'Fantastic Four' and an Alternate Marvel Universe

<p>David, Richard, and Rebecca share their thoughts on <em>The Fantastic Four: First Steps</em>, and if the movie is a success as a Marvel reset. Plus, they imagine a world where Marvel never existed and what that would have meant for some of the franchise stars' careers. Then, they wrap up with a festival-related listener question.</p><p><strong><br></strong>Our next <em>Little Gold Men </em>book club read is <em>Hamnet</em> by Maggie O'Farrell. We'll be discussing the novel and its upcoming film adaptation on our August 7 episode. We've also added one more book for this summer, the third most-popular in our listener survey: <em>The Ballad of a Small Player</em> by Rowan Joffé. We'll be discussing that one on our August 28 episode. Read along with us and send your questions to littlegoldmen@vf.com. </p> Learn about your ad choices: <a href="https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices">dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices</a>