 The main four cast originally signed a three @-@ movie deal , with Fox Studios and Julian McMahon also signed for a third film . Michael Chiklis was told Ben Grimm 's relationship with Alicia Masters would have had a greater focus in a third film and Jessica Alba expressed interest in introducing Franklin Richards , while Beau Garrett wished to return as Nova . Tim Story said he was interested in directing a third and fourth film and writer Don Payne stated while he had not discussed a sequel with the studio , he was interested in working with more Fantastic Four characters saying " I ’ ve always loved the Inhumans , the <unk> , the Puppet Master , and <unk> and the Negative Zone " . As Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer performed less at the box office than the first film , 20th Century Fox was unsure of the series ' future , and no script was in development . In March 2008 , Chris Evans revealed , " I 'm pretty sure we won ’ t do another one . I ’ m assuming that one is a closed book . " 
