Mark Millar, comics scribe and overseer of all things Marvel for Fox these days, has just revealed on Twitter that none other than X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn is joining the studio's Fantastic Four reboot as a producer.

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Here's the full text of the tweet "Just off the phone with Fox and some excellent news - Matthew Vaughn is producing Josh Trank's Fantastic Four reboot!"

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Surely we have to look at this as good news for the Fantastic Four project, considering how successful First Class was. It's also an interesting development when one considers that Vaughn dropped out of the X-Men sequel Days of Future Past back in October (only to be replaced by original X-director Bryan Singer). It would seem that there's no ill will between parties after that decision, and really, if Fox is looking to build a "cohesive universe" like Marvel Studios has with their superhero films, they could definitely use a talent like Vaughn to help steer that vision.

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