Long story short: Marvel Comics has cancelled Fantastic Four and removed them from merchandise said to be because of Marvel’s Ike Perlmutter feuding over the film rights to the characters. Newsarama posted a good article with quotes from former FF writer Jonathan Hickman which confirm why the series was cancelled along with comments from other […]
Following the recent Fantastic Four movie bombing big time at the box office, it’s being rumored things may actually get worse for the FF at Fox Studios. According to Bleeding Cool, a new Fantastic Four movie is being develped by Fox Studios which will be more kid-centic. According to the rumor, the new Fantastic Four
With Fantastic Four back on merchandise and posters, it was thought that the feud between Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter and Fox Studios had come to a conclusion. After all, Perlmutter’s Marvel TV is working with Fox on their new X-Men TV shows. However, it’s learned that things between Perlmutter and Fox might not be as
While promoting Spider-Man: Homecoming, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has been talking up the MCU including the DC vs Marvel rivarly and Wonder Woman movie, whether Venom is in the MCU and if there will ever be a Marvel TV crossover. The latest has Kevin Feige answering whether or not there are plans for the
The X-Men and Fantastic Four are slowly making their way back to Marvel Comics, Marvel gaming and Marvel merchandise (all under the control of Ike Perlmutter and his Marvel Comics Creative Committee, BTW). It’s already known that Marvel TV (also under Ike and the MCCC) have mended with FOX Studios as they paired for Legion
The Fantastic Four may be finally returning to Marvel Comics! Following reports that eccentric billionaire Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter put the kibosh on any use of the Fox Studios-owned Marvel characters (which also saw Wolverine killed off), it now looks likely The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine might be back! C2E2 saw Marvel reveal their upcoming
A new piece of Marvel art showcases both the Fantastic Four and X-Men, characters that have been pretty much absent from Marvel Comics for the past few years. Long story short, Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter is said to have cancelled X-Men and Fantastic Four comics due to a dispute with Fox Studios who owns the
X-men writer Chris Claremont offers his thoughts on why the X-Men, Wolverine and the mutants are no longer the top dog at Marvel Comics. At one time, the X-Men were more popular than the Avengers as Claremont and Jim Lee’s X-Men #1 from back in 1991 sold a whopping 8.1 million copies or so. Now
Fantastic Four bombed at the box office, with the blame aimed at either Simon Kinberg or director Josh Trank (probably both).
It’s probably safe to say that it isn’t the fault of the cast, who I felt did a pretty good job.
Fantastic Four made a measily $168 million at the box office in total, which is almost unheard of these days for a superhero movie, not to mention a Marvel property (Fox Studios owns the rights).
That said, it’s unclear if a Fantastic Four sequel will get made, but in the video below Kata Mara states she would love to come back.
Worth a mention is that Fox Studios eventually has to make another Fantastic Four movie or the rights will revert back to Dsiney and Marvel Studios, but whether or not it will be with this cast is anyone’s guess.
An early Fantastic Four script did sound pretty good as it featured Galactus, Silver Surfer, Annihilus, Mole Man and more; however it required a much larger budget. Maybe that’s the route to go with?
New details are learned about the recent Fantastic Four flop regarding an early script which featured Annihilus, the Negative Zone, Mole-Man, and even Galactus and Silver Surfer. Screen Crush makes a great point in that Fantastic Four is similar to Suicide Squad in that each film essentially feels like two separate movies due to cuts
Press Release
Uncork’d Entertainment acquires the heavily-anticipated DOOMED! THE UNTOLD STORY OF ROGER CORMAN’S THE FANTASTIC FOUR
Burbank, CA: Highly-anticipated documentary DOMED! THE UNTOLD STORY OF ROGER CORMAN’S THE FANTASTIC FOUR, from writer-director Marty Langford, will be distributed in the US and Canada by Uncork’d Entertainment.
Chronicling the history of Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four (1994), DOOMED! features never before seen footage from the production as well as new on-camera interviews with cast and crew including Mr. Corman, Jay Underwood, Michael Bailey Smith, Joseph Culp, Alex Hyde-White and Rebecca Staab.
