Josh Trank’s 2015 reboot of Fantastic Four is a movie that wasn’t universally loved by any means. The reports of issues and conflicts during its production are certainly infamous among the online community. Writer Jeremy Slater was one who tried to make the reboot work alongside Simon Kinberg but it just didn’t pan out. Well,…
Noah Hawley excited fans with one word at Comic-Con last year. The man behind the hit Marvel series Legion simply said, “Doom,” and that was enough to spark speculative dreams about a movie based on Marvel Comics’ most popular villain (sorry, Thanos). That project is now in limbo thanks to Hawley’s busy schedule and the Disney-Fox deal.
Somewhere in the multiverse, John Krasinski is wrapping up his tenure as Captain America in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4. It almost happened in this universe, with Krasinski ultimately losing out on the role to Chris Evans. Fans have kept Krasinski in their minds for other Marvel Studios roles over the years and the Disney-Fox deal…
20th Century Fox is trying to develop as many superhero movies as they can before the studio is eventually owned by Disney. The Mouse agreed to purchase the majority of 21st Century Fox last December, but the deal won’t close for several more months. In the meantime, Fox is working very aggressively to fill up…
Have you actually walked out of any? I think I walked out on the Fantastic Four one. I think I actually said, “I can’t do it. It’s not about you, I’m sorry, this is wrong.”
At the same time, Kinberg said that the desire to make another Fantastic Four at Fox still remains – and with the same core cast of the last film: “We want to make another Fantastic Four movie. We love that cast – I mean if I were to say to you now Michael B. Jordan…
In a world full of terrible Fantastic Four movies, get ready…for another terrible Fantastic Four movie. But this one’s dark! Fant4stic!
Despite Fox’s initial insistence that the Fantastic Four sequel was moving forward despite the box office failure of the first film, Fox has now officially removed the Fantastic Four sequel from their release schedule.
The actor who played Doctor Doom reflects on the movie’s performance.
Broadcast TV revenue was essentially flat year over year. Cable networks businesses helped ease some of the box office burden, which is where Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch began his remarks. “Our cable networks business generated strong growth in the first fiscal quarter, delivering double-digit earnings gains both domestically and internationally on sustained increases in overall…