Mr. Fantastic Speaks again.

[He-Man]

Well sort of...Not a lot of info but the entire interview will be up next week so maybe there will be more info on FF2.

Posted by Ben Lyons on Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 16:27 PM
http://www.eonline.com/movies/lyonsden/detail/index.jsp?uuid=111513f1-bfe0-4429-acd5-1af8e7cea6bd

Had a great round of interviews today with the cast of The TV Set. It's an insiders' look at the world of TV pilots and how shows are tweaked through the network system. Pretty hilarious, and not just 'cause I got my checks from the Biz. It has a great cast (Sigourney Weaver, David Duchovny, Ioan Gruffudd and Judy Greer), and my interviews should be up here next week.
But first, a little insight on what went down:


Mr. Fantastic Has Never Been to a Baseball Game: Learned a lot about Gruffudd, who also plays Reed Richards in the Fantastic Four movies. See, he's Welsh and loves rugby. And he digs Grey's Anatomy and would love to do a guest spot. It seems that's everyone's choice these days for their favorite show to be on.

Fantastic Four Refuses to Go Dark: We also talked about this summer's Fantastic Four sequel, Rise of the Silver Surfer, and he nails why it feels different from the X-Men or Spider-Man movies: It's softer. More of a family fantasy flick as opposed to the darker, edgier fare. At first he thought that would hurt the pic, that fanboys wouldn't respond to it. Apparently, that's not the case. The new one will continue to be for the entire family, he said, and won't take a dark turn, like many franchise films do in the sequel.

 

[Carp Man]

Fantastic Four Refuses to Go Dark: We also talked about this summer's Fantastic Four sequel, Rise of the Silver Surfer, and he nails why it feels different from the X-Men or Spider-Man movies: It's softer. More of a family fantasy flick as opposed to the darker, edgier fare. At first he thought that would hurt the pic, that fanboys wouldn't respond to it. Apparently, that's not the case. The new one will continue to be for the entire family, he said, and won't take a dark turn, like many franchise films do in the sequel.

An excerp from an interview done with Ioan.

http://www.eonline.com/movies/lyonsden/detail/index.jsp?uuid=111513f1-bfe0-4429-acd5-1af8e7cea6bd

 

[ultimatefan]

I constantly saw people refering to the Spider-Man movies as being "lighthearted" (which I have many issues with, but they say it) and now they´re supposed to be "dark" just because they´re not an allout sitcom?

 

[SeverianB]

Fantastic Four Refuses to Go Dark: We also talked about this summer's Fantastic Four sequel, Rise of the Silver Surfer, and he nails why it feels different from the X-Men or Spider-Man movies: It's softer. More of a family fantasy flick as opposed to the darker, edgier fare. At first he thought that would hurt the pic, that fanboys wouldn't respond to it. Apparently, that's not the case. The new one will continue to be for the entire family, he said, and won't take a dark turn, like many franchise films do in the sequel.

I love it. This is exactly what I wanted to hear.
I have a feeling the self-lacerating, living-in-the-parents basement freaks hate this sort thing.... which makes it even better.

 

[GhostPoet]

That's good. The FF SHOULDN'T be dark. The FF series has almost always been a much more light-hearted story of the FF family. Heck, even their darker issues had that light heartedness to them.

 

[Fantastic-Boy]

Great!