New rumors suggest that Universal/Legendary’s recently announced “Untitled 2016 Event Project” might be a Namor the Sub-Mariner film -- Universal’s sole remaining Marvel Comics property.

Namor the Sub-Mariner.

According to Latino-Review , sources tell them Universal Pictures is co-financing with Legendary Pictures “a film that is new and not a sequel or remake, though it may be based on underlying intellectual property,” suggesting that said property is Namor the Sub-Mariner.The site also points out that if Universal/Legendary released their Namor movie by their set November 2, 2016 release date, they would then beat Warner Bros.’ similarly nautical Aquaman to the big screen. Aquaman is rumored to play a major role in the Justice League movie, which is expected in theaters as soon as 2017.In the source material, Namor made his debut in a promotional comic from April 1939 (pre-dating Batman by one month), called Motion Picture Funnies Weekly. Created by Bill Everett, Namor was the first Marvel superhero, and an early anti-hero in comics. He also sports wing-tipped boots like a true champion.Universal obtained the film rights to Namor in the early ‘90s, when Marvel sold their characters to various film studios. When we asked Marvel Studios honcho Kevin Feige if they now retained the rights to Namor, Feige said, “Namor I think is a little complicated, the way some of them are.”

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Feige says this is “complicated” likely because Namor is classified as a mutant in the comics, and featured prominently in the Fantastic Four series (which would both fall under FOX territory). That being said, while the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are both mutants, they will appear in the mutant-less Avengers: Age of Ultron. “Complicated,” indeed! Collider suggests that Max Borenstein, who scripted Godzilla for Legendary, might be writing the Namor script.

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