Se Vaughn gira il sequel mi fappo fino a morire!!! Anche se attualmente pare sia interessato a Flash Gordon!
Abbastanza valida, anche se nessuno ha il coraggio di andare on the record per ovvi motivi di damage control. Ciò non toglie comunque che, a dispetto di tutto, potrebbe persino rivelarsi un film valido!
Qui c'è un'eccellente ricapitolo cronologico dell'inguaiatissima produzione di Fantastic Four:
Phase 1: Warnings.
- After Disney announced its deal to purchase Marvel Studios, Fox announces plans for the Fantastic Four property. No real progress is made on the film until 2014.
- Fox looks to hire Bruce Willis or Kiefer Sutherland to play the Thing. Neither of the options work out.
- Josh Trank is hired to direct the reboot after Chronicle proves to be a sleeper hit.
- The rights for Fox to make a Daredevil movie are about to expire. Disney offers Fox an extension for their project - which has work on it underway - in exchange for the rights of certain Cosmic Marvel characters that Marvel Studios does not own, such as Silver Surfer and Galactus.
- Fox announces plans to create a competing Marvel Cinematic Universe with the X-Men and the Fantastic Four after The Avengers is a huge box office success.
- Fox callously refuses the deal to part ways with Cosmic Marvel characters (even though they do not plan to use said characters again) and Disney gains Daredevil, which they turn into a critically-acclaimed Netflix series two years later.
- Rumors that the role of the Human Torch is being given to Michael B. Jordan - without anyone else being tested for the part - spread. These are eventually proven to be true. Complaints about this casting decision begin.
Phase 2: A Troubled Production.
- Miles Teller, Kate Mara, and Jamie Bell are cast in the film as Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, and the Thing. Everyone and their mother criticizes these cast choices, and fans begin to express complete disdain for the reboot. However, anyone who criticizes Michael B. Jordan's earlier casting in the film - be it for the proof of simple nepotism, the unexplained relationship to Kate Mara's character, or simply not liking him in the part - is childishly labeled as a "racist" by the media, with supporters of the film following suit (and while there are some racists, that's not comic book fandom - that's just the world we live in).
- The production of the movie begins. Rumors that Josh Trank tweeted out a picture of his dog's anus in response to fan backlash against the film make the rounds (with Fox taking the image down quickly). Some dismiss this simply as an attempt to defame Josh Trank, but this point is still discussed in spite of attempts to silence it.
- Doctor Doom is announced as the film's villain, with the only difference being that this time around, he might use the Doombots. (Oh, and Mole Man is apparently in the movie, too.)
- The "grounded and gritty, found-footage feel" approach to the film is detailed for the first time. This pisses innumerable Marvel fans off, many of which claim that this defeats the entire purpose of one of the most unrealistic Marvel franchises ever written.
- Fox's plans for a shared universe are shot dead by their own admission. Fox keeps bringing up plans to try and cross their own properties over for PR purposes, although no real evidence that Fox is going to follow up on a potential crossover is brought up at all.
- Josh Trank is hired to direct the second announced Star Wars Anthology film, which he allegedly chooses to do over returning to direct the already-announced Fantastic Four sequel.
- The conspiracy that Marvel is trying to sabotage their own properties pops up when the cancellation of Fantastic Four is brought up. Nobody considers that Marvel might be trying to promote its more successful series, given that their First Family's comic sales have been in decline.
- Kate Mara announces that not only will the movie not be based on the comics, but that the cast were told not to become familiar with their characters from the many Fantastic Four comics that have been published over the years. This statement angers a whole lot of people, many of whom plan on boycotting the movie.
- The cast of the movie take an atrocious, cringe-inducing selfie to signify the end of production.
- Doctor Doom's costume leaks out. It blows. The internet takes notice.
- Michael B. Jordan mentions that the actual team won't be wearing their iconic outfits in-movie, calling Jack Kirby's classic costumes "cheesy". (Ironically, the actual "containment suit" costumes made for the movie look pretty terrible, as people would eventually find out.) Again, people don't like hearing that what they like about the superhero team will be completely misrepresented on film.
