Fantastic Four

Trank For ‘Fantastic Four’ Movie Reboot?

The long-gestating Fantastic Four reboot is slowly taking shape, and Josh Trank has emerged as the front-runner to direct it. According to Variety, 20th Century Fox will extend a formal offer to him as long as Chronicle doesn’t bomb at the box office. There were two Fantastic Four movies previously, both of which were panned...
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‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot Titled ‘Reborn’

We’ve known for over a year that a Fantastic Four remake was in the works. But things have been a bit quiet of late, with no news about the proposed movie emerging from 20th Century Fox. Until now, because we at least know the title… Fantastic Four Reborn. No, I’m not feeling it either, but...
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Chris Evans Talks ‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot

This month started with the news that the Fantastic Four franchise was going to be rebooted, with Fox planning to start all over again and pitch the series differently than the kid-friendly, bubble-gum ethos attached to the two films from earlier this decade. It seems likely that this reboot will go the Chris Nolan/Batman route,...
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‘Fantastic Four’ Being Rebooted

Comic-book movies can go one of two ways: dark and moody; light and funny. The two big smashes of the last year or so both fell firmly in the former category, with The Dark Knight being the darkest comic-book movie ever made (alongside Watchmen), and Iron Man being serious and moody with just enough flashes...
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No More ‘Fantastic Four’?

Oh dear, here comes news that will sadden all fans of The Fantastic Four movies out there, as Chris Evans, who played The Human Torch in the first (and possibly last) two films, claims that it’s all over, and there won’t be a Fantastic Four 3. Even though the first two films were critically panned,...
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