Langford says DOOMED! was “courted by a number of distributors and he had the luxury of choice. But once Keith at Uncork’d explained his company’s vision and strategy for our film, we realized that he was obviously the right one. He’s a terrific guy, a great distributor, and partner that we’re lucky to have.”
Uncork’d Entertainment President Keith Leopard says he’s excited to be releasing the definitive account of the never-released movie production and its Fantastic background.
“The average moviegoer doesn’t know that, ten years before releasing Tim Story’s version, Roger Corman was asked to produce a Fantastic Four movie. Unbeknownst to cast and crew, the film was never going to be released though – and for a variety of reasons. Doomed! is such a compelling documentary – and not just for comic book movies but anyone intrigued by the ins and outs of Hollywood and business. In short, it’s a Fantastic movie.”
Leopard’s enthusiasm for the film won producer Mark Sikes over.
“The reason Marty and I chose Uncork’d was Keith’s passion for the film. He had a great reputation, but what really impressed us was how passionate he was about the film. We could tell he really liked the film and we knew we needed someone who understood it wasn’t your typical documentary.”
Uncork’d Entertainment will release DOOMED! THE UNTOLD STORY OF ROGER CORMAN’S THE FANTASTIC FOUR on VOD 10/11 and DVD on 12/20.
Uncork’d Entertainment’s recent releases include the theatrically released documentary JANEY MAKES A PLAY, Lou Simon’s horror-thriller ALL GIRLS WEEKEND, RESTORATION and A HAUNTING IN CAWDOR. The distrib’s upcoming releases include FEED THE DEVIL, released in August, John Fallon’s anticipated thriller THE SHELTER, and SPAGHETTIMAN, released theatrically in the Fall.
Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four Artist’s Edition Coming from IDW!
Celebrating “King” Kirby’s Centennial Birthday Year with Historic Launch in 2017
San Diego, CA (July 21, 2016) – January 2017 will see the release of Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four Artist’s Edition, collecting multiple complete stories, all captured directly from Jack Kirby’s original art. This will be the second Artist’s Edition of Kirby’s immensely popular and influential Marvel work, following the recent release of the highly anticipated Jack Kirby’s The Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition.
“These issues of Fantastic Four represent Jack Kirby operating at the top of his game, which is about as high a compliment as I can pay a comic book,” said noted comics historian and Kirby biographer Mark Evanier. “As a reader, I felt like the fifth member of the Fantastic Four—and that was in the small format with the bad printing. When I get the IDW book, I will probably want to move into it and live there.”
Kirby’s work on the Fantastic Four, with his long-time collaborator Stan Lee, is considered to be some of the finest comics ever done. Adding to the prestige, legendary inker Joe Sinnott embellished all the pages in this book. This breathtaking volume will include Issues #82 and #83 (guest-starring the Inhumans), and the 48-page epic from Fantastic Four Annual #6, featuring the birth of Franklin Richards, plus more!
“Kirby’s inventive story-telling set the bar that Marvel has honored for decades,” says David Gabriel, SVP Sales & Marketing, Marvel Comics. “We couldn’t be prouder to see this fantastic work made available in this new prestige over-sized format that pays tribute to Jack ‘The King’ Kirby’s exemplary talent and skill.”
“What better way is there to kick off Jack Kirby’s centennial birthday year than by releasing our first Kirby Fantastic Four Artist’s Edition?” said editor (and life-long Kirby fan) Scott Dunbier. “And did you catch how I said first?”
IDW Pioneered the Artist’s Edition format in 2010 and has won five consecutive Eisner Awards to date.
Just in case you didn’t know, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn says the Skrulls are co-owned by both Marvel Studios and Fox Studios (similar to Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver).
Gunn took to Twitter to answer a fan’s question about the Skrulls where he also reveals certain members of the shape-changing alien reptilian race are specificially owned by Fox.
“Some specific Skrulls are at Fox. But the Skrulls as a whole are co-owned,” Gunn said.
