Even my grandmother Felline Fredericka says so.
Since this entire Fantastic Four debacle kicked off with Josh Trank's hastily deleted Tweet, every new story that materializes continues to paint an unflattering picture of pretty much everyone involved with bringing this reboot to the screen. We've heard about Trank's destructive behavior on the set and in his rented Baton Rouge house, but this latest report from Entertainment Weekly (via Yahoo!) gives us an insight into just how tense things between the director and his cast - one in particular - became.
Trank actually campaigned heavily to get Miles Teller cast as Reed Richards, but during the shoot things went bad between the two. Word is Trank's withdrawn, uncommunicative demeanor did not sit right with Teller (reportedly not the easiest guy to get along with himself) and his sarcastic responses to the situation finally brought the two into conflict. At one point the men were apparently "chest to chest", each daring the other to throw the first punch! That didn't happen, but as you can imagine it was not the most positive working environment to be in afterwards. Trank is also said to have been a **** to Kate Mara, who he never wanted in the role of Sue Storm in the first place.
IF everything we've heard about Trank is on the level, it's safe to assume we may have had a better movie on our hands under a different director. Fox could well have contributed to the end product too of course, but if they do indeed decide to move ahead with the planned sequel, do you think the franchise is salvageable with someone else at the helm?
Whats great about this thread is we can reuse it, same title and all, when the new reboot hits again in a few years.
Whats great about this thread is we can reuse it, same title and all, when the new reboot hits again in a few years.
Hopefully the next film will have a new thread titled "Marvel Studio's Fantastic Four"
more than the post, the links and the story
Constantin Film - Marvel Movies Wiki - Wolverine, Iron Man 2, Thor
Wired 2.09: The Fantastic Four Movie You'll Never See
(maybe i should have posted the links instead)
im just wondering if there is any weight to the claim,
I actually think Fox is trying to hang Trank out to dry when it is apparently pretty clear that the studio got in there and stuck their big thumbs in there. Not that Trank is doing himself any favors by going on Twitter and damaging his own reputation in H'wood. What he should be doing is keeping a low profile. Fox game him a near impossible task--create a different take on a beloved franchise that's been around for more than 50 years, don't follow the Superhero formula, keep it "gritty" and kind of use Ultimate FF as the template. The fans were against this from the get-go. Marvel completely pulled out of any support for it, and he was in way over his head. That said, I will be absolutely astonished if FOX hangs onto the franchise although not completely surprised because they are complete ********s and Murdock is their CEO.
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