Between Marvel Studios regaining the rights to many of its properties and FOX rumored to be planning a reboot of the franchise, it seems a foregone conclusion that we will be getting a shiny new Fantastic Four film in the next couple years.

And as fans of the comic know, the key to a successful relaunch will be capturing the interpersonal dynamics of Marvel’s First Family. And that means finding a perfect central cast.

David Tennant as “Mister Fantastic”

A scientist, a genius among geniuses, Reed Richards is not your typical action hero. But let’s not forget that he was also an explorer, an adventurer, and an astronaut, and that was all BEFORE gaining super powers.

We’re talking about a man so overwhelmed with curiosity, with the desire to learn and discover and solve problems that he regularly leads his loved ones from one dangerous situation to the next. And if we’re to believe they follow him there, he better have some personality.

This past weekend at New York Comic Con, we got the opportunity to sit in on the panel for director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.’s prequel of John Carpenter’s 1982 classic The Thing. Carpenter’s 1982 classic was a remake of Howard Hawk’s 1950’s classic The Thing From Another World which was based on a short story entitled “Who Goes There” by John W. Campbell.

Heijningen’s film covers the three days prior to Carpenter’s version. A Norwegian research team discovers an alien body frozen in Antarctica. Much like the Carpenter film, the alien is thawed and soon begins to wreak havoc on the  research team who discover that it is a shape shifting being that now wants to copy life on Earth.

Very quickly, the team doesn’t know which of them is human or the thing. The film stars Joel Edgerton as the main hero, Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World), Eric Christian Olsen (Community), and Ulrich Thomsen also make up the cast.

This week, we’ve been bringing you new clips from the upcoming Christmas episode of Community, which also happens to be the last episode of 2009. In the episode, the gang gets ready for the last week of finals and winter break, while guest star Anthony Michael Hall stops by to torment Joel McHale as “Mike the Bully.”

The show has been picked up for a full order of 22 episodes by NBC, and will be taking a several-week hiatus after the holiday. “Comparative Religion” marks the 12th episode of the season, and has been a flagpole for NBC’s new shows this season.

Anthony Michael Hall joins the guest cast, who’s names have ranged from Patton Oswalt to Eric Christian Olsen to even The Guild’s Sandeep Parikh. Check out the all-new clip after the jump in which Anthony Michael Hall disrupts McHale during his Spanish final.

Be sure to catch Community on NBC this Thursday at 9:30/8:30 Central.