There's another writer switch happening behind the scenes of a bit upcoming Marvel movie. Add to the recent news that Lee Sung Jin is working on a new draft of Thunderbolts the fact that Josh Friedman, who was part of James Cameron's writing team on the Avatar sequels, will re-write the Fantastic Four script.
WandaVision director Matt Shakman is currently aboard to make the movie, which won't re-tell the superheroes' origin story, but will introduce the main versions of Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm to the MCU (following John Krasinski's cameo as Richards in Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness).
Comedy writers Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer had been developing the script with Shakman, but Friedman brings sci-fi experience to the project. Aside from his work with Cameron, he also wrote Steven Spielberg's version of War Of The Worlds and worked on TV series including Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Snowpiercer and Foundation.
Fantastic Four has a release date on the books for 14 Feb 2025 and will kick off Phase 6 of the MCU.