While James Gunn didn’t mention the specific Skrulls, we can probably assume those Skrulls with names are owned by Fox, such as the Super-Skrull Kl’rt.
Whether or not Marvel ever uses the Skrulls in a movie is probaby doubtful as Marvel used the Ultimate Comics version of the Skrulls in The Avengers with the Chitauri.
It’s also probably a safe bet Marvel Studios won’t be adapting the Marvel Comics “Secret Invasion” storyline any time soon as it was written by Brian Bendis, a member of the Marvel Comics creative committee that Kevin Feige recently booted from having any involvement in the Marvel movies. Bendis also took the Guardians of the Galaxy comic book away from Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning when word of the movie getting green lit became known.
Some specific Skrulls are at Fox. But the Skrulls as a whole are co-owned. https://t.co/2hJYkskLZ3
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 6, 2016
Following last year’s Fantastic Four box office disaster, it’s learned that writer/producer Simon Kinberg still wants to do a sequel.
It probably should be noted Fox basically has to do another Fantastic Four film, otherwise the rights revert back to Marvel Studios, which is why they did the 2015 movie last year.
Via Den of Geek:
“We want to make another ‘Fantastic Four’ movie. We love that cast – I mean if I were to say to you now Michael B Jordan and Miles Teller, and Kate [Mara] and Jamie [Bell] are great actors – we love that cast. I love the comic, I mean I love it almost as much as X-Men. We’re working really hard on figuring that out. Nothing would make me happier than the world embracing a ‘Fantastic Four’ movie. We’ll try to be truer to the essence of the tone of Fantastic Four, which is completely – well, not completely, but largely – distinct from the X-Men, which is brighter, funner, more optimistic tone. I think we tried to make a darker ‘Fantastic Four’ movie, which seemed like a radical idea but we were kind of messing with the DNA of the actual comic instead of trusting the DNA of the comic.”
Interstingly enough, the Josh Trank script and cut of the movie has been said to be exactly that — brighter and funner. The release of Fantastic Four saw controvery as Trank tweeted out he wasn’t happy with the final cut of Fantastic Four, suggesting it wasn’t his version.
Kinberg, who rewrote Trank’s script, went on to admit they didn’t do a good job.
“We didn’t make a good movie and the world voted, and I think they probably voted correctly. And you can’t make a good movie every time out – not everybody does. We actually have a pretty good batting average, all things considered. But I think we made many mistakes when we made that movie – mistakes that we learned from and we wouldn’t repeat.”
It remains to be seen whether or not the cast will be back for a Fantastic Four sequel as some of them said they didn’t think they would be returning, and it’s also learned Michael B. Jordan has been cast in Marvel’s Black Panther movie.
It’s learned Michael B. Jordan has been cast in the upcoming Black Panther movie.
THR reports Michael B. Jordan may actually play a villain in the film, opposite Chadwick Boseman.
Jordan recently starred as the Human Torch in Fox’s Fantastic Four flop, which is not connected to the Marvel Studios movies.
Jordan also starred in Ryan Coogler’s Creed who is helming Black Panther as well.
Potential villains Jordan could play in Black Panther include: Man-Ape, Erik Killmonger, Achebe, Damon Dran, Death Tiger, Morgan, Solomon Prey, Sombre, T’shan, or how about Blade?
Star Wars’ Lupita Nyong’o is also said to be in negotiations to star in Black Panther.
Chris Evans also jumped ship from playing the Human Torch to Captain America; that worked out well, so should Michael B. Jordan.
Black Panther has a Feb. 2, 2018 release date.
At the recent Tribeca Film Festival, Chris Rock and J.J. Abrams sat down for a Q&A, with Rock bringing up the Fantastic Four franchise.
As J.J. Abrams has saw success with Star Trek and Star Wars, Chris Rock asked Abrams to save Fantastic Four.
“Can you direct the Fantastic Four?” Rock asked him, reports EW.com. “Can someone save it? I love the Fantastic Four, and they keep f—ing it up!”
