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09Mar2009

Ugh...Marvel Looking to Reboot 'Fantastic Four'

DateMonday, March 9, 2009 at 6:21PM
I got an e-mail a few weeks ago - when Mickey Rourke was/wasn't/was/wasn't in Iron Man 2 - from a guy who said I had a vendetta against Marvel Comics. That's asinine, I told him, but I did admit I'd been harsh when it came to the way Marvel had conducted its business over the past six or eight months. They sure haven't done anything to make me believe they're one of the best, most enterprising entertainment companies going.

Marvel has been offering low salaries, ramping up bad Avengers side projects, and focusing on everything but developing terrific stories out of their stable of characters. They just want more. And if you ever needed proof of that, how about the news that Marvel might reboot Fantastic Four?

Yeah. For reals. Well, maybe. IESB says Fox would like to take a fresh approach to the Marvel series, building it from the ground up. The idea is do it with "less bubble gum," although that doesn't mean we're going Watchmen dark. Some things don't make great movies.

I don't know how much less bubble gum the direction can be, or why that would make the series any better. Furthermore, the last thing Marvel needs to be thinking about is movies that it haven't already committed to. They've got a big, expensive Avengers arc that I'm not certain the company can execute over the course of four or five films. Better worry about what's on the books first and then, four years from now, you can start spit-balling Fantastic Four again.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment4 Comments |

Reader Comments (4)

I'll tell you what's asinine - this article. Fantastic Four as a film franchise is created and controlled by Fox - Marvel Studios has nothing to do with the abomination that this reboot will be.

Monday, March 9, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLiterate Person

I am not a huge fan of the prior two movies. If you read some reviews I think most would agree. Let's just hope this new revamp will be better and not a waist of time for everyone involved.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterShannon

fantastic four t
is the greatest!

Sunday, May 3, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterfantastic fifth

it is time-bending, reality-jumping cosmic adventure. if they could simply stay true to the books even a little bit and take a lesson from recently executed comic movies(sin city, 300, iron man) , a re-do could be the greatest movie of all TIMES!- with or without Alba, but definitly without tim story.

Sunday, May 3, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterfantastic fifth

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