Noah Hawley's DOCTOR DOOM Remains in Limbo

Deadline reports that when the merger between Disney and 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets settles next week, Marvel Comics characters - including those from the Fantastic Four - will be under one roof.

This could be good news for Noah Hawley. He announced at Comic-Con in 2017 that he was developing a film about Doctor Doom, a Fantastic Four villain, for 20th Century Fox, and he finished a script in 2018.

Despite that, Hawley said, the project is not yet close to a green light.

Hawley is not certain when, or if, the project might move forward. He joked that Feige wouldn't reveal the "thousand-year plan" for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to him.

Hawley said during the panel that he envisions Doctor Doom as a geopolitical thriller more than a standard superhero movie. It begins with Doom putting a dome over Latveria, the fictional European country he rules. He later invites a female journalist to be his voice to the world, meaning its protagonist would be someone without superpowers.

Meanwhile, there are about three weeks remaining until production wraps on Legion's third and final season, and Hawley has been in the writers room for FARGO for several weeks.

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