Next Fantastic Four Film Reboot Might Be A Kids Movie

Fantastic more?

Like Spider-Man and the X-Men, the Fantastic Four is one of Marvel's key superhero properties whose movie rights are owned by a different studio--in this case, Fox. To date, the studio has made two different film versions of the classic team, but following the failure of 2015's Fantastic Four, it has been unclear what the future holds for the property. It has now been reported that it might be rebooted as a family-friendly film.

According to Bleeding Cool, the studio is looking to move away from the classic line-up to focus instead on Franklin and Valeria, the children of original team members Reed Richards and Susan Storm. The site's sources also state that the Human Torch and The Thing would still be part of the team, and the movie would be much more "kid-centric."

Seth Grahame-Smith is reported to be working on a new script for the movie. Grahame-Smith is best known for the novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but has also written comics for Marvel and was an uncredited script doctor on the 2015 Fantastic Four. He was also hired to direct DC's The Flash, but left the project last year.

Fox has not commented on this story and no further details are known. However, it is not surprising that the studio might be looking to do something different for its next Fantastic Four reboot. The 2015 movie, which was directed by Josh Trank, took a darker, more serious approach, and flopped both critically and commercially. Trank distanced himself the finished movie, and plans for a sequel were abandoned.

More recently, producer Simon Kinberg admitted mistakes were made in the way the material was approached. "We made many mistakes when we made that movie--mistakes that we learned from and we wouldn't repeat," he said. "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."

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/next-fantastic-four-film-reboot-might-be-a-kids-mo/1100-6451102/

Sounds terrible. I suppose it's tradition at this point.

Bombastic Bore.

Wish all three franchises was back in the hand of the ip holder.

That Guardians of the Galaxy effect.

This I'm sure most of us will agree.  But I'm willing to give this a chance as long as there's a good story and production value.

Stop Fox... just stop.

Give them back. Now. End this pointless crap already.



No Mutants No Marvel!

Man, it looks like it can be even worse than the last one. Please, make a deal with Marvel like Sony did with Spider-man.

It pisses me off because the Fantastic Four is one of the best, if not THE BEST, Lee/Kirby creation. And Dr Doom is by far the best Marvel villain.

Do it! I just want to see them hit a quadfecta of fail as they prove the definition of insanity again. The series will devolve into a romantic comedy performed by puppets. Then they'll sheepishly try hand the rights back to Marvel, who'll want nothing to do with it by then.

The original F4 movies were fun. Fine movies, better than the likes of Ghost Rider, Spider Man 3 and Catwoman.

The F4 reboot had a decent concept, but obviously the execution was sloppy, resulting in a dull and soulless movie.

I dont know how kid centric would work. Something like Stranger Things maybe? Seems pointless.