Disney is swinging for the fences with Fantastic Four and is hiring A-List actors (as we've seen). They need to revitalize the MCU brand and know that relatively no-name actors won't cut it.
yet tom cruise remains superhero-less. diznee dunno what they're doing. they're lucky dc is even more r****dded
There's also a rumor he will be Iron Man in the Avengers: Secret Wars movies, which is both a smart move and a fan-service move since he was in the running for the original Iron Man role.