The latest Fantastic Four reboot tanked pretty bad at the box office netting only $167 million worldwide. Rotten Tomatoes also squashed the movie with a 9% approval rating.
Currently, there doesn’t look to be Fantastic Four sequel in the works.
Honestly, I didn’t think FF was all that bad. If they fix Doom, the Thing and gave it a bit more story, it may have not been all that bad.
Hey, with rumors of the X-Men going back to Marvel, maybe there is hope for Fantastic Four.
Once again it’s being rumored that the X-Men will be coming back to Marvel.
Back last July saw a rumor hit that Fox and Marvel are planning an Avengers and X-Men move for 2020.
Now it’s being said that following X-Men: Apocalypse, the X-Men will be rebooted within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, though Fox will still retain the rights.
The latest info comes from Comic Planet Culture For Life that also states X-Men: Apocalypse will be Bryan Singer’s last X-Men movie.
It’s also again said an announcement will be forthcoming; the first rumor stated an announcement about the X-Men and Marvel Avengers movie would be made at this year’s Comic-Con, which follows the May premiere of X-Men: Apocalypse. Whether the announcement comes this year (if it happens) remains to be seen, but Disney could always announce the Avengers and X-Men event in 2017 at their D23 Expo which just moved to the month of July (the month Comic-Con is normally held).
Regarding any evidence that Fox is teaming with Marvel for Avengers and X-Men, back about two years ago Kevin Feige said “never say never” regarding Marvel teaming up with any of the other studios. Of course, now we know Marvel is working together with Sony on Spider-Man.
Notable X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner is also close to Marvel’s Kevin Feige, as the two worked together, and previously offered she would “love it” if the characters worked together with an enthusiastic “yeah, absolutely,” when questioned about a potential X-Men and Marvel crossover.
Possible further evidence may lie with the recent smash hit Deadpool movie, which features Marvel’s Avengers hellicarrier in the climactic scene. The Hellicarrier in Deadpool was confirmed by the concept artist: “[I] was asked to redesign the helicarrier so it looked as different as possible from the one in The Avengers. And it had to look like it had been taken apart in some places,” Emmanuel Shiu said.
It’s also suggested the previous rift between Marvel Comics and Fox may be over as Marvel Comics is now producing various X-Men related comic books. Marvel Comics previously killed off various X-Men characters including Wolverine and blew up the cast of the Fantastic Four reboot in one of their books. There is also the fact Marvel and Fox are working together on the FX X-Men TV series Legion and Hellfire.
Regarding Fantastic Four, no rumors have suggested the property may be going back to Marvel, but if the X-Men rumors pan out, more than likely Kevin Feige and Marvel will be coming in to save the day for FF as well.
Miles Teller is one of the thousands of actors who have auditioned for the role of the young Han Solo movie in the Star Wars Anthology film due out in 2018.
Teller, who seems to have not landed the role, tells the Happy Sad Confused Podcast that he didn’t even watch Star Wars prior to the audition.
“I had never even seen any of the original Star Wars movies until maybe a month or a couple weeks before my first audition because I was like, ‘I should check this out’ (laughs). It holds up. I just love Harrison Ford, I think that’s a great character. I love his brand, I mean so many guys would’ve played that part so wrong and he has humor at the right times.”
The same podcast sees Teller defending the recent Fantastic Four movie that bombed at the box office (for what it’s worth, I thought it wasn’t all that bad; they just needed to fix a few things: Thing, Doom and add more story elements).
“People think that when you make something like a Fantastic Four that doesn’t do well, people think ‘Oh you phoned it in’ and it couldn’t be more untrue. You work harder on the bad films, or the films that turn out maybe not the way you intended, because something’s not working. And I thought it was kind of unjustly critiqued that way; there are even bigger bombs if you’re looking at how much money went into the production and what they reaped back. But I think it’s unfortunate a movie like that becomes a scarlet letter on a resume when so many talented people worked really hard and maybe a handful of people took it in a negative direction. ”
Teller goes on to blame the Fantastic Four script for the movie’s failure, which according to reports, was always in a state of flux.
