Comments on: Fox Hires Akiva Goldsman To Reboot ‘Fantastic Four’

By: gabetoro

gabetoro — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:47:27 +0000

Fox has no clue about developing franchises and striking while the iron is hot, which is what allowed Bryan Singer to jump to Superman when he'd been campaigning for X3 for awhile. Fact is, Fantastic Four could feasibly last five or six movies since they are probably in the top five of comic properties that have enough classic stories for a long-lasting franchise, and there's no reason a nobody like Chris Evans could turn them down. Reboot sounds like they'd be going cheaper, with a cheaper cast, and I didn't think they could go cheaper than Ioan Gruffaud.

I would see the shit out of "Silver Surfer vs. Daredevil" though.

By: Cde.

Cde. — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:09:17 +0000

Make that 2011 for Fantastic Four, which explains why this is going into production so quickly.

Sony have a similar agreement on Spider-Man, which is why they're developing 5 and 6 already.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:04:19 +0000

It's true, there's an argument to be made that none of these films are moving fwd at all, but are simply being put "into development" so Fox can retain the rights.

By: Cde.

Cde. — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:01:27 +0000

The 'perpetual' licenses Fox has for X-Men, Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer and Daredevil expire if they don't release a film featuring those characters every three to four years. If Fox don't have new X-Men and Fantastic Four movies out by 2013, they lose those properties to Disney.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:15:54 +0000

It's totally indefensible and lame, but it's the model these days with chicken shit Hollywood. Keep developing the same projects that make heaps of money. Seems to be only getting worse.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:06:29 +0000

Carson, I came here to express the same outrage, but you said it best. Can't we at least get a decade??

By: Carson Reeves

Carson Reeves — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:39:02 +0000

This "reboot" thing is killing me. It used to be that when nobody liked a franchise anymore, it took 10-15 years before they could bring it back. Now with a single word: "Reboot" – it's given them license to continue dead franchises less than a year after they're done. I can't fathom how this became acceptable in our culture.