Fantastic Four (2015)

[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by AmrlKJaneway

No, it's the laziness of the casting. Like "Hey, I'm a big great director after that one film I made, and I'm going to work with that one guy I am comfortable with working with again", instead of thinking about it with casting directors and really choosing someone who is right for the role in looks and personality.

This movie will suck, if it gets made. Lets hope it doesn't...

I think everyone complaining about the casting are just as obnoxious as the actual people involved in making this movie. Bad move on the studio's/director's part, ugly opinions on the fanboys' part. Talk about a clusterf*ck.

Everyone should just refocus their attention on how awesome Guardians of the Galaxy looks instead.

[mrrant_33]

Miles Teller Offers Praise for THE FANTASTIC FOUR Script And Director Josh Trank

Explaining what appealed to him about the role of Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic, actor Miles Teller praises the Fox/Marvel reboot's director, Josh Trank, as well as its "very human" script.

When IGN caught up with The Spectacular Now actor Miles Teller today to discuss his role in Divergent, the interview inevitably became about The Fantastic Four and his role as Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic. "Well, for me I didn't grow up really as a comic book kid necessarily," said Teller when asked what appealed to him about the Marvel reboot. "Fantastic Four is my dad's favorite superhero comic. And so for me I guess what attracted me originally was Josh Trank. I think Josh Trank is a very creative, inventive guy. You look at Chronicle, you look at what he did for that budget and just how he told the story was really well done. I want to chase directors at this point, and then the cast kind of came together -- Michael B. [Jordan], Kate Mara, and Jamie Bell -- I was very excited." He continued, "I was joking around about a year ago, 'I guess I'll be playing a supehero soon' because that's just the world that we're in, but I think a lot of times it just looks like Hollywood actors in Halloween costumes, you know? And I think what we're going to do with Fantastic Four is going to be very grounded and it made sense to me."

"When I read the script, I didn't feel like I was reading this larger-than-life, incredible supehero tale," Miles Teller enthused. "These are all very human people that end up having to become I guess what is known as the Fantastic Four. So for me it was just a really good story and gives me an opportunity to play something different from my own skin. It's a proper character and that's my favorite stuff to do." In a separate interview while at the Phoenix premiere of Divergent, Teller told The Nerd Repository that he'll be "leaving pretty soon to start filming" Fantastic Four. He also stated that while doesn't yet know if he will rock Mr. Fantastic's gray temples, he did do a "full body scan the other day for... something" and that's all he knows.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=95745


YAY! Yet another fantastical comic book movie with the word grounded in it's description.

[Walts Ghost]

Ugh...Grounded. Really? I'm beginning to hate that term. Superheroes aren't grounded! They're superheroes for a reason...Come on, guys. Just stay true to that.

[MrBlonde]

Originally Posted by mrrant_33

Miles Teller Offers Praise for THE FANTASTIC FOUR Script And Director Josh Trank

Explaining what appealed to him about the role of Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic, actor Miles Teller praises the Fox/Marvel reboot's director, Josh Trank, as well as its "very human" script.

When IGN caught up with The Spectacular Now actor Miles Teller today to discuss his role in Divergent, the interview inevitably became about The Fantastic Four and his role as Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic. "Well, for me I didn't grow up really as a comic book kid necessarily," said Teller when asked what appealed to him about the Marvel reboot. "Fantastic Four is my dad's favorite superhero comic. And so for me I guess what attracted me originally was Josh Trank. I think Josh Trank is a very creative, inventive guy. You look at Chronicle, you look at what he did for that budget and just how he told the story was really well done. I want to chase directors at this point, and then the cast kind of came together -- Michael B. [Jordan], Kate Mara, and Jamie Bell -- I was very excited." He continued, "I was joking around about a year ago, 'I guess I'll be playing a supehero soon' because that's just the world that we're in, but I think a lot of times it just looks like Hollywood actors in Halloween costumes, you know? And I think what we're going to do with Fantastic Four is going to be very grounded and it made sense to me."

