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Fantastic Four General News & Discussion Thread (TAG SPOILERS)

Oh I used to love the novelisation too. Chris Claremont wrote one for one of the X-men films and it was such fun
 
Do they still make these novelizations? I haven't heard the word novelization in years. Its very 2000s which is now retro in 2025.
 
Do they still make these novelizations? I haven't heard the word novelization in years. Its very 2000s which is now retro in 2025.

No. The last one I definitely remember reading was Rise of the Silver Surfer.

I don’t know if they’ve ever done any of the Marvel Studios films.
 

It seems likely since Cap is right around the corner after the Super Bowl. So, either way, we are only a few weeks away.
 
No. The last one I definitely remember reading was Rise of the Silver Surfer.

I don’t know if they’ve ever done any of the Marvel Studios films.
Not counting junior novels for kids, I think the last MCU movie to get one was Iron Man 2. Seems like there were a couple for the DCEU but just Man of Steel, Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman.

The last one I remember reading was The Dark Knight Rises and it felt like movie novelizations were on their way out even back then. Once studios started being way more conscious about spoilers novelizations became more and more rare.

One other notable exception is Quentin Tarantino writing a novel of Once Upon A Time in Hollywood that came out a few years back but that was more of a throwback kind of thing that wasn't even a 1:1 adaptation of the movie.

Wanna know what I miss even more than novels? Comic book adaptations of movies. A lot of them were not good but I have a soft spot for them, especially the ones for the Burton/Schumacher Batman movies.
 
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Not counting junior novels for kids, I think the last MCU movie to get one was Iron Man 2. Seems like there were a couple for the DCEU but just Man of Steel, Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman.

The last one I remember reading was The Dark Knight Rises and it felt like movie novelizations were on their way out even back then. Once studios started being way more conscious about spoilers novelizations became more and more rare.

One other notable exception is Quentin Tarantino writing a novel of Once Upon A Time in Hollywood that came out a few years back but that was more of a throwback kind of thing that wasn't even a 1:1 adaptation of the movie.

Wanna know what I miss even more than novels? Comic book adaptations of movies. A lot of them were not good but I have a soft spot for them, especially the ones for the Burton/Schumacher Batman movies.

TDKR is the last one I remember too.

Novelizations, Comic book movie comic adaptations, viral marketing.... all of those are lost arts.

I even bought and read the novelization to Catwoman. :sneeze:
 
Test screenings rumors aren't a reliable because most of the time they didn't happen when people say they did, and if they did most folks are under serious NDA (coming from someone who's been in two test screenings).

But test screenings can be very valuable to the studio because they can see how people are reacting to their movie and make changes if need be. Make sense?
 
Ok friends I have decided not to watch any teasers/trailers and will go in First Steps completely blind. I hope to post again here July 24/25 2025 after I have watched the movie for the first time in IMAX/theatre…

SEE YOU IN FIVE MONTHS!!!!

BELOW:
(My Doctor Doom inspired post apocalyptic get up (in which I became internet famous for one day when the nerd and comic book sites thought I was Will Smith as Deadshot on the set of Suicide Squad))

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I love your will power, man! I would never be able to do this. I love movie trailers! I love dissecting movie trailers. Plus, I'm one of those weirdos that LOVES spoilers. lol
 
I thought test screenings are never reliable, after what you said.
Test screenings rumors aren't a reliable because most of the time they didn't happen when people say they did, and if they did most folks are under serious NDA (coming from someone who's been in two test screenings).

But test screenings can be very valuable to the studio because they can see how people are reacting to their movie and make changes if need be. Make sense?
EXACTLY!
 
Test screenings wouldn't be done in the first place, if they are unreliable. Unreliable = useless data, waste of money. Test screenings have their purpose. Its just like rotten tomatoes or any review from someone, you might not agree with their assessment, but its part of the process. So you are both using the wrong term imo, @Mysteryman @Gamma Goliath . You wouldn't something do again and again, for many years, if you know its unreliable.
 
I mean the only actual test screening Marvel has done in recent memory is one for The Marvels. Everything else has been largely internal friends and family screenings.
 
I mean the only actual test screening Marvel has done in recent memory is one for The Marvels. Everything else has been largely internal friends and family screenings.
If you google "Brave New World test screenings", you would see a lot of links with negative reaction about it. I doubt thats just internal friends/family screenings that attended test screenings. I also doubt "bad test screenings" are just baseless word of mouth, when the movie was delayed this long (a record for a mcu film that already finished principal photography), and went through extensive reshoots and an actor saying his scenes were cut in the movie.

Anyway, I hope the test screenings for Fantastic 4, turns out to be fine. The Feb 2026 Mcu film is still not filming. We don't know which film is supposed to be in that date, I'm assuming that is another mcu film that is being pushed to another month. So worst case scenario, Fantastic 4 moves in Feb 2026. Imo, it is a better date than its current date or Q4 2025. Closer to Doomsday or probably less competition.
 
Test screenings wouldn't be done in the first place, if they are unreliable. Unreliable = useless data, waste of money. Test screenings have their purpose. Its just like rotten tomatoes or any review from someone, you might not agree with their assessment, but its part of the process. So you are both using the wrong term imo, @Mysteryman @Gamma Goliath . You wouldn't something do again and again, for many years, if you know its unreliable.
I really feels as though you've completely missed the point that's been explained here. Again, rumors that come from test screenings aren't reliable because scoopers make up stories or get bad intel.

Real test screenings themselves are beneficial to the studio Because they may be able to improve the film if need be.
 
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I really feels as though you've completely missed the point that's been explained here.
I reread what you said, you said Test screenings rumours. I initially mentioned about Test screenings for Fantastic 4, that things could change if they don't go well. Mysteryman said test screenings are unreliable. I wasn't talking about rumours of a test screening in the first place,which you implied.
 
Deadline says that the first Fantastic Four: The First Steps trailer will debut at the Super Bowl:

The No. 1 studio of last year with more than $2.2 billion domestic, Disney, has always had a presence at the Super Bowl. It won’t be a surprise if they show off wares for their upcoming pics Snow White (March 21), Lilo & Stich (May 23), and Pixar’s Elio (June 13). We understand they’ll only be showing off two out of three of their upcoming Marvel Studios movies which include the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World (Feb. 14), summer-kick off Thunderbolts* (May 2) and Fantastic Four: The First Steps (July 25). That said, the studio has always launched the first look of a big summer movie historically, in the past such titles being Deadpool & Wolverine, and Solo: A Star Wars Story.

 

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