“I think it was Clooney who said you can make a bad movie out of a good script, you can’t make a good movie out of a bad script, and that’s very true. If they’re telling you maybe your part’s not as big and they say, ‘Oh you’re gonna be bigger in the sequel’ or ‘Oh we’re gonna rewrite’ and ‘Yeah we’re gonna take in all these notes,’ if you’re in a position where you can say hold off I’m not signing off on this dotted line until this script is exactly where you want it, then you’re in a very fortunate position.
The Han Solo Star Wars movie has a May 25, 2018 release directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. It’s said Taron Egerton, Jack Reynor and Alden Ehrenreich are now being eyed for the role of the young Han Solo.
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Good? Bad?!
You Decide!
Check out how the Fantastic Four came up with their team name in the above video.
The movie bombed big-time at the box office — so much so that any chance of a sequel happening seems in doubt.
Tim Blake Nelson, whom played Dr. Allen in the film, recently stated he doesn’t think it’s happening.
“I think it’s off the schedule now,” Nelson said. “I don’t think they’re making one, but I’m not sure.”
Michael B. Jordan also recently said he looks at Fantastic Four as a learning experience and realizes every film can’t be a hit.
“I look back at the film as a learning experience,” Jordan said. “Every film isn’t going to be a home run. Everybody involved didn’t set out to make a film that didn’t work…You can give 110% every day, and the movie still not work out. But that may or may not be on you and you’ve got to be OK with that.”
The future of Fantastic Four is currently up in the air, but if Fox wants to retain the movie rights, they will eventually have to make another. Will Fox do another Fantastic Four reboot? Or maybe this time they will give the rights back to Marvel Studios.
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As seen in Secret Wars #9, that is all she wrote for the Fantastic Four. No, they didn’t technically die, and some of the characters will be appearing in other Marvel series, but the FF as we know them – the world’s greatest comic magazine – is done for.
Now Marvel’s Tom Brevoort has commented on Fantastic Four getting shelved as he tells CBR it’s because no one (fans and creators?) cares for them:
That said, and this is another conversation we’ve had in retreats and elsewhere, and I think we’ve even talked about it if not in these “Secret Wars” chats, then in other recent chats about previous event books. “Fantastic Four” has been one of those books that, for a number of years, has been effectively taken for granted. It’s been considered stodgy, or old school, or some people see it as a thing that’s there and people are comfortable because it’s there, but they’re not particularly passionate about it.
So we’re not going to have that book for a while. We didn’t have a Thor book for a while. We did “Avengers Disassembled” and Thor went away. For a couple of years, there was absolutely no Thor book, and when Thor came back, it was a huge book. It continues to be a huge book to this day. I think that absence was part of what made people cherish its return, and then it was just having great talent to execute that return. If the same sort of thing happens with Fantastic Four that would not be the worst thing in the world.
We’re guessing Brevoort is getting his opinion based on sales as Fantastic Four hasn’t been a “big” seller (maybe around 30k-ish). If that’s the case, does that mean Marvel plans on shelving: Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Ms. Marvel, Captain Marvel, Ghost Rider, Punisher, Daredevil, Hulk, X-Men, Iron Fist, Captain America, Iron Man, various Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy-related titles, She-Hulk, Inhumans, Winter Soldier, Ultimates, Venom, Hawkeye, Howard The Duck, ad infinitum…?
Because all those listed above sell about the same or less than Fantastic Four.
And regarding Thor, it’s a “huge” book?
Thor sells around 30K as well — when the title is not getting relaunched a gazillion times with a million variants.
Nice, try, Tom. Give our regards to Perlmutter.
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Flame on!
At the recent Wizard World New Orleans comic-con panel for Captain America: Civil War, Chris Evans was asked by a fan if he could pick any Marvel character to be on his side and have his back, who would it be?
Evans’ answer? Of course, the Human Torch!
“I would take Johnny Storm,” Evans said. “I would take… I just like the guy. I just like the guy. I think he’s fun. It would be fun to fight with him. I think he would be cracking jokes and having a good time. I just want to hang out with him, really.”
