Why We Haven't Seen Anything From The Fantastic Four Reboot?

When we reach the year 2020 at least 31 films based or inspired on comic books have come to pass. There will be new adaptations, and continuations, but there will also be some reboots like the upcoming Fantastic Four by Chronicle director Josh Trank.

Fantastic Four is set to hit theaters on August 7 2015, and strangely no promotional content for the highly anticipated, even if not by all, film has been released, especially considering that Ant-Man, which comes out just a couple of months before already released a image of the star of the film Paul Rudd, and a press release with a synopsis. Even worse, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice only comes out in 2016 and we already had more than a few official images from the main heroes.

In a recent interview screenwriter and producer Simon Kinberg revealed why the studio (Fox) has been putting off the released of anything official.

“We’re putting it together now, and one of the important things, because this Fantastic Four is a reboot, and is such a different tonality and vibe from those other films, we want to make sure that the first thing we put out really expresses the voice of the movie, and isn’t compromised by not having visual effects ready, or anything like that.

I don’t actually know when it’s coming out, but I’ve seen all the footage from the movie. I was there for pretty much the whole shoot. It is a very different film from the others, and one that I think is very different from other superhero movies. It’s a very emotional, character-driven, more grounded film than I think people are anticipating.”

I understand that they are treading lightly with this reboot, and want to present things the best way possible, but maybe that is precisely why they should have already released something, I mean, just a regular teaser poster wouldn't need visual effects, neither would some set photos of our heroes before they change into The Fantastic Four.

What do you think? Is it really the CGI?

Fantastic Four stars Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm/Human Torch, Miles Teller as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm/Thing, Kate Mara as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Toby Kebbel as Dr. Doom, Tim Blake Nelson as Harvey Elder/Mole Man and Reg E. Cathey as Dr. Storm.

Source - Comic Book Movie

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