Intriguing. I thought Chiklis and Evans were the only good things about the FF movies to be frank. I welcome a reboot, but we don’t really need another origin story. Just start off the film assuming the audience knows how the FF got their powers; maybe an origin-filler via the credits a la The Incredible Hulk.

As for villains…probably Namour would be the best bet! But they really need to redeem the craptastic Dr. Doom from the first two films. MacMahon was decent but the script given for him was terrible! He wasn’t even scarred in FF2! And where’d all the rivalry between Mr. Fantastic and Doom go?!

RADIATE!

I thought that I read that Akiva Goldsman was only producing this film while Michael Green, a writer on “Heroes”, would be writing the script. I don’t see how getting a crappier writer to reboot your franchise would be a good idea.

II also thought Chiklis and Evans were awesome and can’t imagine anyone else in those roles. Grufudd was good. McMahon was awful. Alba was alright but I’d really like to see Julia Stiles in that role!

@James Bond

He is also one of the minds behind I Am Legend, Hancock and The DaVinci Code among others – all of these movie made serious business at the box office. Of course he’s getting hired.

Sure just keep rebooting every movie, not like people out there dont know their damn origins. Im sure there is plenty of stories to be told other then origin of characters.

I saw this coming a mile away.

He may well be a good writer but the past has shown that he just doesn’t get comic books.

Now that Disney has acquired Marvel, any entertainment company (like Fox and Sony) will keep doing what they have to do to keep the rights from reverting back to Disney/Marvel.

I liked aspects of the FF movies but they also got soo much of wrong. Evans as the Torch was great. I thought the Surfer looked great and had that noble characteristic. BUT they royally screwed up Doom and I think the Thing should have been CGI.

As for new villains? Save and re-boot Dr. Doom later. Start off with Mole Man and the monsters invading NYC or Namor (good way to get him into his own spin-off) or even Annihilus.

I think it’s crap that they’re rebooting it. Why? I thought the first two were really good. Yes, Doom was kind of sucky but hey, life goes on and you get other villains for new movies.

I admit the Hulk reboot was just needed and welcomed. There was nothing wrong with FF though.

Fred Chamberlain Says:
“I am becoming concerned with the number of films that are getting the “reboot” treatment”. Film audiences aren’t as fickle and forgiving as comic readers.”

Incredible Hulk, Star Trek, BATMAN!!

…Just sayin’…

I just hope they make it goo…watchable.

I seriously hope Sue Storm is older not buying into Jessica Alba as a doe eyed scientist

Sorry to disagree, but I thought the FF films were a real pleasure. I have a hard time believing the were made in the first place! My favorite aspects of them was how perfectly the love and rivalry among the main characters was captured, and how well all their quirks were dealt with. Sure, there’s some dorky stuff, and I’m as bummed about the changes in Doom’s origin/character/powers/accent (would LOVE to see some alchemy) as anyone. (His presence in the second film reminded me of the first group of Batman films’ insistence on bringing along every villain introduced, requiring larger and larger movie posters.) I love the celebrity aspect. Johnny’s speech to the crowd about respecting the privacy of the wedding, then laughing and saying “Just kidding!” was priceless to me. I’d love to see the films continued with these characters, and their quirks explored further.

I think we’re lucky to have an actor of Gruffudd’s caliber in such a beloved role. ‘Nuff said.

Don’t forget — Sue Storm is well established as the most beautiful woman in the Marvel Universe, and it’s hard to take your eyes off of Jessica Alba while she’s on the screen. And, almost in contrast to that, I think she did a terrific job in the second film of portraying some very normal worries in the face of extraordinary circumstances.

I can’t imagine a better Johnny Storm than Chris Evans.

Michael Chiklis suffers very, very well. Normally I’ll take puppets over CGI any day (I find CGI Yodas and Jabbas unwatchable by comparison to the warmth of the puppets in the original Star Wars films), but I must agree with an earlier post that more CGI seems called for in The Thing. I might regret it, though; maybe I’m looking too much for the comic book guy. I just know I’m watching a guy in a suit. Still, what a great character. Your heart breaks when he tries to pick up the ring from the ground.

