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Fantastic Four Star Gives Advice for the MCU Debut of the Beloved Superhero Team


There have been a few big-budget attempts at bringing the Fantastic Four to the big screen, though with Marvel Studios recently regaining the rights to the characters to bring them into the MCU, former Fantastic Four actor Michael Chiklis has a few advice for the best way to capture the beloved family. His main advice is that, while the 2015 Fantastic Four film tried a more grounded approach to the concept, the best way to portray the source material is to keep things lighthearted and to not lose the charming components of the superhero team.

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"Just understand, the real tone and tenor of the Fantastic Four is as we did it. It's not meant to be dark and brooding," Michael Chiklis told Screen Rant. "It's never going to be The Dark Knight. Don't try to make it that. Don't expect it to be that. The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Thing was from Brooklyn and he was a Dodgers fan. They were a sweet family and that's the way it's meant to be. It wasn't meant to be hardcore and dark and brooding. Try to make it that, you will fail."

Fortunately, his comments likely won’t be necessary, as the usual tone of almost all MCU movies has been to ensure the portrayal of the source material and, while dealing with a few dark topics, doesn't go into the more gloomy tones witnessed in other superhero films. However, the MCU TV series that is streaming on Disney+ have been known to go a bit darker, but with the plans for the MCU characters being kept a secret from fans, no one really knows what will happen to the characters in the future.

MCU’s latest movie Spider-Man: No Way Home is currently showing in theaters while Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is set to be released on May 6, 2022 exclusively in theaters.

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