Exclusive: Josh Trank and Simon Kinberg Talk THE FANTASTIC FOUR; Plus First Images From Set; While their take on Fantastic Four is definitely not what some people might be expecting, I welcome it with open arms. The fact is, you can’t continue to make the same superhero movie again and again. You’ve got to expand the scope of what you can do within the genre. That’s one of the reasons why Captain America: The Winter Solider and Guardians of the Galaxy were so great. Not only were they kick-ass movies, but they pushed the genre forward by exploring the far off reaches of space and essentially making a political thriller, respectively. I loved both films and each felt fresh and new. Which brings me to The Fantastic Four. During our almost hour-long conversation, Trank and Kinberg revealed a ton of great information about the project without getting into plot specifics. In a day and age where everything seems to be spoiled before you walk into a theater, I welcome being surprised. I want to experience the twists and turns with fresh eyes. However, while they were guarded about the plot, the two did share a ton of information. Before diving into the full interview, here are a few of the highlights: Trank says they “consciously decided to not release anything official” until now. In terms of plot and story, Trank was guarded but did say, “This is a modern telling of how these four iconic characters came together and came to be.” Trank revealed that renowned composer Philip Glass is scoring the movie with Marco Beltrami. The film recently did a few days of additional photography and it was to film some bits and pieces. Nothing major. They weren’t filming some huge new ending. The original shoot was seventy-two days and they were on-schedule and on-budget. The film is heavily influenced by David Cronenberg and Trank mentioned that Scanners and The Fly were big influences on the look of the film. The film is an origin story and there are influences of what Kirby and Stan were doing in the 60’s all the way up into the present day. fantastic-four-comicsThe Ultimates was also an influence and a lot of the science specifics are there. They told me a lot of the means of transformation they took from the books. Trank’s first cut of the film was around 2 hours and 10 minutes. He said the final film will probably be between 2 hours and 2 hours and 20 minutes. Kinberg says there is an Easter egg in the teaser trailer. They are very influenced by what Marvel has been doing regarding combined universes. Saying that, they admit it’s tricky to combine X-Men and FF because the X-Men films so far don’t acknowledge the Fantastic Four and the Fantastic Four takes place essentially in the same time period as the modern day X-Men movies. Kinberg does confirm that there is a different approach to the Marvel movies at Fox than when they started making Marvel films at the studio. “There is an intent and want to be a part of a larger fabric and tapestry the way Marvel has done so brilliantly.” Source:Collider -XD-
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