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Fantastic Four
Credits
Title: Fantastic Four
Genres: Superhero fantasy
Directed by: Josh Trank
Written by: Simon Kinberg
Jeremy Slater
Josh Trank
Produced by: Gregory Goodman
Simon Kinberg
Robert Kulzer
Cliff Lanning
Stan Lee
Hutch Parker
Matthew Vaughn
Bill Bannerman
Music by: Marco Beltrami
Philip Glass
Cinematography: Matthew Jensen
Edited by: Elliot Greenberg
Stephen Rivkin
Production
Distributed by: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Released: August 7th, 2015
Rating: PG-13
Running time: 100 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Gross: $26,200,000 [1]
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Fantastic Four is an American feature film of the superhero fantasy and science fiction genres. It is based on the comic book series Fantastic Four, published by Marvel Comics. The film was directed by Josh Trank with a script written by Trank, Simon Kinberg and Jeremy Slater. It was produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in association with Marvel Entertainment and released theatrically in the United States on August 7th, 2015.

Plot[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
Miles Teller Reed Richards
Kate Mara Susan Storm
Jamie Bell Ben Grimm
Michael B. Jordan Johnny Storm
Toby Kebbell Victor von Doom
Reg E. Cathey Doctor Franklin Storm
Tim Blake Nelson Doctor Allen

Appearances[]

Characters

  • Reed Richards
  • Susan Storm
  • Johnny Storm
  • Ben Grimm
  • Franklin Storm
  • Doctor Doom, Victor von Doom
  • Doctor Allen
  • Mister Keen
  • Jimmy Grimm
  • Mrs. Grimm
  • Mister Richards

Locations

  • Planet X

Items

Organizations

  • Fantastic Four

Miscellaneous

Notes[]

Josh Trank tweet

Click to read Josh Trank's tweet.

  • In 2014 at the New York Comic-Con, Marvel Comics executives announced the cancellation of the Fantastic Four comic book series. Many saw this as a form of protest against the film, as well as studio Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, who holds the license to produce material relating to the Fantastic Four. Marvel Comics sought to bring the property back to their own established Marvel Studios. [4]
  • Unfavorable reception towards the Fantastic Four began even before its grand opening. On the night before its U.S. premiere, director Josh Trank implied on Twitter about how studio interference maligned his vision for the film. Trank deleted the tweet, but as this is the internet... nothing ever truly disappears. In the tweet, Trank stated, "A year ago I had a fantastic version of this. And it would've recieved [sic] great reviews. You'll probably never see it. That's reality though. [5]
  • The movie aggregate website Metacritic also tallied some unfavorable responses to the film. Out of a possible score of 100, Fantastic Four only received a Metascore of 27, based on 122 ratings. [6]
  • Fantastic Four grossed only $29.2 million dollars over its three-day opening weekend on August 7th-9th, which is a dismal earning for a film that is still part of the Summer Blockbuster season. As such, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, which opened a week earlier, still held onto the number 1 spot in box office sales with $29.4 million. [7]
  • Fantastic Four is the third film based on a Marvel Comics comic book series to be released in 2015. The first was Avengers: Age of Ultron, directed by Joss Whedon, which was a sequel to the 2012 blockbuster The Avengers. It was released on May 1st. The second was Ant-Man, directed by Peyton Reed. It was released on July 17th, 2015.

Fun Facts[]

  • The tagline for this film is "Change is Coming". This could have multiple meanings depending upon how one chooses to look at it. The obvious meaning is how the four main characters in the film are physically altered as is their nemesis Victor von Doom. It could also refer to a change in style and tone from the previous film adaptations, or it could reflect a tonal change from the traditional characterizations presented in the comic books.
  • Actress Kate Mara is the older sister of Rooney Mara, who is also known for doing remakes of previous film projects. She played Nancy Holbrook in the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street and she played Lisbeth Salander in the 2011 remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Also, both Kate and Rooney were nominated for Razzies during the 36th annual award ceremony of the Golden Raspberry's.
  • This is the second Marvel Comics project for actor Tim Blake Nelson. He is also known for playing Doctor Samuel Sterns (a proto version of the Marvel Comics baddie, the Leader) in 2008's The Incredible Hulk.
  • Another film released on August 7th, which involves invisibility is Invisible Agent, which came out in 1942.
  • Fantastic Four is the second film released in 2015, which begins with the letter "F" and also has a number in the title. The other is Furious 7, which came out on April 3rd.
  • This is Kate Mara's second film role in a Marvel Comics property. In 2010 Kate played a U.S. Marshall in the movie Iron Man 2.
  • This is the first Marvel film to feature Michael B. Jordan, who played Human Torch. He would later go on to play the villain Erik Killmonger in 2018's Black Panther (2018), which was a considerably better film.
  • Actress Margot Robbie was initially approached for the role of the Invisible Woman, but she turned it down after reading the script. She would later appear in DC's Suicide Squad as Harley Quinn.
  • Planet X is a generic name used to describe a planet and has actually been utilized in other sci-fi fare. One example is the 1965 Japanese monster-mash film Godzilla vs. Monster Zero, where it was presented as the home of a race of aliens called the Xians.
  • This film was nominated for 5 Golden Raspberry Awards (which isn't a good thing), and winning 3 of them (which is even worse). The only film to receive more awards at the 36th Golden Raspberry Awards, was Fifty Shades of Grey, which somehow managed to spawn two sequels.
  • This is one of the few Marvel films which Stan Lee did not appear in. He did, however, work as an executive producer on the film.

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