Let’s face it, Disney buying Marvel for $4 Billion is the biggest news the house of Spidey is going to see until Iron Man 2 comes out next year. But also surfacing, according to Variety, is the news that Fox plans to re-boot its Fantastic Four franchise.
Producing the new flick is Akiva Goldsman, who recently served as producer on movies like Hancock, I Am Legend and Poseidon. Fox has also hired Michael Green to write the script. Green recently executive-produced NBC’s Kings and also co-produced Heroes.
So, will you get to see Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis as Mr. Fantastic, The Invisible Woman, The Human Torch and Thing?
The previous Fantastic Four films may have performed well in terms of box office sales, but they are considered highly forgettable. The re-boot will most likely call for a new cast and direction. Since Marvel opened up their own production house, Marvel Studios, they’ve been hard at work trying to reclaim their properties — hence the recent re-launch of the Incredible Hulk. The new Marvel Studios’ Film Universe is a world where story lines can overlap between films. Ed Norton’s Incredible Hulk and Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man can now meet in The Avengers. Also, the new Marvel Studios’ plots are better aligned with the Modern Age of comics, where characters are much “darker” and possess complex-psychological profiles.
Hopefully, we’ll also get to see a new Daredevil and new Elektra movie in the future as well.
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