Can anything be done with the Fantastic Four franchise at this point?

[The Overlord]

Can anything be done with the Fantastic Four franchise at this point?

 

[Bubonic]

Yes, it can be sold back to Marvel Studios, sit on it's backburner up until the release of The Avengers, and then finally be made into the amazing movie it deserves to be.

 

[The Major]

Yes, it can be sold back to Marvel Studios, sit on it's backburner up until the release of The Avengers, and then finally be made into the amazing movie it deserves to be.

Beat me to it! t:

 

[The Overlord]

Yes, it can be sold back to Marvel Studios, sit on it's backburner up until the release of The Avengers, and then finally be made into the amazing movie it deserves to be.

But here's a question, is the FF too naturally outlandish to work on screen? I mean can a comic book version of Galactus work on the silver screen?

 

[Gilpesh]

But here's a question, is the FF too naturally outlandish to work on screen?

No.

I mean can a comic book version of Galactus work on the silver screen?

Yes. I mean, I bet people (non-fans) thought the cloud was stupid just like the fans did.

 

[Mister J]

Yes, it can be sold back to Marvel Studios, sit on it's backburner up until the release of The Avengers, and then finally be made into the amazing movie it deserves to be.

Beat me to it! t:

Count me in for this too.

But here's a question, is the FF too naturally outlandish to work on screen? I mean can a comic book version of Galactus work on the silver screen?

I don't think so. Naturally outlandish can work on screen if given the proper framing and context to make the audience care about what's going on. Having a 30-foot humanoid can be treated as an absurdity or it can be conveyed to be a terrifying entity of destruction. It's up to the filmmakers, but it's certainly not impossible. Michael Bay had 50-foot sentient robots, characterized by good and evil, tearing up a city and it worked just fine. Peter Jackson, in a story already well-ingrained into the public consciousness, had a big ass monkey fall in love with a woman and it drew 550M worldwide. The Lord of the Rings trilogy reveled in a fantasy world and captivate audiences time after time after time. Give people a reason to respect what's happening and they'll allow you to tell a tale.

Galactus, the alien worlds, the spectacle of imaginauts and everything involving the immense grandeur that's allowed the FF to be the beloved property that it is can be translated into something worthwhile in cinema. We just had the misfortune of a studio who wanted to produce two half-assed hackjobs instead. Get Marvel Studios on this thing and we can get excited.

 

[louiebling$]

Yes we can get on once it reverts back to Marvel..... but I HOPE Chiklis and Evans are kept

 

[Bubonic]

But here's a question, is the FF too naturally outlandish to work on screen? I mean can a comic book version of Galactus work on the silver screen?

I really couldn't sum it up better than Mister J did even if I tried.

 

[Matt312]

Reboot and recast. Or if they could get FF to be apart of The Avengers and try for a FF3.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Shoot it in the base of the skull.

 

[cerealkiller182]

The FF series as it now stands:

Torch and Thing are worth hanging on to. Reed and Alicia did well. Maybe not the best, but they did mostly well. Alba will want to return. I think I could actually deal with her considering McMahon was the worst part of the movie. Alba was much better in FF2, but probably not good enough. They should recast Doom, if necessary, but maybe just moving on would be better.

Introducing The Inhumans and Franklin Richards could all be really interesting.

Seems like a lost cause in general

 

[StarkTheProdigy]

imo,i think they should wait till after the avengers, and then do a total reboot. the first two fantastic fours were "aight" but could have been waaayyy better. it would be such a waste to make another sequel imo, i mean, i'd love to see fantastic four: rise of the silver surfer done right, as would any other fan.

 

[BeserkerHilf]

they were not alright. take it back dammit

 

[The Major]

The FF series as it now stands:

Torch and Thing are worth hanging on to. Reed and Alicia did well. Maybe not the best, but they did mostly well.

I agree.

Though the film makers should cast the best for the roles.

Alba will want to return.

She shouldn't.

Get Charlize Theron or something.

I think I could actually deal with her considering McMahon was the worst part of the movie.

I disagree. McMahon is a good actor but the version they gave him, which fit him, is a bad Doom.

They need to replace him and rewrite the character into being a threat like he's supposed to be.

Alba was much better in FF2, but probably not good enough. They should recast Doom, if necessary, but maybe just moving on would be better.

Everything was better in the sequel, but that doesn't make it a good movie. The original movie lowered standards considerably, as well.

