Jon Watts exits as director of Marvel Studios' 'Fantastic Four'

Jon Watts exits as director of Marvel Studios' 'Fantastic Four', saying he wants to step away from superhero filmmaking. – Photos: Marvel Comics

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 movies with Tom Holland and Zendaya, including the US$1.9bil dollar-grossing Spider-Man: No Way Home, and he wanted to step away from superhero filmmaking.