Many so-called hardcore fans of Fantastic Four were quite upset over the casting for director Josh Trank’s upcoming reboot. Most of their aversion though had more to do with start Michael B. Jordan’s skin pigmentation than anything else. But why did Trank cast a black actor to play Johnny Storm aka The Human Torch, a traditionally white character? Well, because …
When I first heard about the Fantastic Four reboot, my first response was “why?”. After all, we had already suffered through two movies that starred the first Marvel family. But then that first trailer hit for director Josh Trank’s film, and it looked surprisingly…different. And that got me curious. Speaking to Empire (via CBM), Trank revealed that he had a very …
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To say that Fantastic Four has had a rocky development process so far, would be an understatement. Controversy, fans getting whipped into a frenzy over casting decisions and rumours that parent company FOX wanted to bury the flick were running rampant. But through it all, Fantastic Four has also had a level of secrecy that is usually reserved for KFC …
When it comes to Fox’s planned Fantastic Reboot, the internet has seen more grumbling than Galactus’ stomach with a bad case of the munchies. One of the reasons for this is because we’ve almost nothing about the film (officially), and the little bit we have heard wasn’t what we expected. This has led to endless rumours and speculations on just what …
When it comes to the latest big screen attempt at comic-dom’s first family of four, things are not as fantastic as Fox may have hoped. At least that’s the troubled picture being painted by numerous unconfirmed reports about director Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four reboot that popped up through the course of last week. It began on Reddit, where a user calling themselves …
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Director Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four reboot is not exactly a nice topic among comic book geeks at the moment. Some die-hard fans were already incensed with the casting of Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm, but that deviation from the source was nothing when compared against Toby Kebbell’s recent revelation that his “Doctor Doom” is not the high-tech armour wearing, magic …
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