FOX Is Reportedly Not Happy with Josh Trank's FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot

Uh-oh! It sounds like 20th Century Fox isn't very happy with what Josh Trank has done with his Fantastic Four reboot. The news comes from Bleeding Cool, who says that some people within the studio are calling the film “Chronicle 2 rather than Fantastic 4,″ and that it's not what the studio wanted to see. On top of that, one of the senior executives at the studio told the site that the movie was "a mess."

Well, that's not good. Of course, many of you seemed to figure that this was where Fantastic Four was headed, so I'm sure some of you aren't surprised by this news. X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn recently said that he saw the movie and that it was, simply, "good." It didn't seem like he was enthusiastic about it, though.

The report goes on to say that the studio is demanding reshoots and that they are freeing up millions of dollars to make that happen. They also say that the sets are already being rebuilt in Louisiana. 

If this is all to be believed, then Fantastic Four could end up being a terrible film. If the movie turns out to be as bad as it sounds, the franchise might die altogether. That is, until Marvel Studios gets their hands back on the property. I think they are the only studio that fans will trust with these characters at this point. 

I was actually trying to keep hoping that this movie would be good, but that hope is fading fast. Then again, Badass Digest says that the reshoots have been planned for over a month, so maybe things aren't quite as dire as they seem.

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