Fantastic Four

Trivia: The film had a notorious production, with many rumors swirling throughout. Amongst the (alleged) things to occur during filming were: a last-minute budget cut that meant most of the major action-scenes had to be removed and the film had to be restructured; director Josh Trank becoming so disillusioned with filming that he showed up on set noticeably drunk on several occasions; and massive reshoots having to be done to rework the entire film after disastrous feedback from producers and executives.

Trivia: This reboot was given the green light due to the somewhat disappointing box-office numbers of the previous two "Fantastic Four" films. A reboot was considered "less risky" financially. Sadly and quite ironically, this film earned even less than those two films, bringing in roughly $100 million less worldwide than the prior film and nearly $200 million less than the first.

Trivia: Victor's surname of Von Doom was originally changed to Domashev, as the filmmakers didn't think Von Doom was a believable surname, even though it does exist in the real world. It was changed back to Von Doom after fan backlash.

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Trivia: Director Josh Trank fought for Miles Teller to get cast as Mr. Fantastic. The studio finally caved in and allowed Trank to cast Teller, but the two reportedly didn't get along very well on-set, even reportedly getting into a fistfight on one occasion. It has also been speculated that the tumultuous production of this film and its failure at the box office got Teller dropped from the film "La La Land," which he was originally attached to star in.

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Trivia: The flying car mentioned in Reed's class is a reference to the one used by the F4 in the comics and in the cartoons.

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Trivia: Marvel wanted nothing to do with the film and didn't even mention it on their website. In fact, they stopped their Fantastic Four comics shortly before the film was released.

Trivia: An early draft of the script was much larger in scope and more light-hearted in tone, and featured numerous characters including Dr. Doom, Mole Man and a cameo by Galactus to set him up as a potential future villain. The film had to be scaled back due to budgetary restrictions. Director Josh Trank then decided to approach the film from a newer angle to set it apart, by going for a more Cronenberg-esque body-horror movie crossed with a superhero film. But much of the film was altered in reshoots after filming ended to make it feel more like a standard comic-book movie.

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Continuity mistake: Sue's hairstyle, as well as the texture and length of her hair, and the color, changes from scene to scene, and even at times from shot to shot. This was due to movie re-shoots.

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Dr. Franklin Storm: Victor, stop! We are not gods, just people. And we are stronger together than we are apart.

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Question: I suppose this is more a request for an educated guess than anything. Why can't anyone seem to produce a working Fantastic 4 movie franchise? The first two movies and the first reboot were awful, simply put, and the poor box office returns made future sequels or reboots even less likely. Why can no one seem to get a grip on what makes Fantastic 4 tick?

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Chosen answer: In a nutshell, 20th Century Fox and the people that worked on the respective films simply don't understand the comics and why fans like the source material. It's also worth noting that the 2015 film was made so that Fox could retain the rights, as they would have gone back to Marvel had they not begun production on it by a certain date in 2014. They weren't exactly making the film with the intention of it being great, rather as a rights grab and a money grab, though the film ended up being a major box office flop, so the latter didn't exactly pan out in their favor. There are many fans that would like to see the rights to Fantastic 4 revert back to Marvel Studios, as they would more than likely do the films justice.

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