We usually don’t cover comic book news, but this is too epic to ignore. The long running Marvel series Fantastic Four is about to experience a serious death in the family. The upcoming issue will feature one of the four members perishing in battle. If you want to know who, take a deep breath, brace yourself, and continue reading…
This past weekend a lot rumors sprung up regarding 20th Century Fox’s reboot of the Fantastic Four. Over at ComicBookMovie, they’ve been following the latest developments surrounding the film and they’ve discovered some big casting news. How big you ask? How about Bill Compton, John McClane, and Harry Potter big!
Last week we reported on Alice Eve’s decision to leave Fox’s upcoming X-Men First Class prequel. Even though she left because of script issues, the studio still wants her to stay under their umbrella. There’s a rumor that she might be up for the role of Susan Storm aka The Invisible Woman in their Fantastic Four reboot, which might be hard considering another attractive blond is up for the part — Amber Heard.
Goodbye uncomfortable bodysuit. The Thing that we saw in the 2005 and 2007 installments of the Fantastic Four series is no more. According to a report from Screen Rant, in the upcoming reboot he’s going to be 100% CGI. In other words, they’re going to do the same thing to him that they did to The Hulk, he’ll just be a different color and have a rougher exterior.
It’s no secret that John McClane will be back for another outlandish adventure in the well established Die Hard series. Early last month a screenwriter was hired to pen the script for the fifth installment, a follow up to 2007′s Live Free or Die Hard (that title still rubs me the wrong way). The studio behind the franchise is 20th Century Fox, who are also working on a reboot of the Fantastic Four. Over at AICN, they got the inside scoop on the new titles that both films are tentatively working under….
Chris Evans starred in the most recent live action adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four as Johnny Storm aka The Human Torch. As of late, 20th Century Fox has made it known that they plan on rebooting the franchise, which means saying goodbye to its previous cast. Until now, none of the four actors involved in the earlier films had spoken up about the development news. Evans decided to set the record straight on how he feels about being replaced as the hot headed, Johnny Storm.
Every major film studio seems to be staking claim to their Marvel stock. After Disney’s merger with the comic company it feels like everyone else has been put on notice. Marvel pimped out several of its characters to all the majors including Sony, Paramount and Fox. Paramount has already spoken up about their future with the company, and now Fox has broken their silence.
Super producer/director JJ Abrams will be making the jump from science fiction to crime thriller with his next project according to Variety. Paramount has acquired the rights to an upcoming Wired magazine article about a group of Italian diamond thieves. That’s right people, they don’t just adapt books anymore. Articles, notes, anything that’s not nailed down can get turned into a movie. Abrams will be producing the film through his popular Bad Robot production company, while Paramount will distribute.
Since the record breaking opening of The Dark Knight last July, there has been an invisible line drawn in the sand that separates the darker comic book movies from the lighter fare. For the past ten years studios have been shooting out comic based movies for the sole purpose of tapping into their lucrative fanboy audience. Films such as Spiderman, Fantastic Four, and X-Men all spawned sequels and big payday’s, but the films quality suffered as the franchises progressed.In the case of TDK, Christopher Nolan’s Batman series continued to get better by sticking close to it’s source material, and concentrating more on story than gimmicks.
