Why We Haven't Seen Anything from the FANTASTIC FOUR Movie
Josh Trank's Fantastic Four reboot finished shooting awhile back, but we have barely seen anything from the film. This is incredibly surprising, especially when we see stuff from Batman v Superman and Star Wars: Episode VII leaking almost every day. Fox must actually threaten to kill people if they leak anything. I got banned from Facebook for three days because of a set photo of Thing that I posted. I'm really curious to see what Trank and the studio have done with this classic Marvel superhero team.
In a recent interview with producer Simon Kinberg, we learn the reason why we haven't seen anything official yet. This is what he said to ComicBook.com:
"We’re putting it together now, and one of the important things, because this Fantastic Four is a reboot, and is such a different tonality and vibe from those other films, we want to make sure that the first thing we put out really expresses the voice of the movie, and isn’t compromised by not having visual effects ready, or anything like that."
When asked when we would actually get to see something from the movie he didn't offer any helpful information, but he did say that it's a very different kind of superhero movie.
"I don’t actually know when it’s coming out, but I’ve seen all the footage from the movie. I was there for pretty much the whole shoot. It is a very different film from the others, and one that I think is very different from other superhero movies. It’s a very emotional, character-driven, more grounded film than I think people are anticipating."
I know a lot of fans aren't too excited about this movie, but I'm hoping that it will blow us away. I want to see a great Fantastic Four film, and why couldn't this be it? It has a great director and a talented young cast of actors that include Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Jamie Bell, and Toby Kebbell. They may have changed up the origin story, but maybe it will work better for the story that they are going to tell this time around. I don't know. I'm just trying to be optimistic. I really want this movie to be great. You can read more about the story here.
Fantastic Four is set to hit screens on June 19th, 2015, and I hope we get to see something from it soon.