Joe Russo then interjected, “Frank [Grillo] just looked at Mackie and said, ‘Who the hell is Johnny Storm?'”
Evans responded, “The Human Torch,” with Mackie heard in the background laughing.
As we all know, prior to playing Captain America, Chris Evans played The Human Torch in the two Fantastic Four movies.
You can watch the mention of the Human Torch by Evans around the 34:00 mark below.
Update: Evans also mentions Wolverine.
“Captain America: Civil War” has a May 6, 2016 release date directed by Anthony and Joe Russo starring Chris Evans, RobertDowney Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle, Emily VanCamp, William Hurt, Martin Freeman and Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther.
Synopsis:
Captain America: Civil War picks up where Avengers: Age of Ultron left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain.
Fantastic Four is now available through Digital HD, with the Blu-Ray becoming available December 15th.
Check out a promo above.
“Fantastic Four” is directed by Josh Trank from a screenplay by Jeremy Slater, SimonKinberg and Josh Trank; produced by Matthew Vaughn, Simon Kinberg, Hutch Parker, Robert Kulzar and Gregory Goodman; starring: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell.
Synopsis:
FANTASTIC FOUR, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
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Check out a batch of concept art from the recent Fantastic Four movie featuring a look at The Thing, the deformed Thing, Invisible Woman, the Fantasticar and a shot at Doom.
These come from artist Zachary Berger, who is also working on Kong: Skull Island and the untitled Wolverine sequel.
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Check out the trailer below for the Fantastic Four Blu-Ray which goes on sale December 15th.
You can pre-order through Amazon, and Best Buy is also selling the exclusive SteelBook version.
Bonus Features:
**Theatrical Feature
**Powering Up: Superpowers of the Fantastic Four
**The Quantum Gates
**Planet Zero
**Concept Art
**And More!
**Digital HD
“Fantastic Four” is directed by Josh Trank from a screenplay by Jeremy Slater, Simon Kinberg and Josh Trank; produced by Matthew Vaughn, Simon Kinberg, Hutch Parker, Robert Kulzar and Gregory Goodman; starring: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell.
Synopsis:
FANTASTIC FOUR, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
It was previously stated that Fox and Marvel had been at odds over the Marvel-licensed characters which includes the X-Men and Fantastic Four. Reportedly it got so heated that eccentric Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter ordered the cancellation of the various comic books and movie-related merchandise. The cast of the Fantastic Four movie was even blown
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With the recent announcement of two X-Men TV series in development, which sees X-Men producers working side-by-side Marvel execs, now it’s rumored the Fantastic Four movie rights have returned to Marvel.
According to Den Of Geek, Marvel okayed the two X-Men TV series, Legion and Hellfire Club, in exchange for the Fantastic Four movie rights.
It’s said a new Fantastic Four movie is planned for 2020, and is one of the three new Marvel movies that were just announced.
It’s also worth mentioning that Stan Lee will have a cameo in X-Men: Apocalypse – for the first time in ten years – which further signifes relations between Marvel and Fox are improved.
An Avengers/X-Men movie has also been rumored for 2020.
If the rumor of Fantastic Four holds true, lets hope that also means the Silver Surfer and Galactus go with it, as it was previously said Marvel wanted those characters and offered an extension of the Daredevil rights in exchange. The deal never went through and DD eventually returned to Marvel leading to the Netflix TV series.
If FF is also back at Marvel that may also mean its villains – such as Annihilius – would return, which would make it possible for Marvel Studios to adapt the fan-favorite Annihilation Marvel Cosmic comics event from 2005/6 starring Richard Rider Nova. The series spawned Guardians of the Galaxy.
Fox’s recent Fantastic Four was a huge flop at the box office only generating $166 million with poor reviews including a dismal 9% positive rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
Update: The original source of the article has been updated with mention the deal includes the rights to villains Galactus and Doctor Doom, as well as the Silver Surfer.
Update #2: Collider is reporting the rumor is false and is stating Fox already owned the TV rights; however, that contradicts what Fox said about being in negotiations with Marvel about a live-action X-Men series (meaning Fox doesn’t own the TV rights and Marvel needs to give the okay).
