User blog:ProfessorKilroy/Fox announces Fantastic Four and Wolverine Sequels

It looks as though recent rumours of troubles surrounding the reboot to the Fantastic Four franchise are false, as Fox recently announced a sequel, along with a couple more projects with release dates:


 * 3rd March, 2017: Untitled solo Wolverine film
 * 14th July, 2017: Untitled Fantastic Four sequel
 * 13th July, 2018: Unannounced project

At the moment, the most likely options as to what the unannounced project might be include the long-rumoured Deadpool film, the more recently-discussed X-Force film that Jeff Wadlow is writing, or perhaps even an X-Men/Fantastic Four crossover film (which is now possible seeing as Fox plans on building a shared universe for the two franchises). However, Fox does own the rights to a large number of mutants and aliens associated with the X-Men and Fantastic Four, so we could be seeing something more along the lines of a Silver Surfer film.

But with all of the rights up their sleeve, and all of this ambition for building a cohesive universe, it's a wonder that they've chosen to give Wolverine his third solo film outing. And considering the large role he has played in every X-Men film to date (with the exception of First Class), it might be time to give someone else the spotlight.

Also, claiming release dates early seems to be a regular occurrence for films nowadays (particularly in the superhero vein), but announcing a sequel before the first film has finished casting seems overly ambitious.

Anyway, feel free to share your thoughts on the matter. What do you think the unannounced film is? Have we had too much Wolverine? Is it ridiculous that sequels to films that aren't even in production have been announced? Is it more ridiculous that the Fantastic Four rights haven't reverted to Marvel Studios yet? With 17 Marvel films set to be released over the next 5 years (with a number of other projects in the works), is it all too much? Or not enough? Who do you most want to see get adapted onto the big screen?