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Fantastic Four earns lowest ever CinemaScore for a studio superhero movie

August 10, 2015 by Luke Owen

The bad news just keeps rolling in for Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four. The film has had terrible reviews (read ours here and here), it’s director has shamed the movie publicly, Fox have pointed the finger of blame at him (and apparently locked him out of editing the film), it’s bombed at the box office and […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: CinemaScore, fantastic four, Josh Trank

Details on a deleted action sequence from Fantastic Four featuring The Thing

August 18, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

It’s safe to say that 20th Century Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four is the summer’s highest profile casualty. Dying a horrible death across the globe at the box office, early word before the film was released was that it was a production that was filled with problems, many of which may well be true given […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: fantastic four, Jamie Bell, Josh Trank, The Thing

Josh Trank promises “multipower slugfest” with Fantastic Four, new TV spot released

July 6, 2015 by Gary Collinson

With Comic-Con just around the corner, Entertainment Weekly has been working overtime to preview some of the big films set to be showcased in San Diego this week, and now the site has caught up with director Josh Trank, who spoke briefly about his upcoming superhero reboot Fantastic Four. “Chronicle was all about the discovery […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: fantastic four, Josh Trank, Marvel

Thoughts on the The Fantastic Four trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

January 29, 2015 by Gary Collinson

The Flickering Myth staff react… Well, it’s finally here. Despite some theories that this was going to be another Roger Corman attempt to keep hold of the franchise rights and nothing else, it seems as though Josh Trank’s The Fantastic Four (or is that Fant4stic?) is very real. So, what did the writing and editorial […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Flickering Myth Reaction, Luke Owen, Movies Tagged With: fantastic four, Flickering Myth Reaction, Josh Trank, Marvel, The Fantastic Four

Josh Trank and Simon Kinberg discuss The Fantastic Four trailer, video commentary released

January 27, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Earlier today 20th Century Fox released the first trailer for Josh Trank’s reboot of The Fantastic Four (which you can view here), and this afternoon both Trank and writer Simon Kinberg have been speaking exclusively to Empire about the trailer’s debut. “We live in a time where there’s a required instant gratification from audiences,” says […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: Josh Trank, Marvel, Simon Kinberg, The Fantastic Four

All-female Chronicle sequel in the works at 20th Century Studios

August 9, 2021 by Matt Rodgers

Josh Trank’s low-budget found-footage sci-fi flick Chronicle grossed $126M at the worldwide box-office back in 2012, and now producer John Davis has confirmed that they’re in the process of developing a female-fronted sequel. Chronicle was the tale of three high school friends – played by Michael B. Jordan, Dane DeHaan, and Alex Russell – who […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Chronicle, Chronicle 2, Dane DeHaan, John Davis, Josh Trank, Michael B. Jordan

Movie Review – Capone (2020)

April 11, 2020 by Robert Kojder

Capone, 2020 Written and Directed by Josh Trank Starring Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Kyle MacLachlan, Kathrine Narducci, Jack Lowden, Noel Fisher, Tilda Del Toro, Al Sapienza, Mason Guccione, Jhemma Ziegler, and Wayne Pére SYNOPSIS: The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Al Sapienza, capone, Jack Lowden, Jhemma Ziegler, Josh Trank, Kathrine Narducci, Kyle MacLachlan, Linda Cardellini, Mason Guccione, Matt Dillon, Noel Fisher, Tilda Del Toro, Tom Hardy, Wayne Pére

Josh Trank is “very happy” with the divisive reactions to Capone

June 14, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Five years on from the catastrophe of Fantastic Four, filmmaker Josh Trank finally made his return last month with the release of Capone, his Tom Hardy-headlined biopic of the notorious mobster Al Capone. The film is certainly no conventional biopic and gets pretty bizarreat times, something which has split both critics and audiences alike. However, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: capone, Josh Trank

Josh Trank received “heavy pushback” for wanting to cast a black actress as Sue Storm in Fantastic Four

June 6, 2020 by EJ Moreno

For those who don’t remember, 2015’s Fantastic Four saw major controversy before its release when the announcement of Michael B. Jordan’s casting as Johnny Storm was revealed. At the time, there was some in the online trolling community who found this upsetting as the Human Torch is portrayed as a white character in the comics. […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: fantastic four, Josh Trank, Kate Mara, Marvel, Michael B. Jordan

Josh Trank says he felt “castrated” during Fantastic Four’s enforced reshoots

May 13, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Some five years on from the disastrous release of 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot, Chronicle helmer Josh Trank returns this week with his third movie, the Tom Hardy-headlined Al Capone biopic Capone. During the press tour for Capone, Trank has been chatting about a couple of his unrealised projects in his R-rated Venom pitch […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: fantastic four, Josh Trank, Marvel

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