VIDEO: Josh Trank & Simon Kinberg Offer Commentary For THE FANTASTIC FOUR Teaser Trailer
Including a new banner image, check out this featurette in which The Fantastic Four director Josh Trank and producer Simon Kinberg break down "viral-ready" frames from the recent first trailer and more!
Hot on the heels of The Fantastic Four's long-awaited teaser trailer debut, director Josh Trank and producer Simon Kinberg have offered video commentary in a featurette via Yahoo Movies, where they discuss key frames among other things. In addition, the two filmmakers also talked with Empire about visual effects, rumors of the superheroes' codenames not being used, and the reason for the delayed release date. Watch the video below, then check out additional info further down.
“We live in a time where there’s a required instant gratification from audiences,” Josh Trank told Empire of The Fantastic Four trailer teasing the tone, but holding back plot details. “That’s a fun challenge in terms of putting together this teaser, picking and choosing how much you’re actually giving away.” Simon Kinberg adds that “What we’re doing is quite different, and we want people to get a sense of it. There is a mystery, and the slow immersion into that is part of the experience of what will ultimately be the movie. We wanted it to feel different and represent what’s unique about the film. It has a little more restraint, maybe, than some other trailers these days.” About rumors that Marvel's First Family won't be identified as their comic book codename, both Trank and Kinberg remained tight-lipped. “We want some of that to be a surprise,” said the producer. “It is in many ways an origin story, but it’s also about how they react to this transformation, and the ways the world does or doesn’t react to them, which is different, I would say, than all other superhero films.” It was previously revealed that the reboot draws a lot of inspiration from the Ultimate Fantastic Four comics, but Kinbeg confirms “our characters go to another dimension.” He continued, “It was something we discussed from our earliest conversations.” Trank chimes in, “You can’t have the word ‘fantasy’ or ‘fantastical’ without a contrast. It has to stem from a grounded experience. You can’t have bad without good, you can’t have right without wrong, you can’t have fantastic without mundane. You need to experience all that to really earn the title of the film, ‘Fantastic Four’.” About the film's initial release date getting pushed back a few months, the duo reveal the reason for it was solely Trank's desire for secrecy, as well as the visual effects. “We wanted the visual effects to be as complete as possible,” says Kinberg. “We know this movie is going to have a little more scrutiny than most, and we wanted to make sure the visuals represented what Josh really pictured for the film. Creating a fully CGI Thing is no easy task!”
Directed by Josh Trank, The Fantastic Four stars Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, and Jamie Bell with Reg E. Cathey, and the film is scheduled for release on August 7, 2015.