Jon Watts Exits as Director of Marvel Studios’ ‘Fantastic Four’

Marvel Studios will need to find another Mr.

Fantastic (filmmaker).Director Jon Watts has left the company’s reboot of “Fantastic Four.” Watts directed all three of Marvel Studios’ “Spider-Man-2017-movie-posters/”>Spider-Man” movies with Tom Holland and Zendaya, including the 1.9 billion dollar–grossing “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” and he wanted to step away from superhero filmmaking.“Making three ‘Spider-Man’ films was an incredible and life changing experience for me,” Watts said in a statement.

“I’m eternally grateful to have been a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for seven years.

I’m hopeful we’ll work together again and I can’t wait to see the amazing vision for Fantastic Four brought to life.”In a separate statement, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige said collaborating with Watts on the “Spider-Man” movies “has been a true pleasure.”“We were looking forward to continuing our work with him to bring the Fantastic Four

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