"When I read the script, I didn't feel like I was reading this larger-than-life, incredible supehero tale," Miles Teller enthused. "These are all very human people that end up having to become I guess what is known as the Fantastic Four. So for me it was just a really good story and gives me an opportunity to play something different from my own skin. It's a proper character and that's my favorite stuff to do." In a separate interview while at the Phoenix premiere of Divergent, Teller told The Nerd Repository that he'll be "leaving pretty soon to start filming" Fantastic Four. He also stated that while doesn't yet know if he will rock Mr. Fantastic's gray temples, he did do a "full body scan the other day for... something" and that's all he knows.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=95745


YAY! Yet another fantastical comic book movie with the word grounded in it's description.

[Ben Dover]

I can't wait to see this movie in imax!!

[Lemmy Lugosi]

Originally Posted by Ben Dover

I can't wait to see this movie in imax!!

I can't wait to see this movie in bargain bins everywhere!

[duggie walker]

Yeah, I know what they mean by "grounded" but it bugs me that, for example, they can't do a comics-authentic Green Goblin on the basis that it's too unbelievable, when the film's about a guy who gets superpowers from being bitten by a spider.

I can't see how FF is going to be grounded unless the Human Torch has to spend a month in hospital with severe burns after he flames-on and Reed Richards develops crippling arthritis.

[Britbuffguy]

Originally Posted by AmrlKJaneway

No, it's the laziness of the casting. Like "Hey, I'm a big great director after that one film I made, and I'm going to work with that one guy I am comfortable with working with again", instead of thinking about it with casting directors and really choosing someone who is right for the role in looks and personality.

This movie will suck, if it gets made. Lets hope it doesn't...

I think that's.it. Dude had Jordan cast before he even got the directing job. You have test the four for chemistry, not just lump a dude in there.
I for one have only seen him in Chronicle and Awkward Moment and he was nothing special. Not changing comic lore for anyways.

Chris Evans set a pretty high bar as well.

[Tony208]

Anyone in this movie because they actually wanted to do F4? Next up we'll hear that jamie bell and kate mara are in this cause it's the only thing their agents could get

[Bolty]

Originally Posted by Ben Dover

I can't wait to see this movie in imax!!

N.S.I.S.---???

Originally Posted by Lemmy Lugosi

I can't wait to see this movie in bargain bins everywhere!

Can't wait to see it cancelled

Originally Posted by Tony208

Anyone in this movie because they actually wanted to do F4? Next up we'll hear that jamie bell and kate mara are in this cause it's the only thing their agents could get

Jamie Bell auditioned for Peter Parker didn't he?

I'm glad they skipped him for a role he was apparently ii-suited for--i.e. awkward young man and he landed the role he best fits----

ruggedly handsome, ex gang member turned war hero, tough guy, fighter pilot Ben Grimm.

Every time I see Bell I just think "that's Ben Grimm in the flesh!"

[spanky87]

Miles Teller sounds like a tool.

[Bolty]

Originally Posted by Tony208

Anyone in this movie because they actually wanted to do F4? Next up we'll hear that jamie bell and kate mara are in this cause it's the only thing their agents could get

It's damn sure the only super hero movie they can get.

[Bolty]

Originally Posted by spanky87

Miles Teller sounds like a tool.

"I was joking around about a year ago, 'I guess I'll be playing a supehero soon' because that's just the world that we're in, but I think a lot of times it just looks like Hollywood actors in Halloween costumes, you know? And I think what we're going to do with Fantastic Four is going to be very grounded and it made sense to me."

Oh boy, he joked around--as in lamented ---the fact they he someday would have to play a super hero "because that's the world we live in.."

But now he's playing a "grounded hero"----"grounded" as in someone who squeezes his body flat enough to slide under a door or thru a keyhole.



And what movies in the last several years look like actors in "Halloween costumes"---seen any or just talking thru your a$$ ?

