Fantastic Four Writer Says Fox Is ‘Figuring Out’ A Sequel
Are these people mad? It appears that way. Days after the Fantastic Four reboot opened in theaters to terrible reviews and financial disappointment, we posed the question of what happens next with the franchise, and specifically what happens to the Fantastic Four 2 release date Twentieth Century Fox was a little too ambitious in setting for 2017. Fox couldn’t really be aiming to finance a big budget sequel to a film that lost money and respect from fans, right? Fox’s president of domestic distribution Chris Aronson was quick to say the studio very much cares about the Fantastic Four characters and wouldn’t be giving up on them much to the dismay of some vocal fans who may have long-desired to see them under the control of Marvel Studios. The writer and producer of Fantastic Four, Simon Kinberg, says he already has his mind set on the sequel. But… why? Speaking with MTV while making an appearance at Toronto International Film Festival, Kinberg, who also wrote X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and X-Men: Apocalypse (and produced the latter two alongside X-Men: First Class), said “I’m really focused on the next one,” explaining that he’s not yet had time to reflect on the reality of Fantastic Four’s failure and all the controversy surrounding it. “I was obviously disappointed. I was most disappointed that fans didn’t like it. I care more about them than I do anyone else. But I haven’t done a full deep dive on it. Do I think it was unfairly treated? I don’t know.” “I’ve been on plenty of happy movies that don’t turn out to be very good movies, I’ve been on a lot of unhappy, difficult sets that turn out to be great movies. There was a lot of attention on the process of making that movie. It’s hard, when you’re making a movie, movies are hard to make. It’s just the reality.” “Every time you make a movie, you want to make a great movie. It’s a ton of time and effort you put in. We made that movie in the sweltering heat of summer in Baton Rouge and I was there every day of photography. You’re waking up every morning being like, I want to go make a great movie. It was an opportunity to do that. I do believe there is a great Fantastic Four movie that we’ve made with that cast. So I’m gonna figure out what that is.” Does that mean Fantastic Four 2 is still happening? “We’re figuring out what that movie would be. I’d like that to happen.” Movies are absolutely difficult to make, New Orleans can certainly have hot weather, and Simon Kinberg – alongside director Josh Trank and many others – was largely responsible for this this movie. Kinberg is in a position where he’s the overseer of sorts for Twentieth Century Fox’s own Marvel Cinematic Universe, after having signed a multi-year deal to help produce and develop stories that span multiple movies, potentially even crossovers between Fantastic Four and the X-Men. |
Comments
|