Director Josh Trank's approach
to the Fantastic Four seem to have split opinions. Some are excited, while
others wish someone else had taken the reigns of the reboot. We are still a few
months away from the premiere, so we can't say that the film failed at wht it
set out to do, but one thing is certain, it won't be like the current superhero
films.
Empire recently caught up with
the director to talk about his take on Marvel's First Family, how it differs
from the last two films, but also from the current slate of superhero releases.
"The original two films
to me are very similar to a lot of recent movies that have come out, in terms
of that kind of cartoonish. It's just not something that me and Simon are
interested in as storytellers."
In fact,
those expecting an action packed movie like The Avengers, or X-Men might be in for a shock as the filmmaker seems to have a very different
plan for our four main characters.
"There's the opportunity
to make something that is challenging and tragic and dramatic," he said. "The
opportunity is right there in the material. We'd rather steer it in that direction
as opposed to just embracing a tone that comes right off the page."
Even before production began,
criticism over the announcement that Michael B. Jordan would be flaming on as
Johnny Storm in the reboot started pouring in. Well this is how the director
responded to the flak he received from changing the ethnicity of the character.
"I have mixed
family," he said."When I go home for Christmas, you'll see white
people and black people. That's normal to me. I wanted a Storm family that
represented 21st century families."
As for his sister, Sue, the
director says he wanted to give her an update.
"There have always been
two categories of Sue - the slutty secretary version, and this brilliant
scientist version. This is a really, really smart Sue, and one that is
dignified and has integrity."
The director also spoke about
Ben Grimm's transformation into The Thing, his relationship with Reed Richards
and why Jamie Bell was the perfect man for the job.
"Ben is supposed to be a
smaller guy in terms of height. That idea of Ben being Reeds best friend in the
archetypical way, you want that character to have warmth and strength,
qualities Jamie has." Trank's also confirmed that what we saw in the
trailer was a "transformation cocoon" from which the
Thing punches his out off in full CGI glory.
The filmmaker ended with
teasing that there might be an homage to certain classic elements from the
source material like Reed's grey temples.
"There are surprisises
for everybody in the movie. We've had time to figure out every single iconic
and subtle aspect of the Fantastic 4, and how it can organically belong to this
film."
Fantastic Four hits theaters
on August 7, 2015.
Source - Empire
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