Update #3: Representatives for Fox are stating the rumored Fantastic Four deal is not true.
Update #4: Likewise, reps for Marvel are stating the rumor is not true.
Deadpool Trailer
Over at GQ, Ryan Reynolds spoke about the upcoming Deadpool movie as well as Green Lantern and the recent Fantastic Four film.
Following the disappoinment of Green Lantern, Reynolds remarks whether he was relucatant about returning to do another superhero movie:
“A little bit. But Deadpool was different because there wasn’t a big budget attached to it. There was not a tremendous responsibility to meet some kind of bottom line. Those kinds of superhero movies when you’re out front, there’s a vast and quite frightening budget attached to them. This one had a super-reasonable budget, and it was subversive and a little bit different, and to me a little refreshing in the comic-book world. But you always have trepidation. When you’re out front, you have trepidation.”
Regarding Green Lantern, Reynolds comments if he would do it all over again knowing what he knows now:
“I mean, I don’t give a rusty fuck, because—I know that this is gonna sound like some sort of guy who’s spent a little bit of time in a monastery or something, but it all led to here. If I had to do it all again, I’d do the exact same thing. You know, also,Green Lantern—you gotta remember, at the time, everyone was gunning for that role. The guys I was screen-testing against are amazing talents. [Reynolds reportedly beat out Bradley Cooper, Justin Timberlake, and Jared Leto for the role.] But would I change it? No! And if it was as big a success, then it might have offered a whole different avenue of opportunities, or maybe I would just be kind of always that guy. I really don’t know.
“Yeah, for sure. I think I would be probably in prep for Green Lantern 3 right now. That sounds about right.”
There have also been recent statements regarding the future of super hero movies in that they are a fad, which will go the way of the Westerns, with both Steven Spielberg and Batman Vs. Superman director Zack Snyder weighing in on the topic. Reynolds offered his own thoughts:
“It’s a genre. There are good horror movies and bad horror movies. There are good comedies and bad comedies. Think of it like that. Think of it less about just superheroes. I do believe that they explore similar archetypes a lot, so I think that notion can be somewhat fatiguing, maybe. I think one of the reasons that Deadpoolhas gained a lot of momentum isn’t just that it’s funny or isn’t just that it’s rated R. The meta aspect is very important. So I think Deadpool’s coming along at the right time, because it’s also speaking to that generation and that group of people that have seen them all, seen all these comic-book films and enjoyed them all to varying degrees of success. But I think it’s speaking to them as though the guy in that red suit is one of them, to some degree.”
As Green Lantern and some other movies Reynolds has been involved with are considered flops, Reynolds comments on the recent failure of Fantastic Four offering:
“But I’m more frustrated about the Michael B. Jordan aspect than Miles Teller. You know, Miles Teller’s gonna recover. Miles Teller’s gonna go on to do amazing things, you know. It’s important that Michael B. Jordan continues to go on and do amazing things.
“I know it’s not easy for a black actor. It’s not easy for a female actor. It’s not easy for a lot of people that are… That entire cast is amazingly talented. And I wouldn’t wish that on anybody. I mean, I know what that feels like. It doesn’t feel good. And it also is difficult, because you don’t feel like you can control that outcome. You know, as much as you want to. You can’t really.”
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“Deadpool” has a February 12, 2016 release directed by Tim Miller starring Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, TJ Miller as Weasel, Gina Carano as Angel Dust, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Morena Baccarin as Copycat and Ed Skrein as Ajax.
Synopsis:
Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
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Suffice to say there has just be a tad bit of outcry regarding the look of Oscar Isaac’s Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse.
When the first images were released the internet exploded with comparisons to the Power Rangers bad guy, Ivan Oooze.
And I think rightfully so.
Honestly, I can’t believe how someone could be a part of a multi-million dollar movie and actually approve of the look.
Yeah, it’s that bad.
