Fox Cut The THING Divebomb Due To Budget Cuts

Fox Cut The THING Divebomb Due To Budget Cuts

Previous reports on the Josh Trank and 20th Century Fox Fantastic Four fiasco gave intel on the reduction in budget that led to Trank losing three action beats in the film. One, was the Thing divebomb, but what were the other two?

By MarkJulian - Aug 15, 2015 10:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Fantastic Four
Source: EW
Fantastic Four Thing Plane Drop

One of the cooler TV spots for Fox and Josh Trank's Fantastic Four was the Thing, dive-bombing from a stealth fighter-jet into a terrorist camp.  According to Entertainment Weekly, that scene was cut due to the budget reduction by Fox, which slashd the Trank's budget from $150 M USD to $120 M USD.  It has been previously reported that the $30 million dollar budget cut led to Trank being forced to remove three main action beats from the film.  

Scenes that don't make it into the final cut of the film appear in marketing material all the time, but generally speaking, the money shot that you frame your marketing campaign around typically makes it into the film.

Fantastic Four, starring Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Miles Teller and Jamie Bell is currently playing in theaters.  


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MisterSuperior
MisterSuperior - 8/15/2015, 10:32 AM
FOX should have cut the whole film.

Or is it too late to make fun of this shit?
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 8/15/2015, 10:33 AM
We're bleeding this dead horse dry, keep going.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 8/15/2015, 10:35 AM
@AlexanderLykins

LMAO

MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 8/15/2015, 10:36 AM
Someone on the site posted a screenshot awhile ago of someone who was supposedly Trank himself on 4chan claiming that the scene was cut for that exact same reason. I dismissed it as fake because it said that Tim Blake Nelson's character was Harvey Elder when that wasn't the case, but this has me reconsidering. Perhaps he really was supposed to play Harvey Elder, but it was changed in reshoots/rewrites as I suggested.
MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 8/15/2015, 10:38 AM
I guess the FF news is getting rather old at this point. I say we lay off for now until news inevitably comes out that Miles Teller was [frick]ing Trank's wife. C'mon, you know you'd believe it!
Jazzy4
Jazzy4 - 8/15/2015, 10:40 AM
At this rate FF4 won't even match GL domestic weekend gross, let alone Antman one, at the end of its domestic run.

This movie keeps on imploding. From epic financial loss to all the dirty laundry behind the scene, it just keeps on freefalling without parachute !
Superspecialawesomeguy
Superspecialawesomeguy - 8/15/2015, 10:44 AM
Damn fox really wanted to screw this movie up :/
Indy
Indy - 8/15/2015, 10:44 AM
ATrueHero1987
ATrueHero1987 - 8/15/2015, 10:46 AM
Like I said on another article, this movie was in trouble since the reboot was announced back in 2009! Think about it.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 8/15/2015, 10:47 AM
Strap yourselves in, boys. Disney have been pretty show-y with D23 so far this year. Lots of stuff announced and shown yesterday. Hopefully we get the same sort of deal today.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 8/15/2015, 10:48 AM
Marvel is taking the stage at D23 right now! Get ready for announcements!
Floke
Floke - 8/15/2015, 10:49 AM
So Fox is moving along with a sequel, but any word if the cast really wanna get back on that horse again?
Floke
Floke - 8/15/2015, 10:51 AM
And kind of ironic they cut a dive bomb out of this movie...
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 8/15/2015, 10:51 AM
@KurtWagner1225

I'M NOT READY FOR THIS
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/15/2015, 10:54 AM
FEIGE IS TALKING DOC STRANGE FIRST
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 8/15/2015, 10:56 AM
Just the concept art alone sounds [frick]ing awesome!!
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 8/15/2015, 10:57 AM
Civil War time!!!
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 8/15/2015, 10:58 AM
Praying right now. I hope we get some full cast announcements for Strange...
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 8/15/2015, 11:00 AM
Jeezus, they're being quick about it!
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 8/15/2015, 11:01 AM
THEY'RE ABOUT TO SHOW FOOTAGE :D
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 8/15/2015, 11:02 AM
They're dropping footage, the [foo foo]s! RELEASE IT!
AbhiShake
AbhiShake - 8/15/2015, 11:02 AM
FOX really [frick]ed Trank.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 8/15/2015, 11:04 AM
This must be some long ass footage.
AbhiShake
AbhiShake - 8/15/2015, 11:04 AM
@ALegendaryPanda

What footage and who's dropping?
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