It’s no secret that Fantastic Four has been somewhat of a disaster for 20th Century Fox. Director Josh Trank started the blame game with the studio days before its release, some actors haven’t even seen the movie yet (while others are poking fun at its poor box office run), and there is a wild rumour that they’ve already scraped the sequel in favour of Deadpool 2.
Back in January, we sat down with Mark Millar to get his thoughts on the movie (which he served as a creative consultant) and now in an interview with IGN he discusses much of the controversy mentioned above, while also touching upon the future of the franchise.
“It’s a shame because I think elements of it were good,” he said. “Some bits were good. I remember the first half in particular works well. [Josh Trank] is brilliant. Chronicle was my favorite superhero movie in 2012 — and be reminded Avengers was out that year. I really love Chronicle. It’s just a shame sometimes things don’t work out as planned. Nobody goes in hoping it’s not going to work out. Everybody is trying their best and those guys worked their asses off. It didn’t quite come together as well as they hoped, which is a shame.”
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Furthermore, even though Fantastic Four has been a financial failure, Millar does comment that there are still a lot of routes left to venture onto.
“I think everything’s open to discussion,” he adds. “No decision I think has been made on anything yet like that. There’s chats everyone’s going to have on the phone at some point, but the Marvel brand is such a powerful brand. Marvel doesn’t always work out great — Thor 2 didn’t work out especially well, Iron Man 2 didn’t work. But then Iron Man 3 comes along and it’s great. These things can be uneven sometimes. Avengers 2 is nowhere near as good as Avengers 1.”
Earlier this month, Steven Spielberg had some choice words for the superhero genre going “the way of the Western”, something Millar seems to agree with saying, “the human race will go the way of the Western. Everything has to end at some point. [Laughs] We’re just going to be atoms. It’s inevitable. I think [the superhero movie genre has] got at least another good five years. The stuff that’s coming up is so strong.”
Let us know what you make of Millar’s thoughts below.
Originally published September 28, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
