While speaking to ScreenCrush about X-Men: Days of
Future Past, screenwriter Simon Kinberg mentioned the other 20th Century Fox superhero
franchise, Fantastic Four.
About the upcoming reboot Kinberg said that it
won't inhabit the same universe as their other property, the X-Men.
"None of
the X-Men movies have acknowledged the notion of a sort of superhero team–the
Fantastic Four–and the Fantastic Four acquire powers, so for them to live in a
world where mutants are prevalent is kind of complicated, because you’re like,
'Oh, you’re just a mutant. What’s so fantastic about you?' No, they live
in discrete universes."
Kinberg also said that the reboot isn't as big of
an issue as one might have thought because unlike other properties, this one
had some issues the last time it was put on the big screen and because fans
relationship with the previous two movies is different from the other
franchises.
"People
have a very different relationship to the Fantastic Four movies than they had
to Raimi’s Spider-Man movies. Raimi’s first Spider-Man movie is
a beloved movie that sort of redefined, tonally, sort of what comic book movies
could do, so rebooting a movie that was beloved less than ten years after
it had come out is challenging. We approach ‘Fantastic Four’ with a different
set of challenges."
Finally, Kinberg talked about the tone of the
movie.
"Our
version, the ‘Fantastic Four’ movie we’re making differs than those other
films. Where I think superhero movies define themselves is not in plot and
character, but in tone, and the tone of our ‘Fantastic Four’ movie is so
different than those other films, and I actually think, more importantly,
different from other superhero movies."
"It’s
like, there’s a spectrum, tonally, from like Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ to Josh
Trank’s ‘Chronicle’ movie," he
continued. "We’re
on the spectrum, but between those two movies. I don’t know where the
needle turns, but we are in-between those films. On the other side of ‘Chronicle’
is probably like, ‘X-Men’ is around there with the darkness, and then ‘The Dark
Knight’ is the darkest. And on the other side is ‘Spider-Man’ — the original
‘Fantastic Four’ movies are probably on the other side of the goofiness. So,
we’re somewhere in-between the joyfulness of Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ movies and
the reality and drama of Josh’s ‘Chronicle.'"
Fantastic Four stars Michael B. Jordan as
Johnny Storm, Miles Teller as Mr. Fantastic, Jamie Bell as the Thing, Kate Mara
as Sue Storm, Toby Kebbel as Dr. Doom, Tim Blake Nelson as Mole Man and Reg E.
Cathey as Dr. Storm.
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