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Post by punksnotdead on Feb 20, 2014 1:03:27 GMT -5
Long rumored and speculated, but here we have confirmation: www.imdb.com/news/ni56827873/Reid Richards - Miles Teller Sue Storm - Kate Mara Johnny Storm - Michael B. Jordan Ben Grimm - Jamie Bell Someone mentioned in the comments that they should flip Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell, I tend to agree with that. Jamie Bell is an awesome actor, but I don't know how I feel about him as The Thing. Honestly, I think all 4 of the actors are great, I just don't feel like they fit the part, sans maybe Teller who could end up being pretty "fantastic" for a young RR. Anyway, express your thoughts, opinions, excitement, or overall skepticism.
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Post by Word™ on Feb 20, 2014 1:29:23 GMT -5
Boooo...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2014 1:41:13 GMT -5
Guess I'll have to wait another 10 years for a good Fantastic Four film.
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Post by King Silva on Feb 20, 2014 1:52:42 GMT -5
www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/fox-chooses-fantastic-four-reboot-681868Fox is in the final stages of finding its actors for Fantastic Four. Sources tell THR that the studio is making deals with Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell to star in the project that reboots the Marvel superheroes. Josh Trank is directing. Fantastic Four was the very first comic produced by the Marvel Comics’ 1960s golden age and featured a brilliant scientist, his pilot best friend, his girlfriend and her brother who are turned into heroes Mr. Fantastic, The Thing, Invisible Girl and the Human Torch. They fought aliens and monsters but their arch-foe was Dr. Doom, a onetime roommate of the scientist. Fox has been working furiously on the reboot (slated for release on June 19, 2015), which almost came together with a cast last fall before rewrites delayed it. The project has gone through its fair share of writers but now has a script execs and filmmakers are happy with. That generated a new round of tests and chemistry reads in earlier in February. Jordan, who is playing the Human Torch, has been involved with the project for a while as the studio has on option on the actor due to his starring in the found footage sci-fi hit Chronicle, also directed by Trank. (Jordan’s involvement, first revealed last year, initially rankled comic purists since the character, Johnny Storm, is a blonde-haired white young man but is being reconceived in this version.) Mara won the role of Sue Storm aka Invisible Girl via a round of screentests previously reported by THR. The come-from-behind actor here is Bell, who emerged as the choice for the role of Ben Grimm, aka the forceful rockman named The Thing after initial tests failed to produce a candidate execs could agree on. Teller, meanwhile, would play Reed Richards, aka the stretchable Mr. Fantastic, but that’s if scheduling issues can be worked out. Teller is coming off starring in the Sundance hit Whiplash but even before then was emerging as an in-demand actor. The John Belushi biopic which is due to shoot this spring is one of the projects vying for his attention. This is Fox’s second round of making a Fantastic Four franchise. The first round, which consisted of two movies, released in 2005 and 2007, and saw Ioan Gruffudd play Richards, Jessica Alba as Sue Storm/Invisible Girl, Chris Evans as the Johnny Storm and Michael Chiklis as Grimm. The new cast may not be household names or A-listers but in terms of a next gen "best of" class it can’t be beat. Teller is on the rise and fielding multiple offers, Jordan is nominated for an Indie Spirit for his acclaimed work in Fruitvale Station, and Mara has cachet due to co-starring in House of Cards. Brit thespian Bell is one of the stars of Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac. -------------------------- I don't really care for this cast. Best of luck to them though.
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Post by Word™ on Feb 20, 2014 2:07:21 GMT -5
I like Michael B Jordan.. I enjoy Miles Teller.. But this cast.
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Post by Chris Hammers on Feb 20, 2014 8:54:52 GMT -5
Didn't care for the original two films, but the guy that played Ben in them was perfect for the role.
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Post by Brad on Feb 20, 2014 9:26:12 GMT -5
The only one I know anything about is Kate Mara. Won't judge it til I see the film though.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2014 9:27:55 GMT -5
Ugh. I have no desire to see this. In general the cast is awful (besides Jamie Bell) but I especially hate what they've done to Johnny, so they've completely changed his origins now? I'm guessing Sue won't even be his sister? So that's going to throw of the entire dynamic of the team.
I don't want a black Johnny anymore than I want a white Luke Cage, a fat Captain America or an Indian Wolverine. The characters all have decades of background stories and to make a casting move like this just totally craps on everything the character was.
I won't even watch the trailer to this crap.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2014 10:01:23 GMT -5
Well, this is gonna suck.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2014 10:20:42 GMT -5
sorry not interested.
If they HAD to cast Johnny with a black actor then Sue should have been changed as well so they could use one of the great young black actress's out there.
but my biggest fear revolves around Johnnys past.......is he now gonna be adopted/foster brother?if so then I genuinely fear he will be "from the wrong side of the tracks" or some other stereotype crap we have seen a million times before.
I think Jordan is a GREAT actor.....but he should have stayed away from this. Same as Kate Mara.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Feb 20, 2014 17:15:28 GMT -5
How would Michael B. Jordan be Kate Mara's brother though.
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Post by T R W on Feb 20, 2014 17:19:41 GMT -5
This might actually be worse than the other two. Hell might be worse than the Corman version.
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Post by punksnotdead on Feb 20, 2014 17:26:48 GMT -5
How would Michael B. Jordan be Kate Mara's brother though. Adoption. Maybe they will be half brother and sister.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2014 17:29:43 GMT -5
Probably the best attempt at FF there's been yet.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2014 19:05:07 GMT -5
Kate Mara, yum.
This casting, eww.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2014 20:14:03 GMT -5
Now instead of saying "Flame on!" Human Torch'll be saying "Blaze it!"
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Post by ztj_wwf on Feb 20, 2014 20:46:32 GMT -5
I hope no one takes this the wrong way, but why do these people in Hollywood feel the need to cast black people as white characters? Is it to make them feel good about themselves? Obviously there's nothing wrong with casting an african-american actor in your movie, but why as a character that was created as a white person? I don't understand.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Feb 20, 2014 22:54:44 GMT -5
Now instead of saying "Flame on!" Human Torch'll be saying "Blaze it!"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2014 3:07:49 GMT -5
How would Michael B. Jordan be Kate Mara's brother though. Adoption. Maybe they will be half brother and sister. Adoption/Fostering is my guess too. Which IMO will inevitably lead to why Johnny is such a bad boy......not because he is an arrogant little f8cker like the comics but more likely because he comes from a disadvantaged background or some other tired racial stereotype that we have seen a million times already. This is actually my biggest fear.....Johnny is a cocky twerp in the comics because he is a hotshot pilot etc etc.....who knows if Trank will even have Johnny as a pilot? Also heres one additional thing to worry about...... Trank heavily denounced some of these casting rumors as lies on Twitter not too long ago in a rant. He also denounced the rumors of Fox & Himself wanting a gender change for Doom as lies in a rant...... brace yourselves because the worst news may not have hit yet. but as people who are defending this project say: "hey at least he is trying something different"
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Post by Word™ on Feb 21, 2014 3:42:35 GMT -5
Trank's twitter rant was almost as embarrassing as this casting announcement.. Seriously, Trank was crying like a little ing girl.
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