It's hard to believe but the first Fantastic Four was released in 2005 and its sequel 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer in 2007--both films helmed by Tim Story--grossed $620 million despite awful reviews (I liked em both!)
The comic book series follows four individuals--Reed Richards--Mr. Fantastic, Sue Storm --The Invisible Girl her brother Johnny Storm--The Human Torch, and Ben Grimm The Thing who gained superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays during a scientific mission to outer space.
The leads were portrayed by Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis.
With the luxury of the passage of time Story spoke with Screen Crush about those 2 films:
"I'd say the normal audience has just gotten into more
serious tone. I don't want to say darker because that doesn't seem
right... the tone has gotten a lot edgier and kind of straightforward.
It's going to be interesting just to see, when you think of some of the
few superhero movies that may garner a different tone, like an 'Ant-Man'
or even with rebooting 'Fantastic Four.' It's going to be interesting
to see if there's room for that. I just like laughing and when it can
make you kind of smile, it just makes the characters a little more
accessible. We'll see what happens."
Asked why it's so difficult to bring "Fantastic Four" to the big screen, he says:
"You know what? It is because it is tongue-in-cheek. It's
a different beast. I'm so excited to see what they do because it is a
little bit of a beast. And if you get the right cast and kind of have
some fun with it, and at the same time be respectful of it being action.
I'm just as curious as anyone as anybody else to see what the tone is
they decide to go with. I think they'll do great."
Story admits he wishes he could have re-made the sequel in today's era
in which the studios trust in the audience being more open to big ideas
and you could go all the way with a Marvel cosmic villain like Galactus instead of turning him into a giant cloud:
"The Silver Surfer, if you know his origin, it's very
alien. It's outer space. It's a whole other thing and, so, I don't think
at the time I was making the movie the appetite was for that. I really
don't believe I could have gone that far then. I don't believe I could
have. I think at the time there was a little bit of a fear of going all of
the way with that. Because it's hard to completely grab the concept...
[It's] a very big concept to kind of digest. And I think at the time we
made the movie, I think the studio also had a little fear of what that
was going to be. I think to a certain degree, we shied away from it
because of that. But, I think in today's world now, especially with them looking to do
things like Ultron... Thanos- it's going to be the bigger it is now.
Especially when you look at what Michael Bay has been able to do with
the Transformers. We're just open to it now. And that's why the next
filmmaker that brings that to screen, it should be pretty freaking
incredible. It should be nuts. I can't wait to see that because you have to commit to it - commit
100 percent and don't be apologetic about it. And I think that's what
Marvel is doing so well now: They're going 100 percent for it. They
don't apologize for it - capes and color and powers! That's what the
audience wants today. Give it to them; just give it to them great and
they will be rewarded - which they are."
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