James Gunn Wants A Fantastic Four Villain

James Gunn says that if he could, he would like to use Annihilus as a villain in one of his rights issues. Long before the studio formed the Marvel Cinematic Universe and was subsequently acquired by The Walt Disney Company, they worked with several of the top studios in Hollywood to adapt their comics into live-action. Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, and 20th Century Fox were the big three.

Sony, of course, developed the belonging to different studios.

In a recent Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Q&A on Facebook, James Gunn revealed that, if given the opportunity, he would like to use the character Annihilus as a villain in one of his movies:

“I think that there’s a good chance that if we had all of those characters -- I really like the character of Annihilus. And there’s a chance that I would have done Annihilus as a villain in one of the movies.”

Annihilus is a Fantastic Four villain whose first encounter with the superhero team occurred when they entered the Negative Zone. Due to the character's close association with the superpowered team, the rights to use Annihilus on the big screen belong to Fox. However, that doesn't mean it's impossible for Gunn to use the character in the future; all they need to do is work out a deal like they did before. Marvel and Fox Ego the Living Planet in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

That's the best people can hope for, because Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige believes it's "impossible" for them Guardians of the Galaxy 3.