Mark Millar on Josh Trank and His FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot
A couple years ago, 20th Century Fox brought on comic book writer Mark Millar as a consultant to help them develop the Marvel Comics properties that they hold the rights to. Millar is currently out doing press rounds for Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service (which is based on his comic), and in an interview with Sky Movies, he was asked about Josh Trank's Fantastic Four reboot. There's been a lot of talk regarding this movie lately. We've heard that the film is a big mess, and that the studio executives aren't happy with how it turned out. Then screenwriter and producer Simon Kinberg clarified some things about that, and said the first trailer will be attached to Kingsman: The Secret Service. Now Millar comes to the movie's defense, saying that it's in good hands with Trank and he thinks the director is going to deliver a great film.
"Josh Trank the guy who is directing it, is a really smart guy. He and I spent a wee bit of time together when I was first doing this job, about a year and a half ago. And, what I think Fox is doing is very clever. They'll get a great director on board. Like, a lot of people trust the character and just think this brand is going to be fine. But you can't trust the brand because the brand can be done badly, you know. But if you get a good director that is the cornerstone you build everything on. And with Bryan Singer doing the X-Men or James Mangold doing The Wolverine, Josh Trank doing Fantastic Four - it all feels in very good hands. It all comes down to the director. It's the same characters in all of these movie (sic) but the work stands or falls based on the director, and Josh is fantastic! What he is going to do is unlike anything anyone is anticipating. There is a cut kicking around but I haven't seen it yet. So, I'm expecting big things."
I haven't come across many people who are excited about this reboot. Most fans just hate the idea, and I don't think that there's anything anyone can say about this movie that is going to change the minds of the fans, who just aren't happy with the way Fox has handled this franchise. Everyone will be able to form a better opinion of this film once we see that trailer.