Writer-Producer Simon Kinberg Confirms Possible X-Men and Fantastic Four Crossover

Simon Kinberg and his Genre Films banner have signed a new three-year first-look deal at 20th Century Fox, and with this deal, Kinberg confirms his intentions to cross-over his cinematic Fantastic Four world and the X-Men world, merging both worlds to create a Marvel-style movie universes. We here at Syowing reported last October Kinberg's involvement in Fox's own Marvel universe and how he hints on creating his own superhero-crossover universe. [hit the jump to continue]

Simon Kinberg hired for rewrites on FANTASTIC FOUR; Script Overhaul? or Adjustment for an X-Men Cross-over?

Aside from the X-Men franchise, Fox is also in the process of developing a Fantastic Four reboot. Josh Trank (who directed the awesome movie CHRONICLE) will be directing this new F4 movie with Jeremy Slater to pen the script and Seth Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) doing a polish on the screenplay. It seems like the screenplay history of this movie just keeps getting more complicated, as various reports note that Michael Green and T.S. Nowlin have also worked on versions of the script at one time or another. And now, Fox has tapped X-Men: Days of Future Past screenwriter Simon Kinberg to do a “significant” rewrite on the project, in what might appear as an overhaul of the screenplay. [hit the jump to continue]

Fox's X-Men and Fantastic Four are in the Same Movie Universe

Marvel's AVENGERS movie proved that nurturing a comicbook-based universe in movies results in potential franchise blockbuster success. While the DC movies have been making really sad attempts of launching their own Justice League franchise, 20th Century Fox seems to be making good decisions with their own X-Men universe, what with the established link between first three X-Men movies with X-Men First Class, and a planned X-Force movie. Now Fox's own superhero universe will be expanding with the other Marvel property which they own the rights to; The Fantastic Four. And Fox’s creative consultant Mark Millar has confirmed that, yes, Fox's X-Men universe is in the same universe as that with the Fantastic Four's. [hit the jump to continue]

Hugh Jackman's Wolverine Wants to Fight With The Avengers Too

In the world of superhero movies, as is in the case of the Marvel Studio movies, characters and superheroes get to crossover in each other's movie. Tony Stark can make an appearance in a Hulk movie, Nick Fury can have a cameo in Captain America, and those characters can all meet up in The Avengers. Hugh Jackman has recently come out in an interview expressing his wishes that he and his character Wolverine could fight alongside, not only with the X-Men, but with the Avengers as well. [full article after the jump]