Now the latest is that MTV caught up with writer and producer Simon Kinberg – who also worked on Fantastic Four – asking what’s up with Apocalypse’s costume. Here’s what he had to say:
I feel like we have been, the ’X-Men’ franchise, has been growing a little bit more into science fiction. I think ’Days of Future Past’ with time travel and the Sentinels took us into a slightly broader, more science fiction world than the films had occupied in the past,” he said. “We felt like the movies were ready for something that was slightly more, let’s say, cosmic. Once we made the decision for Apocalypse to be the villain at the center of the movie, we wanted to be true to the comics, which are sort of, like you, say, not costume, but it’s not just a guy in a helmet. It is more cosmic.”
First, Kinberg mentioning the Sentinels in X-Men: Days Of Future Past isn’t a good sign in my book as their designs in the movie were pretty bad as well. The older ones were akin to some kind of 1970s dryer, and the future versions were straight out of Thor. Kinberg actually says they want to be true to the comics — but they never are; not with the X-Men costumes, not with Wolverine, the Sentinels, and definitely not with Apocalypse. Three strikes, you’re out, dude. Wait, that’s at least four.
Kinberg does say the look of Apocalypse in the movie is based on cosmic. That’s rather interesting as there was a rumor a while back that Apocalypse himself was actually alien (which Singer debunked); however, Kinberg may be hinting toward Apocalypse using the Celestials tech that’s used in the comics. I will say, that Kinberg calling the look of the Apocalypse costume “cosmic” comes off as insulting coming from a cosmic fan.
Fans have also been wondering if Apocalypse will change his size in the movie. An interview a while back with Oscar Isaac saw mention they are going to make it their own thing (which is never good), which seemed to insinuate Apocalypse won’t be all that large in nature.
We had to do some adjustments here and there and be like, alright, maybe this is too alien. He also is someone who people would want to follow and not just be terrified of. So the balance, and then making sure that there’s some great elements from the comic but also making our own thing as well. In the comic, he generally is like 12 feet, 600 pounds.
While there is a lot of negative talk surrounding the look of Apocalypse, in Singer and Kinberg’s defense, there were similar thoughts surrounding Evan Peters’ Quicksilver in X-Men: Days Of Future Past, and we all know Quicksilver’s scene stole the show.
“X-Men: Apocalypse” has a May 27, 2016 release directed by Bryan Singer starring Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, Ian McKellen, Rose Byrne, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp and Oscar Isaac.
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Prior to the release of the Fantastic Four reboot, Fox Studios announced the sequel for a 2017 release; however, seeing how poorly the movie did this Summer at the box office, it’s possible the sequel won’t happen.
Writer and producer Simon Kinberg, who worked on Fantastic Four as well as the X-Men movies and Star Wars, tells MTV at this weekend’s Toronto Film Festival that he still wants Fantastic Four 2 to happen.
“I’m really focused on the next one,” Kinberg said.
Interestingly enough, Kinberg remarks he was on set every day for filming of Fantastic Four and the thought they made a great movie — a similar sentiment to the Tweet sent out by director Josh Trank that went viral in which Trank stated he had a fantastic version a year ago.
“You’re waking up every morning being like, I want to go make a great movie. It was an opportunity to do that. I do believe there is a great Fantastic Four movie that we’ve made with that cast. So I’m gonna figure out what that is,” Kinberg offered with mention they are still looking ahead at a sequel. “We’re figuring out what that movie would be. I’d like that to happen.”
Kinberg continues with mention he still has yet to fully explore why Fantastic Four bombed.
“I was most disappointed that fans didn’t like it. I care more about them than I do anyone else,” Kinberg said. “But I haven’t done a full deep dive on it. Do I think it was unfairly treated? I don’t know.”
Kate Mara also weighs in that while she is not sure if FF 2 will happen, she wouldn’t mind returning.
“[It’s] unlikely that [a sequel] will happen, but I would love to [do one]. I would love to play Sue Storm in a movie that everybody loves. That would be great,” she said.
Currently, Fantastic Four has a worldwide gross of just over $160 million; the film is rated at 9% over at Rotten Tomatoes.
