Fantastic Four screenwriter Simon Kinberg recently talked to MTV about the sequel, which has already been greenlit, saying, “I’m really focused on the next one.” He went on to talk about the disappointment of the first film:
“I was obviously disappointed. I was most disappointed that fans didn’t like it. I care more about them than I do anyone else. But I haven’t done a full deep dive on it. Do I think it was unfairly treated? I don’t know.”
No, I don’t think it was unfairly treated. If you saw the movie, then I think many of you would agree. The director was unfairly treated by the studio. The cast, especially Kate Mara, was unfairly trated by the director. The audience, judging by the painfully obvious re-filmed and re-directed third act was unfairly treated by Fox. When asked about the rumored difficulties during the production on the film, he kind of danced around the question with the following answer:
“I’ve been on plenty of happy movies that don’t turn out to be very good movies, I’ve been on a lot of unhappy, difficult sets that turn out to be great movies. There was a lot of attention on the process of making that movie. It’s hard, when you’re making a movie, movies are hard to make. It’s just the reality.
“Every time you make a movie, you want to make a great movie. It’s a ton of time and effort you put in. We made that movie in the sweltering heat of summer in Baton Rouge and I was there every day of photography. You’re waking up every morning being like, I want to go make a great movie. It was an opportunity to do that. I do believe there is a great ’Fantastic Four’ movie that we’ve made with that cast. So I’m gonna figure out what that is.”
He goes on to talk about the sequel saying he’d like to see the cast come back to reprise their roles, and then says:
“We’re figuring out what that movie would be. I’d like that to happen.”
Well, you are one of very few people that would like to see it happen. Fox just needs to let go of this franchise, and let Marvel do it right.