Seth Grahame-Smith Working on FANTASTIC FOUR Script

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter author Seth Grahame-Smith has been hired to polish up the script for FOX's Fantastic Four reboot, which was previously written by Jeremy Slater. The film is being directed by Josh Trank (Chronicle). The news comes shortly after X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn came on board to produce the film, so it looks like he's already working his magic. 

There isn't much known about the story yet, but sources say that the it will be "taking a grounded superhero and sci-fi approach to the heroes and will tap deep into the comic's mythology." It will be interesting to see what villain the team ends up taking on in the movie. I know Doctor Doom is the go-to villain, but I kind of hope we see Galactus.

Now Grahame-Smith also wrote the script for Tim Burton's Dark Shadows, and I wasn't impressed with it at all so hopefully he does a better job with Fantastic Four. It's ok to be excited about this movie. Just because the first two films sucked doesn't mean the reboot will. These guys might actually give fans something really cool!