Fantastic Four (2015)

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Fantastic Four
Director:	Josh Trank
Writer(s):	Story by: Jeremy Slater Josh Trank Screenplay by: Simon Kinberg Jeremy Slater
Expected Release:	August 7, 2015
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Fantastic Four is a 2015 film based on the comic book characters of the same name.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Miles Teller as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic
  • Owen Judge as Young Reed Richards
• Kate Mara as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman
• Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm/Human Torch
• Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm/The Thing
  • Evan Hannemann as Young Ben Grimm
• Toby Kebbell as Victor Domashev/Doom
• Tim Blake Nelson as Harvey Elder
• Reg E. Cathey as Franklin Storm

Production

In April 2012 it was confirmed that Josh Trank will develop the reboot but it is unknown what role he will take in the production. In December 2012 it was announced to be released for March 6, 2015 and would be titled The Fantastic Four.

In February 2013 Mark Millar announced that Matthew Vaughn will produce the reboot through his twitter account. In the same month, Seth Grahame-Smith was reported to be "polishing" up the script. and Sources say that the new reboot is taking a grounded superhero and sci-fi approach to the heroes and will tap deep into the comics mythology, which featured not just the better-known villains such as Doctor Doom and Galactus but also alien races the Kree and the Skrull, and the anti-matter universe known as the Negative Zone. The upcoming film will be produced by Fox and will share continuity with the X-Men series, though still separate from the official Marvel Cinematic Universe produced by Marvel Studios.

In April 2013 it was rumored that production should begin September 2013 and be shot in Vancouver. One report saying that the film will be shot in Louisiana instead in Vancouver from the last films.Filming will begin in early May 2014 in Louisiana, as Baton Rouge will represent Central City, California.

In May 2013, Allison Williams and Michael B. Jordan are being consider for the Invisble Woman and the Human Torch. In a interview with First Showing, The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb would like to see a crossover with Spider-Man and Trank's Fantastic Four reboot film.  In October 2013, Variety reported that actors Kit Harington, Jack O’Connell and Miles Teller are in line to get test offers to read for the role of Reed Richards while actress Saoirse Ronan, Kate Mara and Margot Robbie are being tested for Storm and Jordan who's the only actor currently being mentioned as a possibility to play Johnny Storm. Also Schmoes Know has confirmed that Jordan is cast as Storm and Simon Kinberg was hired to co-write and produce the film. Teller confirm in a interview with Fandango that he's in talks for the role. In January  2014, Variety report that Kinberg has finished rewriting the script for the film and also reported that the casting of both Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman will be announced at the end of the month, as Teller, Harington and Richard Madden are screen test for Mr. Fantastic and Mara and Ronan are screen tested for Invisible Woman. One report also say that Josh Gad is screen testing for The Thing, it was debunked by both Gad and Trank. Trank also debunked a the film's synopsis.

In Feburary 2014, Mara and Emmy Rossum have screen test for the Invisible Woman, Teller screen test for Mr. Fantastic and Christian Crooke screen test for The Thing. Jordan also stated about the casting rumor about as Storm. In February 2014, it was revealed that Jordan would play Johnny Storm / Human Torch and Mara was cast as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman. Additionally, Teller and Jamie Bell have offers to play Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic and Ben Grimm / The Thing, respectively. It was also revealed that the film will be based on the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic. In March 2014, Teller confirmed that he would portray Richards, in addition to confirming Bell had been cast. On March 11, 2014, The Wrap has reported that Sam Riley, Eddie Redmayne, Toby Kebbell and Domhnall Gleeson are in the running for Doctor Doom. Jack Huston was also reported to be in the running, but dropped out. On April 1, 2014, Variety reported that Kebbell is cast as Doom. According to Nerdist, the Doombots will be appearing in the film. On April 13, 2014, Kebbell has confirmed on his Twitter account that he's portraying Doom.  On April 8, 2014, it was announced that Ultimate Fantastic Four artist Bryan Hitch will work on the film as the designer.  Later in April, Kinberg said that the film is "a much more grounded, gritty, realistic movie than the last couple movies" and and that the film tells a "younger" story than the original ones did with realistic and dramatic. On April 30, 2014, actor Tim Blake Nelson is in final talks for the role of Harvey Elder. On May 8, 2014, The Hollywood Reporter reports that Reg E. Cathey is cast as Sue's and Johnny's father Franklin Storm. On May 12, 2014, Kinberg contradicted his statement that the film will not be in the same universe with X-Men.

