'FANTASTIC FOUR IN THE NEGATIVE ZONE' - Spec Script 1st Draft

PROLOGUE: “The discovery of an infinite multiverse gave us access to an inhabitable dimension parallel to our own (called the N-Zone) that has revolutionized all space programs, as well as the trucking, postal service, and waste management industries by using the Negative Zone to, quite literally, take shortcuts through the earth. The main antagonists to the construction of a trans-dimensional superhighway are an indigenous species of flying insects called Arthosians, a savage yet intelligent group of hive-minded spacefarring lifeforms. The Gideon Trust mining operation suffered an influx of astronaut fatalities when the alien swarm synchornized an assualt on their station, and humanity's prospects for subspace exploration weren't reopened again until the world's top-ranking scientists assembled a group called Future Foundation to assume control of the Zone.”

The Fantastic Four Prologue: First Draft by NELLOGISTICS

PLOT SYNOPSIS: "Fantastic Four in the Negative Zone' follows two airmen, brilliant military scientist Dr. Richards and ace test pilot Ben Grimm, recruited by Central City's aerospace division to clear some debris out of N-Zone trade routes. As the astronaut equivelant of two garbage men, Ben and Reed make a discovery that threatens the entire Air Force operation; a large colony of alien insects are burrowing hive structures into humankind's asteroid-size trash piles left floating in subspace. Before seeing the job through to its end, Reed is asked to join 'Future Foundation' a Manhattan-based think tank where he reunites with his old mentor Frank Storm, fraternizes with Sue and Jon Storm who've grown up since they last met, and forms a rivalry with Storm's new apprentice Viktor von Doom. Their conflict is put aside when Viktor discloses to Reed that an explorer named Harvey Elder is keeping an interdimensional warlord called 'Annihilus' in a cave on Monster Island.

"REED NATHANIEL RICHARDS a former child prodigy with special aptitude in mathematics, physics, and mechanics, he had enrolled in college by the age of 14, having attended such prestigious universities as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Columbia University, and the fictional Empire State University. By the age of 20, he already had several masters degrees in the sciences under his belt. Reed is depicted as one of (if not the) most intelligent character in the Marvel Universe; an inspired machine-smith and a visionary theoretician, he has made breakthroughs in such varied fields as space travel, time travel, extra-dimensional travel, biochemistry, robotics, computers, synthetic polymers, communications, mutations, transportation, holography, energy generation, and spectral analysis. Although Reed's expertise is mainly in physics he also has Ph.D.s in Mathematics, Engineering and holds multiple doctorate level degrees in theoretical and applied physics fields; most of his patented inventions are so invaluable that he's able to bankroll the FF without any undue financial stress."

BENJAMIN JACOB GRIMM: was born and raised on Yancy Street in NYC's Lower East Side to a Jewish family, an early life of poverty and hardship shaped him into a tough, streetwise scrapper. As a high school student Ben excelled in football and received a full scholarship to Empire State University, there he would first meet his eventual lifelong friend in a teenaged genius named Reed Richards, as well as their future enemy Victor von Doom. Despite coming from radically different backgrounds, science student Richards and star linebacker Grimm conducted plans to build a spacecraft that could explore the regions of space around Mars, Grimm jokingly agreed to fly the theoretical spacecraft when the day comes. Upon graduating from ESU Ben went into the Air Force and soon became a highly skilled test-pilot, astronaut, and fighter pilot. On the day that Grimm left the military, his old friend Reed came to remind him of the promise he made to pilot the experimental starship and he reluctantly obliged to lead a team of four on an interstellar journey that would seal his fate and their's forever.