- Complete radio silence on the film's media campaign for for months on end. Footage for Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice, a movie that is set for a 2016 release, is revealed at SDCC before anything related to Fantastic Four pops up - screenshots included.
- Doctor Doom is confirmed to be reimagined as a blogger named Domashev that has social issues. Many people mistake this take on the character to be an internet troll. Few take this concept seriously.
- Miles Teller confusingly says that the movie isn't made with the fans in mind, and then he quickly backpedals and claims it's being made for older fans of the franchise.
- Any press releases on the film is notably absent from a number of conventions where it could have been discussed. Fox attempts to say that they're trying to take on J. J. Abrams's "Mystery Box" method of doing things by staying quiet about the project. Many are skeptical and suspect something's up with the movie itself.
Phase 3: The Outbreak.
- People similar in appearance to the cast of the Fantastic Four reboot are blown up in the pages of The Punisher. The writer plausibly denies that it was made to make fun of the production of the film (even though it clearly was). Max Landis, writer of Chronicle, takes note, and takes a public pot-shot at Josh Trank - who he previously worked with - on Twitter.
- An otherwise-inconsequential Louisiana University forum (Lousiana was where much of the movie was filmed) houses a discussion of this scene in The Punisher, leading to a major leak of rumors that suggest that Josh Trank screwed up big time on the set of the film.
- According to the forum, Josh Trank's rap sheet for the movie included being absent from certain shooting days, being unresponsive to questions, possibly being drugged out of his mind, sounding unintelligible, being rude to the crew members and the talent, trashing his rented home and the set, and carrying out other questionable behavior. A Fox CEO apparently came down to the shooting location to apologize personally.
- A rumor from another source suggests that Kate Mara was verbally abused by Josh Trank to the point where she cried. (I personally doubt this one, but it could go either way.)
- Rumors that extensive reshoots are set to begin without Josh Trank's involvement also pop up.
- These rumors spread like wildfire on film news sites like Screen Rant, Latino-Review, and Bleeding Cool, among others.
Phase 4: The Cover-Up.
- Fox attempts to bring damage control into the situation after the rumors pop up everywhere.
- Several articles pop up about how everything is fine without actually addressing the rumors about the set. Reshoots are promised to be "only a few more days". Some sites claim that these interviews completely dismiss the rumors (they don't).
- The first trailer for the movie pops up. It is the most disliked Superhero movie trailer on YouTube in a while, but it's passable enough to renew hope in the movie for some desperate Fox shills.
- Along the way, the movie is suddenly now based on the Ultimate Marvel version of the team, despite not being based on any of the comics earlier. Toby Kebbel, Miles Teller, and Michael B. Jordan now have all suddenly read the comics in spite of being told not to. Oh yeah, and you might see the "cheesy" costumes after all (for all of five minutes)!
- Josh Trank compares his work on the movie to David Cronenberg and Steven Spielberg. Plenty of people think he sounds kind of like a pretentious d-bag.
Phase 5: The Fall.
- Josh Trank is notably absent from a number of interviews on the film, with Simon Kinberg filling in for him in a handful of discussions.
- Josh Trank is announced to appear at a Star Wars Celebration Anaheim panel. He misses out on it. It is later revealed that Disney asked him not to come behind the scenes.
- The actors refuse to talk about the movie, even when they're promoting it, at a public event.
- Word gets out that reshoots on the film have taken months, going into May. The period of reshoots for the film officially exceeds the production time.
- Josh Trank officially leaves the Star Wars Anthology film he was slated to direct. While the official reason given is that he wanted to pursue other projects, inside sources mentioned rumors that Simon Kinberg felt uncomfortable working with Trank again after the production of this film and that Fox was disappointed with the reboot (much like how Sony was said to be disappointed with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 shortly before its release).
- The Hollywood Reporter confirms/supports the rumors that were posited on the Louisiana forum. It also says that Simon Kinberg ghost-directed the movie along with another producer.
- Josh Trank is also said to be off of post-production of Fantastic Four as was previously reported. Max Landis snarkily tweets out "karma" shortly after news of Trank getting the shaft got out (but plausibly denies that he was referring to Trank, even though he clearly was).