[Bolty]

Instead of Teller saying...........

"There's been some damn fine comic based movies made lately and we have a high standard to meet."

.......he mocks the previous ones.

Instead of Jordan saying..........

"I hope the fans give me a chance to prove that they made the right choice."

......he says,

"No matter what they say they're going to come see it anyway."----exactly what someone says when they get handed something they didn't earn.


It's almost as if Fox doesn't give a damn about how the narrative of this project goes,
they don't do a proper announcement of the cast
they don't instruct the cast to think before they speak about the project

they are clueless as to how to create goodwill for a project that even with a great cast might have problems hitting Iron Man or even Thor levels of interest and excitement.

Heavy-weights like Kingsley, Hopkins, Tommy Lee Jones, Stewart and Mckellan have been far more respectful towards the subject matter than these nobodies.

It's like they want to cancel it at the last minute and then leak rumors that 'bigoted fans' had turned opinion against the film.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by Bolty

Instead of Teller saying...........



"There's been some damn fine comic based movies made lately and we have a high standard to meet."



.......he mocks the previous ones.



Instead of Jordan saying..........



"I hope the fans give me a chance to prove that they made the right choice."



......he says,



"No matter what they say they're going come see it anyway."----exactly what someone says when they get handed something they didn't earn.





It's almost as if Fox doesn't give a damn about how the narrative of this project goes,

they don't do a proper announcement of the cast

they don't instruct the cast to think before they speak about the project



they are clueless as to how to create goodwill for a project that even with a great cast might have problems hitting Iron Man or even Thor levels of interest and excitement.



Heavy-weights like Kingsley, Hopkins, Tommy Lee Jones, Stewart and Mckellan have been far more respectful towards the subject matter than these nobodies.



It's like they want to cancel it at the last minute and then leak rumors that 'bigoted fans' had turned opinion against the film.

I agree...

[toddly6666]

Im against the Human Torch unconventional casting but I just watched Fruitvale Station just now and Jordan was excellent so my opinion has changed and I think he'll make a good Human Torch. There's a scene in Fruitvale where he's running in slo-motion and it made me think of him running to take off flying as Human Torch. For anyone upset with the casting, go rent Fruitvale - an excellent touching flick.

I would just be concerned with the story at this point.

[Bolty]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

Im against the Human Torch unconventional casting but I just watched Fruitvale Station just now and Jordan was excellent so my opinion has changed and I think he'll make a good Human Torch. There's a scene in Fruitvale where he's running in slo-motion and it made me think of him running to take off flying as Human Torch. For anyone upset with the casting, go rent Fruitvale - an excellent touching flick.

I would just be concerned with the story at this point.

"Anyone upset with the casting" is not going to change their mind because one of the 4 announced actors had a good performance in a particular movie.

[Elandyll]

Originally Posted by mrrant_33

... And I think what we're going to do with Fantastic Four is going to be very grounded and it made sense to me."

"When I read the script, I didn't feel like I was reading this larger-than-life, incredible supehero tale," Miles Teller enthused. "These are all very human people that end up having to become I guess what is known as the Fantastic Four. So for me it was just a really good story and gives me an opportunity to play something different from my own skin. It's a proper character and that's my favorite stuff to do." ...

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=95745

Grounded ?? ... The Fantastic Four ?


Aside from Asgard, The Inhumans (also a part of the FF-verse) or GoG (don't know much about them yet), The FF are supposed to be the -least- grounded superheroes of the Marvel Universe.
The threats they face are planet or even dimension/ universe ending.

What in the flying ...

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by Bolty

"Anyone upset with the casting" is not going to change their mind because one of the 4 announced actors had a good performance in a particular movie.

Well, my mind changed.

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by Bolty

"Anyone upset with the casting" is not going to change their mind because one of the 4 announced actors had a good performance in a particular movie.

On this board it doesn't surprise me at all that people don't like his casting as Johnny Storm. Just look at the 12 Years A Slave thread.