 In August 2009 , Fox announced plans to reboot the Fantastic Four film franchise , with Michael Green and Jeremy Slater writing , Seth Grahame @-@ Smith polishing the film 's script , and Akiva Goldsman and Matthew Vaughn producing . After the release of 2012 's Chronicle , Josh Trank was linked to the reboot , and in mid July 2012 , he was officially announced to be director . Filming started mid September 2013 . As it is produced by Fox , the film is independent from the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Fantastic Four was released on August 7 , 2015 . 
