Avatar 4 co-writer joins Fantastic Four movie 

Josh Friedman of Avatar: The Way of Water fame has been hired to re-write the script of the upcoming Fantastic Four film. 

Friedman has had a prolific career as a writer and story developer. As well as having written the story for James Cameron’s 2022 blockbuster, the screenwriter also developed the TV series Snowpiercer, Foundation, and Emerald City. He also wrote the story for Terminator: Dark Fate and Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds. 

Originally, the screenplay for the new Fantastic Four had been co-written by Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer, who previously had worked on The Last of the Great Romantics and Bert and Arnie’s Guide to Friendship. 

It was recently announced that another upcoming title, Thunderbolts, is also getting re-written by Netflix’s Beef creator Lee Sung Jin. For Fantastic Four, Matt Shakman (WandaVision) is still attached to direct.

Fantastic Four is still slated to begin filming in early 2024.