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Sources say Josh Trank’s “combative behaviour” is to blame for Fantastic Four’s failings

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Never has a film had so much bad press before its opening weekend is even over, but Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four is struggling to find a modicum of positivity at the moment. Amidst all its bad reviews (read ours here and here), it’s Thursday box office tracking was poor, and it’s only looking to make […]

Fantastic Four sequel reportedly postponed in favour of Deadpool 2

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Things are already pretty bad for Fantastic Four. It has rather poor reviews (read ours here and here), a war raging on between director and studio (with Josh Trank tweeting its their fault, and Fox saying it was his), and the film is only tracking to make $25 million by the end of its opening weekend. Fox had […]

UPDATE: Fantastic Four clobbered at the box office, opens behind Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

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It was predicted on Friday, and now it’s official: 20th Century Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four has been clobbered at the North American box office, pulling in just $26.2 million on its debut weekend to place second behind Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation on $29.4 million. SEE ALSO: Josh Trank places blame for poor Fantastic […]

Sources say Fox cut 3 big action scenes from Fantastic Four days before production and kept Josh Trank out of the editing room

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Following the news that Fantastic Four has bombed at the box office around the world, it seems unsurprising that there has been a few reports about a very troubled production for Marvel’s First Family. On Friday director Josh Trank tweeted about a “fantastic version” of the film we’ll never see, while sources within Fox have […]

When can Marvel get back The Fantastic Four?

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Well, it’s not been a good weekend for Fantastic Four. The troubled production of Josh Trank’s latest adaptation of the comic book has been rather public, with the director tweeting his displeasure, Fox saying it was his fault and sources saying Fox cut scenes from the movie and kept him out of the editing bay. There […]

Movie Review – Fantastic Four (2015)

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Fantastic Four, 2015. Directed by Josh Trank. Starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey, and Tim Blake Nelson. SYNOPSIS: Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness their new abilities and […]

Fox “remains committed” to Fantastic Four despite poor reception to the reboot

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It’s fair to say that 20th Century Fox hasn’t had much success with its attempt to reboot the Fantastic Four franchise, with the Josh Trank-directed film opening to some of the worst reviews for a comic book movie, as well as a feeble opening weekend of just $60.3 million worldwide. The disasterous reception to Fantastic […]

Josh Trank was nearly fired before Fantastic Four’s production

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As if the movie wasn’t getting enough bad press, stories of Fantastic Four‘s troubled production is starting to hit news outlets. One tidbit to come from The Hollywood Reporter’s great write-up, is that director Josh Trank was nearly fired from the movie prior to production starting. “Another source says the notion of firing Trank came […]

Fantastic Four screenwriter says there’s not much of his script in the final movie

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The bad press for Fantastic Four rolls in as many more stories about the film’s troubled production come to light. Not only have we found out that Josh Trank was nearly fired just before filming was about to begin, but there was the reveal that the final act of the movie was re-shot by various […]