Fantastic Four is in its "own universe" with "no Easter eggs," confirms director: "There's no running into Iron Man or whatever"

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“We are our own universe,” Shakman toldEmpire magazine.

“Which is wonderful and liberating.

There’s really no [other] superheroes.

There’s no Easter eggs.

There’s no running into Iron Man or whatever.

They’re it, in this universe.

I love the interconnected Marvel Universe, but we get to do something so new and so different.

Eventually this world will meet up with other worlds but for now this is our own little corner.”

It arrives in theaters this July 25.