experiment (similar to how they were concerned with Pym particles and such). They decide to shut down the whole operation, however Reed, with support from his girlfriend Sue Storm ( who was also heavily working on the project), and his best friend Ben Grimm, who has offered to pilot the vehicle, (and with Jonny tagging along to "protect" sue) is convinced to launch it in secret.
They launch it, same as the comics, however S.H.I.E.L.D. finds out and warns them that the radiation may be too much for them. Yadda yadda, they get radiated, crash down in the woods, you know the story. However, when they do crash land, S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives find them and awfully mutated. They are examined by shield and eventually they determine that they are not contagious. However, S.H.I.E.L.D. decides that, to protect the public, they are not allowed to live among normal people. Reed pleads with them to let him and the rest lock themselves up in the Baxter building. S.H.I.E.LD. agrees and escorts them.
When they get there, they realize that none of the tech currently available to them will cure them, so they decide to resurrect one of Reed's personal projects: a time portal. They jokingly name themselves the Future Foundation. Their portal is a success, and they warp to the future. When they make it there, they find themselves in a worn down, unkept Baxter building which clearly looks searched. The portal is still standing there, powered down and everything.
From there I figure they go and find out about the Inhumans that S.H.I.E.L.D. has been looking into, thus introducing Black Bolt as the main antagonist.
So that's my pitch. After credits scenes could include something about Doctor Doom and mabe a scene of Black Bolt returning to Attilan.
Lemme know what you think!
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