Kevin Feige's Marvel Studios is reportedly pursuing 'big names' to replace SpiderMan helmer Jon Watts as director of the FantasticFour reboot:
✖ The Marvel family is getting bigger. Marvel Studios is reportedly courting"big names" to direct the Fantastic Four reboot bringing the superhero family of Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, and the Thing into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Kevin Feige announced Tom Holland's Spider-Man director Jon Watts would direct the reboot during Disney's Investor Day in December 2020, but Watts officially stepped away from the MCU in April.
Though a shortlist of directors has not surfaced from the"large mix of candidates," Feige is said to be"taking a lot of shots at some big names," according to the report."One source close to process [says], 'Kevin doesn't want [to] oversee [the] entire shoot and after not having to worry about that with Raimi [on Doctor Strange 2], he is very game to [the] same outcome with this shoot."1.
— Justin Kroll June 2, 2022 Like Watts, who directed smaller films like Clown and Cop Car before rebooting Spider-Man, Marvel Studios' strategy in recent years has been to hire talent making their first blockbuster for the studio, including Joss Whedon , Anthony and Joe Russo , James Gunn , Taika Waititi , Cate Shortland , Destin Daniel Cretton , and Chloé Zhao .