Alex Proyas talks about Fantastic Four and Fox

[Theweepeople]

I was going to post this article in the fantastic four forum until it disappeared. Hopefully, this is a sign that Fox has given up all hope on making another sequel or spinoffs. The rights may go back to Marvel in a few years since there has been almost no more news about this franchise.


http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_robot/news/1752057/proyas_blames_fox_for_silver_surfer_non_start

 

[TheVileOne]

LOL.

How this became a rumor, I have no idea. Anyone with a brain should've known for 4 years that Proyas never wants to work with Fox again.

So I mean, the whole BLEW THE LID OFF language is BS. Proyas has been saying this for a long time.

 

[Theweepeople]

LOL.

How this became a rumor, I have no idea. Anyone with a brain should've known for 4 years that Proyas never wants to work with Fox again.

So I mean, the whole BLEW THE LID OFF language is BS. Proyas has been saying this for a long time.

I totally agree. I never believed the rumors about him directing a Silver Surfer film after he talked about his miserable experience with Fox on I-Robot.

 

[BizarroAids]

LOL.

How this became a rumor, I have no idea. Anyone with a brain should've known for 4 years that Proyas never wants to work with Fox again.

So I mean, the whole BLEW THE LID OFF language is BS. Proyas has been saying this for a long time.

They should have left him alone and let him make the movie the way he wanted.

Isn't it FOX that made Steven Norrington never want to work with them ever again?? As long as Rothman was running things??

 

[nite-owl]

I believe it was Proyas who said he wouldn't work for FOX as long as Rothman was in charge. Steven Norrington gave up directing for awhile because of what happened on LXG.

 

[matrix_ghost]

They should have left him alone and let him make the movie the way he wanted.

Isn't it FOX that made Steven Norrington never want to work with them ever again?? As long as Rothman was running things??

FOx ( Rothman) and Sean Connery.

 

[matrix_ghost]

I totally agree. I never believed the rumors about him directing a Silver Surfer film after he talked about his miserable experience with Fox on I-Robot.

Same here. With the "rumored" problems that Gavin Hood had on Wolverine , one has to wonder if directors or writers would ever work with Fox again.

If Fox ( TOm Rothman) screws up James Cameron by using studio politics to make Avatar more commercial , that'll be the final straw.

 

[Webhead2006]

YEa fox is a pretty bad studio at times maybe the head should be replaced. As for the FF films i thought they were decent not the best but not the wrost either. Yes they did have many problems and only things i liked about them was the characters of johnny and ben and their actors. Those two were perfect. Hopefully marvel can get the rights but very soon so we can see a new and hopefully better fantastic four film.

 

[matrix_ghost]

YEa fox is a pretty bad studio at times maybe the head should be replaced. As for the FF films i thought they were decent not the best but not the wrost either. Yes they did have many problems and only things i liked about them was the characters of johnny and ben and their actors. Those two were perfect. Hopefully marvel can get the rights but very soon so we can see a new and hopefully better fantastic four film.

See that's just the thing.
Rothman may be the most hated person amongst fanboys ( and some directors) but his business plan works.
The guy tries to make the most commercial movie possible and if that means screwing with a movie by for example making it PG-13 , he'll do just that.
Don't believe me :
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2007/11/smart-list-intr.html?eref=time_entertainment
November 2007. EW ranks the 50 most smartest people in Hollywood.
Tom Rothman is listed #19 amongst people lik Apatow , Jerry Bruckheimer, PEter Jackson and George Clooney.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/09/arts/legacy.php

More than most movie bosses, Rothman can afford to take a few risks with his career. Fox, a unit of News Corp., has the best profit margins of any movie studio, according to several media analysts.

Rothman and his co-chairman, Jim Gianopulos, have led the movie division since 2000, delivering blockbusters like "Night at the Museum" and the "X-Men" movies.

That's why he won't be replaced.

