How does the Timeline Works for Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts?

Spoilers ahead so skip this if you did not watch the movies

The Fantastic Four movie takes place in the 1960s, while Thunderbolts seems to happen in the modern day, probably around 2025 , So I do not get how this timeline is supposed to connect.

If Doom took Franklin in the 1960s and the current Marvel characters in 2025 are reacting to the aftermath, does that mean the Fantastic Four have been traveling in space for about 50 years

Sorry if this sounds silly. I am just confused about how the timeline works.

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dbkenny4262025-12-09 19:41

Fantastic Four takes place in a separate universe than the main MCU.

Karapampula12342025-12-09 19:42

Different universes m8, time is not that important...

Gilded-Mongoose2025-12-09 19:42

No they're set different worlds, for the time being.

Doomsday will see F4 arrive in our main MCU world - Earth 616.

Ubergoober1662025-12-09 19:42

When was it stated that Fantastic Four takes place in the 60's?

Jaden_Pollen342025-12-09 19:46

It was obvious and the director Matt Shakman said it himself

Rustyhobo042025-12-09 19:47

In the movie on a license plate, it says 1964. The tie-in comic was placed in 1960 or 61.

The movie is set 1965.

Ubergoober1662025-12-09 19:52

Huh, I must have missed that. I just figured they were pulling a Fallout with how everything felt retro but the tech was way more advanced.

Rustyhobo042025-12-09 19:55

It's easy to miss.

Sabartsman132025-12-09 19:42

Time is different across universes. Even in real life time is relative across planets.

Interstellar has a great scene showcasing this.

Stretch4072025-12-09 19:48

Commenting just to say Interstellar is a fantastic movie all around

SirRichardLove2025-12-09 19:43

Separate universe

theMagicSwingPiano2025-12-09 19:43

FF didnt take place in the 60s in the 616 universe. It takes place in its own universe. How their timeline lines up with the main timeline, we have no idea.

AndrewInMN2025-12-09 19:44

The Fantastic Four takes place on earth 828, a separate universe/timeline from the main MCU timeline where Thunderbolts takes place.

It’s a bit hard to explain, but they aren’t time traveling, per se. They’ll be jumping into our universe, the main MCU timeline. Also FF doesn’t necessarily take place in the 60s. We don’t know what year it is on 828.

Jaden_Pollen342025-12-09 19:46

Different universes…It was stated and very obvious….Fantastic 4 is Earth 828 and Thunderbolts is Earth 616 . MCU 616 universe is currently in the year 2027 and the fantastic 4 universe is in 1965.

GarySoneji2025-12-09 19:49

No date was specified. They only copied a specific aesthetic. I doubt it’ll be brought up.

MR11202025-12-09 19:51

FF is in a different timeline/universe. I don’t know what year it took place in; Could be the 60s, or could be that modern day in that timeline has a Jetsons-esque atompunk aesthetic. FF doesn’t take place in the same timeline/universe as the rest of the MCU.

Algae_Mission2025-12-09 19:52

Fantastic Four takes place in an alternate universe where time works differently, so it doesn’t really matter as much what’s going on in the main timeline until Doomsday.

Rustyhobo042025-12-09 19:54

The Fantastic Four universe (828) is a younger universe than the MCU (616). Different universes have different ages.

Western-Chart-67192025-12-09 19:55

The FF movie isn’t set in the real MCU 1960s, it’s more like a separate 60s style universe they get pulled out of. So Doom taking Franklin wasn’t some decades old event for the FF it just happened but they get dropped into 2025 which is why the MCU is only dealing with it now.

Ordinary-Chain-80472025-12-09 20:02

Different universes

No-Comfortable64322025-12-09 20:08

I thought FF4 was supposed to be in an alternate universe reflecting a retro vision of the future. Almost steam punk like - but 60s future retro.

In any case. Timey wimey multiverse stuff.

eagc72025-12-09 21:27

Yeah its set in an alternate universe

pje11282025-12-09 20:11

Different universes may have a present day in a different time period. F4 is in a different universe from the MCU, so their 1960s is taking place at the same time as the MCU's 2020s.

RihoSucks2025-12-09 20:22

Time is relative. Cmon now people einstein figured this out 100 years ago!

franxxcisco2025-12-09 20:23

Just suspend disbelief man and don’t think about it too much.

ClickyStick2025-12-09 20:56

FF4 and thunderbolts take place in different realities OP, not sure how you missed that.

eagc72025-12-09 21:17

Fantastic Four is set in an alternate timeline where their present day is the 1960s.

Think like in the Spider-Verse movies you have Spider-Man Noir from the 1930s and both Miguel O'Hara and Peni Parker from the future interacting with characters from our present day

Defiant_Wheel48882025-12-10 11:55

they say retro futuristic for reason. its not past but its diffent universe.