Matt Shakman Ditches Star Trek for Fantastic Four

Rumors have been confirmed to be true that WandaVision’s Matt Shakman would be helming the Fantastic Four movie, but it looks like he had to drop one other big IP to take on this bigger project for Marvel.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, before Shakman was approached for Fantastic Four, he was attached to direct the next Star Trek movie for Paramount. With him taking on the Marvel movie though, it seems that Shakman won’t be able to push forward with the next Trek film.

Paramount had this to say about Shakman’s exit:

“Matt Shakman is an incredibly talented filmmaker, and we regret the timing didn’t align for him to direct our upcoming Star Trek film… We are grateful for his many contributions, are excited about the creative vision of this next chapter and look forward to bringing it to audiences all around world.”

Though Shakman has yet to direct a full-length film, he has stretched out his directing muscles for television, working on shows like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia before moving on to Game of Thrones, then WandaVision.

We don’t have any idea how he wants to adapt Fantastic Four, but some are hoping that it could be a time-travel movie which has the Four travelling time from the 60s, finding themselves in the present-day MCU having missed all of the events since Iron Man.

Then again, it’s just a pitch.

As for Trek, we don’t know who the next director could be, but Paramount better shake a leg before they lose Chris Pine again.

Fantastic Four is said to be aiming for a release on Dec. 22, 2023.