Josh Trank, the director of Fantastic Four, has taken Martin Scorsese’s side in the Marvel debate. Martin Scorsese’s Marvel comments continue to cause debate among film fans and now director Josh Trank has entered the conversation. Trank has been in the news recently for a harsh but honest review of his disappointing Fantastic Four movie. It […]
It’s time to #ReleaseTheTrankCut of Fantastic Four
Anghus Houvouras with a call to #ReleaseTheTrankCut… In 2017 Justice League was released into theaters. ‘Released’ like a synthetic virus engineered to numb your senses and lull you into a state of catatonia. Ever since Joss Whedon took a dull hatchet to Zack Snyder’s original gonzo vision for Justice League, fans have been clamoring to […]
Fantastic Four director Josh Trank reviews his own movie on Letterboxd (and gives it 2 stars)
Having taken the somewhat surprising approach to promoting the movie by publicly disowning it on social media on the eve of its release back in 2015, director Josh Trank has now revisited 20th Century Fox’s failed superhero reboot Fantastic Four for the first time since its completion – and not only that, but he’s also […]
Fantastic Four will NOT be released in 3D at the request of Josh Trank
Some eagle eyed viewers have noticed that all mention of 3D screenings of Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four have been removed from marketing materials. The chaps over at Final Reel reached out to 20th Century Fox, and found out that Trank himself asked for the movie to be released in 2D only. “I want the viewing […]
Josh Trank confirms 2019 release date for Tom Hardy-led Fonzo
Josh Trank, the director of Fantastic Four, has confirmed a 2019 release date for his new film Fonzo – an Al Capone biopic starring Tom Hardy. A film director’s career isn’t always a smooth series of events. Josh Trank has had a tough time of it lately, with his Fantastic Four movie not impressing pretty […]
First image of Tom Hardy as Al Capone in Fonzo
Director Josh Trank has taken to Twitter to share the first official image from the upcoming crime biopic Fonzo featuring Tom Hardy as the infamous mobster Al Capone; take a look here… Fonzo sees Hardy starring as a 47-year-old Capone who, with dementia rotting his mind, finds himself haunted by harrowing memories of his violent and brutal […]
In (partial) defence of Fantastic Four
One year after the release of the universally castigated superhero movie, Sean Wilson pops the question: is it really THAT bad? Amidst a disappointing 2016 blockbuster movie season I’m struggling to identify any genuine underdog movies, ones that received their fare share of critical bile but which I actually liked. (Case in point: Suicide Squad, […]
Toby Kebbell says Josh Trank’s original cut of Fantastic Four was great and admits that he doesn’t really play Doom in the movie
It’s been nearly a year since the catastrophe that was Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four and we’re still learning more about it. When the director officially denounced the movie via Twitter, he noted that he had a “great” version of the movie which “you’ll never see”, and now one of its stars has backed that up. […]
Tom Hardy to play Al Capone in Josh Trank’s Fonzo
Josh Trank is looking to put last year’s disastrous Fantastic Four reboot behind him and has tapped Tom Hardy to star as infamous mobster Al Capone in his new film Fonzo, Deadline is reporting. Written and directed by Trank, Fonzo “centers on Alfonse Capone, the ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the Unhelpful Rumour Machine
Tony Black on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the unhelpful rumour machine… We may be living in the age of the geek, but when you examine all the rumour around Rogue One: A Star Wars Story this week, you can’t help but wonder if that Birth. Movies. Death article doing the rounds about ‘broken […]