Filming

Principal photography commenced on May 5, 2014 at Celtic Media Centre in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and ended on August 23, 2014. The film was planned to be shot in Vancouver, Canada, but was moved to Louisiana due to the state's film production tax incentives.

Trivia

• Saoirse Ronan, Allison Williams and Margot Robbie auditioned for the role of Susan Storm. Mara was eventually cast.
• Kit Harington, Anton Yelchin and Jack O'Connell auditioned for the role of Reed Richards. Teller was cast after auditioning.
• Eddie Redmayne, Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Domhnall Gleeson and Sam Riley were considered to play Dr. Doom. Kebbell was the studio's first pick and eventually cast.
• Christian Cooke auditioned for the role of The Thing before Bell was cast.
• Michael B. Jordan ran into Chris Evans, who initially played Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four (2005) and its sequel, at an industry event. According to Jordan, they ended up talking about the role and according to Jordan, Evans said "'Man I can't give you anything.' He said, 'You're great, you're awesome. Just do your thing. And enjoy it. It's gonna be fun.'"
• Michael B. Jordan was Josh Trank's first choice to play Johnny Storm.
• Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan both previously appeared on the comedy That Awkward Moment (2014)
• The filmmakers cite the "Ultimate Fantastic Four" comics, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and Josh Trank's Chronicle (2012) as an influence on the film.
• Released a decade after 2005's "Fantastic Four", which the film is a reboot of.
• Writer Simon Kinberg described the story as "a celebration of all the Fantastic Four comics, the notion of this dysfunctional surrogate family of scientists that come together and this idea that it's almost more like a science adventure than a superhero film."
• This is not Tim Blake Nelson's first time appearing in a movie based on Marvel comic characters. He previously had a supporting role in the 2008 Marvel film The Incredible Hulk with Edward Norton.
• The uniforms the Fantastic Four wear are based on containment suits.
• The origin of the Fantastic Four (a lab experiment involving a portal to another dimension goes wrong, and the Four get mutated by radiation from the experiment) is based on their "Ultimate Marvel" origin.
• When Susan is tracking a signal, there is an IP address on a screen: "23.21.190.125". This will lead to online articles for Latveria, Dr Doom's homeland.
• The filmmakers cite Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, David Cronenberg's sci-films The Fly (1986) and Scanners (1981) and Josh Trank's Chronicle (2012) as an influence on the film.
• The music in the trailer is also the theme tune to Broadchurch.
• Josh Trank made the Storm family of mixed race to represent his view of 21st century families: "I have mixed family. When I go home for Christmas, you'll see white people and black people; that's normal to me."
• According to Toby Kebbell, the hardest part about playing Dr Doom was getting his voice right.
• Kate Mara had previously appeared in an episode of Robot Chicken as the Invisible Woman.
• This is the second Marvel film for both Tim Blake Nelson and Kate Mara, who had both appeared in Marvel sequels: Nelson had appeared in The Incredible Hulk and Mara had appeared in Iron Man 2.
• Kiefer Sutherland was the original choice for Ben Grimm.
• For the first time, the Thing will be created in computer-generated imagery rather than through prosthetics and make-up.
• The film is using OTOY for the VFX, which according to Josh Trank, was specifically chosen for working at low costs.
• The fourth Fantastic Four film.
• Sasha Pieterse auditioned for the role of Susan Storm, but was considered too young for the part. Kate Mara was later cast.
• Samira Wiley was at one point considered for the role of Susan Storm/The Invisible Woman.
• The film's portrayal of Harvey Elder (Mole Man) is based on the Marvel "Ultimate" character (a scientist and contemporary of Dr Franklin Storm).
• The white uniforms the team wears on their trip to the Negative Zone are based on the Fantastic Four's "Future Foundation" uniforms.
• Will be Kate Mara's second time playing a member of a team of superheroes, the first being in Zoom (2006).
• In Tim Story's "Fantastic Four" series, Alicia Masters was black. In this film, it is Johnny Storm and his father (but not Susan Storm, who is an adopted child).
• The origin of the Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom (a lab experiment involving a portal to another dimension goes wrong, and all five get mutated by radiation from the experiment) is based on their "Ultimate Marvel" origin.
• Michael B. Jordan described the story as: "a bunch of kids that had an accident and have disabilities now that they have to cope with, and try to find a life afterwards."

Gallery

Promotion, Concept art and Filming

First Official BTS Look at Michael B. Jordan as The Human Torch in Costume with Josh Trank

Videos

Trailers & Clips

The Fantastic Four - Debut Trailer

Fantastic Four Trailer 2

External links

• The Fantastic Four on IMDB