Fantastic Four Vs. X-Men Rumoured

With a new Marvel Cinematic Universe building up via a third party, could a major crossover be in the works?
20th Century Fox may be planning a crossover film for their impending standalone Marvel Cinematic Universe, if reports are to be believed. From the release of X-Men: Days of Future Past next year onwards, the studio have made clear their intent to build a vast narrative overworld, and this will expand in 2015's The Fantastic Four and 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse.

While here at On-Screen, we rarely post articles on rumours and reports, the current lull in entertainment news regularity and the potential anticipation that could be generated by such a project more than warrant a mention, even if the project's current premise is unoriginal. According to The Motley Fool, Fox are developing a film titled Fantastic Four Vs. X-Men for release after the latter franchise's 2016 instalment. If the rumours are true, then the motion picture entry will be based on the 1987 comic series of the same name, as Professor X's team of mutants battle it out with the Richards, the Grimms and the Storms when dangerous secrets come to light about F4's past.

X-Men: Days of Future Past time-travels into cinemas worldwide on May 23rd, 2014, while The Fantastic Four releases on June 19th, 2015 and X-Men: Apocalypse on May 27th, 2016.