In a recent
interview to THR, Fox's President Of Production, Emma Watts revealed some new
information about director Josh Tranks' Fantastic Four reboot, as well as Bryan
Singer's sequel to the astonishing X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse,
and whether or not the director will return.
Speaking
of The Fantastic Four, Watts said
"We're making a big
bet for 2015 with The Fantastic Four and director Josh Trank." Watts then added, "To me, the key is the originality of the
filmmakers and the choices they make. Josh is another really interesting
example, who is using the vision he gave us in Chronicle to reinvent a
franchise he's loved his whole life. It's not that you can't make original
ideas -- you can, and we did it with Chronicle. The director is the key to not
letting superhero movies go stale. That's the truth."
On whether or not the film will have a found footage
feel to it, like Tranks previous film (Chronichle) had, Watts says:
"It's Josh, so it
can't not have that feel. That's his talent, that's what he does, and that's
what excites him about it. It is a really interesting young cast, and he is the
magnet that's brought them all together."
The focus then turned to Bryan Singer's decision to leave
X-Men: Days of Future Past publicity tour.
"It
was really tough for him. Luckily, we had 18 mutants to get out there and
sell the movie. But I think he did what had to be done."
It was reported two weeks ago that Fox was thinking
about maybe replacing Singer as the director of X-Men: Apocalypse, because of
his ongoing courtroom drama.
"Right
now we are totally at the outlining phase. But nothing would make me happier
than if it all worked out. It's always been the intention for him to do it."
Source - THR
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