Fantastic Four reborn! - - - - Part 13

[daddydivine]

I've not been asking for it as long as I can't remember.

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[Eddie]

Ghost Rider isn't a competing franchise now, but Idris Elba filmed GR:SoV in between Thor movies. At the time he did it, it was a competing franchise.

 

[SpideyFan866]

So tomorrow should be interesting.

 

[Donut]

Meh

 

[Mr. Dent]

Wasn't this movie supposed to start shooting on the 21st of last month?

 

[SpideyFan866]

Yes. But according to Simon Kinberg's comments during WonderCon, filming begins today; May 5th.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Oh, I can't wait. This is too surreal to pass up. I am having trouble remembering a more opposed film in a long time. One that they have basically admitted they are doing on the cheap, and has little to do with the source material. How can one not be totally fascinated?

 

[Donut]

So has anyone involved tweeted anything yet lol

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

I see from the primary actor's twitters that they're in Baton Rouge (or at least were in Baton Rouge), so I assume they're getting ready to start any time now.

But the production is still very strangely quiet, and I'm not seeing casting calls for extras or any other tangible evidence that filming is really imminent. And we only have the six actors for far. No Dr. Storm or any other second-tier characters.

 

[Donut]

If they were really starting with filming today. Most actors would be excited about it & tweet something day of

 

[Donut]

The new Star Wars cast has been more excited about that movie on Twitter then these guys ever will be for their movie

 

[Zarex]

As much as I hate the idea of Trank's FFINO starting to film - I kinda want them to pull the damn band-aid off already.

 

[Ragnaroknroll]

Looking like something is happening according this article: http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/05/fantastic_four_reboot_begins_f.html

And a quote from Kate Mara:

"... I really loved Josh Trank's take on it, and I'm a fan of his last film, 'Chronicle,' which was like an anti-superhero movie -- really dark, which is what I like. I like things that are rooted in reality and that are dark and not what you expect. And I think that that's probably what 'Fantastic Four' will be."

 

[jaymes_e06]

Uuuuuugh

 

[Dark Raven]

I think we'll get a very dark Sue as well, who might as well be Malice. Mara too cold to be Sue? Well, completely suitable for this movie then.

 

[Donut]

Congratulations Fox on destroying the Fantastic Four

 

[Doc Ock]

Congratulations Fox on destroying the Fantastic Four

Fox is very good at destroying things.

 

[SpideyFan866]

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/05/fantastic_four_reboot_begins_f.html

Twentieth Century Fox's "Fantastic Four" reboot begins production at Baton Rouge's Celtic Media Centre today (May 5), according to a production spokesperson, continuing what has become a summer of high-profile sequels for the Louisiana film industry. Among other projects, it joins "Terminator: Genesis," which is currently filming in New Orleans, and will be followed by "Jurassic World," which is scheduled to begin production in June, also in New Orleans.

"Chronicle" director Josh Trank is directing "The Fantastic Four," based on the Marvel Comics property about a team of scientists who gain superpowers after accidental exposure to cosmic rays while on a mission to space. As for plot details, Trank and company have gone out of their way to keep things hush-hush.

As a result, there's been no shortage of online speculation about the project (Will the Doombots be involved? Will we see an "X-Men" crossover at some point?), while concrete details have been precious few.

What we do know so far is that actor Toby Kebbell ("Dawn of the Planet of the Apes") will reportedly play Dr. Doom, the telepathic scientist-mystic who is as brilliant as he is ruthless. Just last week, it was announced that he will be joined in the cast by Tim Blake Nelson ("O Brother, Where Art Thou?"). Nelson is reportedly in final negotiations to portray the schlubby genius Harvey Elder, who in the "Fantastic Four" comics eventually becomes the supervillain known as Mole Man.

Dr. Doom and Mole Man will presumably be the chief villains encountered in Trank's film by his main cast: Miles Teller ("The Spectacular Now") as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, alongside Kate Mara ("House of Cards") as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Jamie Bell ("Defiance") as Ben Grimm/The Thing, and Michael B. Jordan ("Fruitvale Station") as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch.

Marvel Films creative consultant Mark Millar has described the project as a contemporary take on the comic, which was created in 1961 by Marvel legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and which boasted a sense of realism that was new to the comics world at the time. While at the Tribeca Film Festival to attend the premiere of another film, the sports documentary "We Could Be Kings," Jordan reaffirmed to ABC News that Tranks's "Fantastic Four" will, indeed, include a dose of modern relevance.

"The movies I want to be a part of, the movies I want to see, mirror the life that I live, the world that I live in," he said. "Everything isn't black and white in the world that we live in. It's a very grounded superhero film. ... It's so relatable, it mirrors the world we walk around in today."

Co-star Mara, speaking to Manhattan magazine for its May issue, added that Trank's take will also have its dark side. "The whole thing will be different than anything I've ever done," she is quoted as saying about the project. "... I really loved Josh Trank's take on it, and I'm a fan of his last film, 'Chronicle,' which was like an anti-superhero movie -- really dark, which is what I like. I like things that are rooted in reality and that are dark and not what you expect. And I think that that's probably what 'Fantastic Four' will be."

This won't be the first time "The Fantastic Four" has been made its way to the big screen, of course. After a forgettable 1994 Roger Corman-produced ashcan production -- intended more to reserve the rights to the project than to turn a profit -- the superhero team was featured in a big-budget 2005 feature film directed by Tim Story. A sequel, "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," followed in 2007, also directed by Story.

Trank's reboot is scheduled for release on June 19, 2015. A sequel, also to be directed by Trank, is scheduled for release on July 14, 2017.

 

[Wheels]

A dark Fantastic Four is just weird.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

And a quote from Kate Mara:

 

[kguillou]

Something is just so very eery about this production. Fox is not saying anything about this movie, heck the cast isnt even "official" yet. Nothing has been officially announced just some hearsay on twitter. Now "filming" has started today? Also, its painfully obvious that even the actors are in the dark about most of the details about this film. Something very very wrong here because this is not normal for a major film production.

 

[kguillou]

Edit.

 

[Krystal]

Something is just so very eery about this production. Fox is not saying anything about this movie, heck the cast isnt even "official" yet. Nothing has been officially announced just some hearsay on twitter. Something very very weird is goig because this is not normal for a major film production.

This is NOT a normal MAJOR film production---because this is not a major film.

They are treating it in every way like a smallish movie, which aren't hyped and marketed carefully from the day they are announced, the way MAJOR films ARE.

 

[Kelly]

Just wow......on Mara's quote.

 

[Tymminator]

Fox is very good at destroying things.

Which is why whenever I hear Rothman as an excuse why bad decisions in the past happened, in the past and "things are much better now" I can't help but laugh.

Fox should just concentrate on putting quality X-Men stories out. They have a loyal fan base, great actors and actresses attached and 2 films that that I personally can say interest me (DoFP and the upcoming Apocalypse-centered one). At least for now, the teams they have attached to those projects seem to be sensible.