The rumor of a 'Fantastic Four'/'X-Men' spin-off film that arrived about a week ago has now recently become supported by yet another rumor about director Bryan Singer heading the project.

Singer has helmed almost all of the 'X-Men' films that have come out of 20^th Century Fox with great care, making him an optimal candidate to see this risky venture out. The report however states that the studio will not be looking for 'Fantastic Four' director Josh Trank's involvement.

"According to my sources, Fox is looking to move quickly following the release of Josh Trank's FANTASTIC FOUR reboot at the beginning of August toward making a sequel happen, sans Trank. While they are not as high on the completed film as they were the concept when they first gave it the green light, the studio understands the value the Fantastic Four holds for them in the grand scheme of things. I've been told they view FANTASTIC FOUR as a decent introduction to the new direction its characters will be taking, one good enough to build upon rather than scrap in favor of yet another restart in a few years. And with the bad blood Fox has bubbling with Marvel, given their squashing of the X-Men and FF brands in recent months, you won't see them working together to incorporate them into the same cinematic universe anytime soon," writes This is Infamous.

The report also suggest that Singer would be encouraged to take on the 'Fantastic Four' sequel, allowing him to juggle both franchises.

"Fox is hoping to get Singer to take the directorial reins for FANTASTIC FOUR 2, following X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, in order to get the franchise on the right path moving forward where this time they can get more than two mediocre movies out of the property. Now that he's guided X-MEN to success on two separate occasions (although let's give Matthew Vaughn credit where it is due for FIRST CLASS), they, along with producer Simon Kinberg, would like his steady hand to usher the Fantastic Four to a more established position, so that when they press on with the Fantastic Four/X-Men crossover event they have in their plans for 2018, they aren't out of place and just there, but a major and equal part of their budding cinematic universe," writes This is Infamous.

Nothing has been confirmed yet, but it appears that Singer may be Fox's savior when it comes to their Marvel properties.