 

[Theweepeople]

See that's just the thing.
Rothman may be the most hated person amongst fanboys ( and some directors) but his business plan works.
The guy tries to make the most commercial movie possible and if that means screwing with a movie by for example making it PG-13 , he'll do just that.
Don't believe me :
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2007/11/smart-list-intr.html?eref=time_entertainment
November 2007. EW ranks the 50 most smartest people in Hollywood.
Tom Rothman is listed #19 amongst people lik Apatow , Jerry Bruckheimer, PEter Jackson and George Clooney.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/09/arts/legacy.php


That's why he won't be replaced.

These articles are relative. Of course I agree that Fox has been one of the best companies at making good profits through fiscal conservative spending during the past 8 years simply because they rarely take any financial risks. Any movie company that micro-manages every one of their business moves is more than capable of making a profit. What the list fails to conceptualize is the long term effects excessive micro-managing can have on the future of a companies profits. Micro-managing within a business entity typically ruins unity. Creates a very selfish and individualistic mentality in a companies employees and scares off ambitious people with savy ideas. The reason Fox had a terrible summer is because years of ruining franchises is catching up with them. The frequent hiring of cheap and inexperienced directors is taking it's toll on the quality of their films. Sometimes there's only so much or so little fiscal spending can do for a companies profit margins.


I used to work for a once prosperous pharmaceutical company that almost went bankrupt as a result of micro-management. The company was profitable only because of their extreme fiscal conservative measures. Their high employee turn over rate in RnD prevented them from effectively developing new technology. After their patents on certain products ran out their product vs. percentage margins tanked to the extent of losing stock on wall street.

 

[TheVileOne]

That article was written before Fox's terrible year.

 

[Galactus]

If Fox ( TOm Rothman) screws up James Cameron by using studio politics to make Avatar more commercial , that'll be the final straw.

I have a feeling that after Titanic they will let Cameron do whatever he want. But I suppose it's not impossible that there will be a director´s cut version of Avatar sometime. After all Cameron have done that a few times before with Aliens, The Abyss and T2 (although I'm not sure if all of them was released by Fox)

 

[Apollo]

After Titanic, James Cameron could probably go independent and screw Fox

 

[The Squirrel]

Same here. With the "rumored" problems that Gavin Hood had on Wolverine , one has to wonder if directors or writers would ever work with Fox again.

If Fox ( TOm Rothman) screws up James Cameron by using studio politics to make Avatar more commercial , that'll be the final straw.

What rumors?

 

[Theweepeople]

What rumors?

A story broke a few weeks ago about Tom Rothman and Gavin Hood having problems agreeing on the tone of the film. One part of story stated that Rothman changed the environment of one set without consulting Hood for his opinion.

 

[Timstuff]

Tom Rothman's idiocy is finally starting to backfire, if this summer is any indication. Wolverine will probably make enough money next year to be considered a success, but if everything else that year from Fox flops, then what? They are systematically scaring away all the talent, and completely hindering what they have left. Rothman is taking the studio for a long ride on the short pear, and eventually his bosses are going to have to take notice. I do not believe that Rothman legitimately likes movies. He likes money, but he doesn't like taking risks to get it, hence why Fox sucks so bad right now.

 

[DACrowe]

Not surprising.

But I did read the sister article about Dracula. Another Dracula adaptation? And still not based on the book?

For ****'s sake! Dracula is probably the most filmed character in cinema and NOT ONCE has anyone said "Hey, how about doing it like the book it came from?" Coppola considered it for about five seconds and then said "But wait! I'd rather make an acid trip that ramrodded the book up the ass with a chainsaw!"

Sorry for the Lewis Black moment there, but they are making another Dracula movie that sounds like it will be Coppola's movie except instead of being ultra-trippy and surreal it will try and be "Nolanized." Either way the book is still left unadapted.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Either way the book is still left unadapted.

I hear what you are saying. But adaption means, 'to change, adapt or modify something for a different enviroment', therefore it's been adapted every time.