A good FF movie should make Fox's movies look like trash. That's the potential the property has IMO.

Introducing The Inhumans and Franklin Richards could all be really interesting.

They can do many great things with the FF mythos.

Seems like a lost cause in general

The FF franchise as it is is a lost cause. The property isn't.

 

[Ronny Shade]

The only casting that was remotely good was Chris Evans, but he could be replaced easily.

Lose them all and start over.

 

[The Overlord]

So is a reboot the only option?

 

[FaT_tONle]

I say keep Chris Evans for sure... Chiklis might as well come back... but you can recast him if he overprices himself. I would not keep Alba if she overprices herself... but I'd keep the same guy who played Reed. Pick up with a new story... no Dr. Doom in FF3.... have him return in the reboot or in FF4 if it gets to that point. I think FF3 can be a Marvel tentpole for 2012... Fox should only be allowed to distribute... add Franklin Richards in there as well.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Check the sig. It's prolly been there longer than most of the posters here.

 

[The Major]

I would not keep Alba if she overprices herself...

Alba's dead weight. She brings nothing to the role any competent, well known actress couldn't.

 

[Abstract]

Recast and do a Marvel Studios reboot.

The series as it is is a shambles. The first one was average at best while the second was terrible.
They need to explore on film the stuff the fans love about the Four, the imaginauts stuff, the threat of Dr. Doom, the fantastical aliens and cosmic events the team get mixed up while still maintaining a very human family undertone.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Alba's dead weight. She brings nothing to the role any competent, well known actress couldn't.

Yeah but if you intend on bringing back Evans... you can't just kiss goodbye to the rest of the cast... you want to at least follow up on the availablility/enthusiasm of the rest of the cast... if the script doesn't fit the actor and the direction you want to take his/her character then by all means move on... but bringing back actor A but not actor B murders continuity...

Of course I for one believe we will not get a FF movie for quite a while... not a sequel and certainly not a reboot in the year future. I could see a Silver Surfer movie especially if GL does well... wouldn't bank on it though. Re-visit this franchise 10-15 years from now.

 

[The Major]

Yeah but if you intend on bringing back Evans... you can't just kiss goodbye to the rest of the cast... you want to at least follow up on the availablility/enthusiasm of the rest of the cast... if the script doesn't fit the actor and the direction you want to take his/her character then by all means move on... but bringing back actor A but not actor B murders continuity...

I always thought the franchise needed to get a reboot any way.

Of course I for one believe we will not get a FF movie for quite a while... not a sequel and certainly not a reboot in the year future.

Fox needs to do something with it eventually IIRC, or the rights revert back to Marvel.

I could see a Silver Surfer movie especially if GL does well... wouldn't bank on it though.

In Fox's hands a SS movie will fail, unless they change how they do business.

Re-visit this franchise 10-15 years from now.

By then the franchise should be back with Marvel so I'd like that. I can wait a decade or two for a good FF film.

 

[3dman27]

Recast and do a Marvel Studios reboot.

The series as it is is a shambles. The first one was average at best while the second was terrible.
They need to explore on film the stuff the fans love about the Four, the imaginauts stuff, the threat of Dr. Doom, the fantastical aliens and cosmic events the team get mixed up while still maintaining a very human family undertone.

i thought the first one updated the origin well enough

 

[FaT_tONle]

I think Marvel only rebooted the Hulk with the Avenger movie in mind... you can't just start shoving FF characters into future Marvel ensemble films like Avengers sequels or what not because none of them were ever really staple Avenger characters... if you want to do cross overs in other Marvel films then you need to retain the same actors for it to mean anything... but the actors would be passed their primes by 2012/2013 (or whenever the rights revert back to Marvel)... for those reasons I don't see a reboot/recasted sequel in the near future. FF3 with a new director and several key changes may not be a terrible idea... as I have been saying before.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Continuity moves in stages
Stage 0: It does not exist
Stage 1: It's cool
Stage 2: It's a nuisance, but workaroundable
Stage 3: It's fundamentally hurting the narratives
Stage 4: Somebody comes along with a genius tale that takes advantage of the continuity while at the same time respecting it
Stage 5: Repeat stage 3
Stage 6: Nobody can write a story that means anything without the approval of some executive that's lost touch with how to tell a story
Stage 7: Reboot

This franchise skipped from 0 to 5.