I say lose Doom, and keep going in the present direction! To the Blue Area of the Moon!

i think Goldsman’s an awful hack of a writer, but if he’s only producing and Green is writing, then i’m on board. really, i’d just recast Sue and Doom, find a better director and we’re set!

It can literally go either way with Akiva Goldsman. It’s either hack work like Batman & Robin or Lost in Space or you get Time To Kill or Cinderella man.. He even won an Oscar for writing Beautiful Mind for Ron Howard.

So, if another studio has the rights to a “franchise” like FF or X-men, what does that imply about which other characters from the Marvel Universe they can use? Does Fox automatically have rights to Namor? The Inhumans? Can they bring in other heroes to guest star? If not, what determines which characters they’re allowed to use?

I’m pretty sure everyone who was involved in the movies would be willing to come back. None of their careers took off in the way they thought the franchise would, particularly Julian MacMahon, who clearly wanted a Clooney-esque leap to Hollywood.

That being said, it’s hard to cast a better Ben Grimm than Michael Chiklis. Evans was great as Johnny but didn’t have good material to work with. I think Alba COULD be a good Sue, but just like Johnny, the lackluster family angle kinda sank her potential. Remember people: Sue is supposed to be young. Not as young as Johnny, but she met Reed when she was very, very young. And yes, they need to get an old(er) fart to play Reed.

I think the villain should be…DOOM! Why not? I like Namor, but for a reboot, you gotta keep true to the roots. Go with Doom, and throw in something different: like the Negative Zone, or the Skrulls or Franklin.

For God’s sake…let JMS write it.

I can also see Michelle Pfeifer as Susan Storm. Zac Efron as Johnny?

With an older cast, Franklin has to be introduced as at least 4 1/2 with the relaunch.

1. unknown actors
2. namor or inhumans
3. skip origin, use opening credit sequence a la hulk/wolverine
4. ONE VILLAIN, dont “spidey 3″ it
5. use real-world theoretical science like reed is famous for
6. have sue be an actual blonde
7. half the amount of comedy relief that you think you need
8. less “costume” look and more “tactical gear” look

…and this movie will be great.

Another reboot??? Why is it that every time a movie series goes stale, they decide to reboot rather than continue the story. The Fantastic Four movies were great examples and as true as they can be of that book coming to life. Having a chance to reboot a series is an unoriginal scheme to redo something if it doesn’t go well, which leave directors and scriptwriters no accountability or determination to get it right the first time. Plus the disruption of movie continuity goes down the drain. Acknowledge the original movies, and move forward with the story line. A sequel can be done well by fixing the mistakes of the previous ones without restarting everything. Hollywood needs to stop rebooting everything!!!! It has become the most famous word around the entertainment industry lately.

Namor is being made as a feature film by Marvel Studios. Doubt they will agree to him being the villain in the next crappy Fox superhero movie.

Forget Brad Bird and his Ayn Randian sympathies — hire Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer for the job.

From: The Horrible Truth about Super-Science,
An interview with Jackson Publick of The Venture Brothers

http://www.reason.com/news/show/119655.html

“..Reason: What’s a more sincere treatment of the Fantastic Four – your sociopathic and screwed-up version, or the 2005 movie version?

JP: Before that movie came out, I thought the best way to do a Fantastic Four movie would be to go full on, Peyton Reed Down With Love with it. Make it take place unapologetically in 1962, us this slick over-designed world as the setting, and make it a comedy. Because those characters are ridiculous. You’re never going to get a guy who stretches to be anything but wicked funny. It’s a little hard for me to feel the supposed gravity of those situations they get into with a guy named Dr. Doom, for Christ’s sake! I go back and forth between thinking whether or not comedy is brave or cowardice in terms of an approach to subject. I guess it depends on what you do with it. Certainly Dr. Strangelove was a form of comedic bravery…”