Fox’s new superhero reboot Fantastic Four
had a rocky production, to put it mildly. There were rumors of rampant studio
interference, director Josh Trank butting heads with the producers and writers,
and even reports that X-Men: First Class director Matthew
Vaughn was brought in for reshoots. These last reports were roundly denied,
though that doesn’t exactly bode well for a movie. Building up to the release,
both producer Simon Kinberg and star Miles Teller have used the phrase, “not a
disaster,” to describe the film, and it’s not, at least not entirely.
Cards on the table, I’ve never been a huge
Fantastic Four fan, either in comic book or movie form
(okay, the low-budget Roger Corman version is certainly a sight to behold), so
I’ve been solidly on the fence about Josh Trank’s upcoming version. Still not
entirely sold, this new trailer that just dropped is the best thing we’ve seen
from the film thus far.
To be honest, I’ve never been a big Fantastic
Four fan. It’s not that I dislike them, they’ve just never been one
of my favorites, and it’s been a comic that I’m rather indifferent to, so I’m
less emotionally invested in the adaptations than others. For instance, I care
far more that the Daredevil movie sucks so bad rather than
that the last two FF movies are terrible. Don’t get me
wrong, I do really want Josh Trank’s upcoming version to be good—he’s a
filmmaker I’m curious to watch develop, it has a great cast, and I like good
superhero movies—but if it isn’t, I won’t lose any sleep over it, and from this
first trailer, I’m not so sure I’m sold.
