For those who have seen my previous fan-cast submission of a Fantastic Four Reboot, you would know I have a new idea in mind of creating a MCU related F4 movie but with a few changes.
For those who haven't seen my fan-cast here you go: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/BigeBigz/news/?a=64927
Anyway, continuing on from that, I will add on here some of the plot ideas I had:
- A new younger cast (with the exception of Ben Grimm and Victor Von Doom).
- Change the origins of certain characters to better fit with a NEW story.
Franklin Storm is a secret SHIELD agent who's profession is a doctor. His mysterious death leads to Johnnys' irresponsible side as he never had a father to teach him right from wrong. Susan is a scientist (like Reed) as she wanted to go into a similar field of work as her late father. There mother was never home a lot as she had to work to take care of herself and the kids, so Susan is more like a mother figure to Johnny.
Reed and Susan work for Victor Von Doom at his company building in NYC. Reed and Susan are partners. Susan looks up to Reeds' intellect, smarts, and mindset as he is a genius. Reed favors Susan and has a crush on her.
Ben Grimm used to work with Reed Richards father as they were both test pilots for NASA. Reed's father died of some sickness when Reed was very young and Ben took over as a father figure to Reed.
Victor Von Doom is older than Reed, Johnny, and Susan, but around the same age as Ben.
Controversy between Reed and Doom plays in because Reed is jealous of Dooms wealth and his popularity among rival companies (Stark Industries and Hammer Tech?). Doom is also jealous of Reeds genius characteristics and how Susan is closer to Reed than himself.
- A more character driven story rather than just an action comic book movie.
- Show the true evolution of the powers rather than just getting them all at once (this can be throughout the movies).
- Instead of going the traditional, 'Dr. Doom is the final battle at the end of the movie', make it something viewers want to see. A Skrull.
- Show Dooms' transition from corrupt to fully evil from this movie to the next movie.
- Skip over Alicia Masters in this movie. I think it would be good to have been feel the true 'tragedy' of what he has come to, and have his journey be shown also. One of the things I didn't like about the old series is how he was mad then met Alicia as soon as his wife screwed him over.
- Connected to the MCU:
Nick Fury is present (in beginning of movie as a young SHIELD agent and end credits scene)
Stark Towers is present
The Avengers themselves aren't in it (possibly referenced to be on a mission in Wakanda?)
Takes place a few months after the Avengers (So people don't question why F4 didn't help)
SHIELD will actually help in a movie this time rather than just be on the sidelines watching
-Reed Richards is not the perfect leader. He has flaws. This will be shown by him truly stepping up as a REAL leader at the end of the movie (In a Captain America type way from the Avengers)
The characters get their powers because of a 'Space Expedition' funded by Victor Von Doom to discover more of the galaxies secrets after the world was introduced to the Chitauri invasion. This expedition leads to the characters getting affected by the cosmic blasts (potentially created by a future Avengers villain? Thanos potentially?)
Those are some KEY plot points I wanted to address before going into a mini-script for the movie. Now I will show you some of the script I wrote (NOTE: This is NOT a full script, this is just various ideas going on, this is no way my final ideas for a final script.)
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A man who appears to be a doctor is working very hard in a high-tech lab and receives a phone call from his children, Susan and Johnny who are wondering when he will be home. The man who is revealed to be Franklin Storm reassures them he will see them soon but gets off the phone in a hurry. The man scattering around runs to an operating table and lifts up the sheet and it appears to be some weird alien creature (which happens to be a Skrull which we would find out later) that seems to be dead. While operating with others on this creature, it starts to mutate and starts causing carnage all over, evidently killing Franklin Storm. Guards with high powered weaponry run into the room to attempt to take out the creature (which escapes) and a young Nick Fury tells them the situation is worse than it appears.
Flash Forward 20+ years:
NYC is somewhat destroyed since the Battle of the Chitauri has been over for 5-6 months. Two men named Reed Richards and Ben Grimm are going to a company building owned by billionaire Victor Von Doom. Reed expresses his fondness of Tony Stark as they stop at Stark Industries as they walk to work.
Victor confronts Reed about the expedition that is going to happen and also talks to Susan and Ben about it. (Susan and Reed are scientists that are there for samples of potential alien life forms or more, while Ben is known as one of the worlds best pilots and hired by Doom. Doom goes along so he sees everything first hand. Johnny 'tags' along. By tag along I mean sneaks onto the ship. This would show his irresponsible and hot headed manner as he thinks this would be a cool adventure. For those who like to nitpick, he would dress up as one of the crew and play along as a 'young intern scientist mentored by the great Reed Richards and Susan Storm'.)
While on the expedition the characters are affected by the cosmic blasts, and with all the mayhem going on a mysterious green creature manages to latch onto the ship and find a way in. When the characters land back on Earth, over time they figure out their bodies which are affected by the cosmic rays are reacting in a weird ways allowing them to do weird yet FANTASTICAL things.
Grimm was exposed more to the cosmic rays (a small meteor possibly hits a small part of the ship which affects a air filter which gives him enough time to get full on exposure before the emergency filters kick in?) he then transformers into the Thing.
Doom, jealous by yet ANOTHER thing Reed has over him, fires him in a jealous rage and Susan also as he realizes he has no chance with her. Reed struggles to find work along with Susan (Johnny being his irresponsible self is doing what he wants to please himself and others while Ben goes through his little side story). The two gather up enough money and support from other companies (Stark Industries and a little boost from SHIELD) to make their own company at the Baxter Building. Their company will be focused on the secrets of cosmic rays and other things as well. This becomes the HQ for the Fantastic Four (at this point they still aren't a team).
Throughout the story they would do heroic deeds and be known to the city as potential heroes. Remember that pesky alien Skrull that snuck its way onto the ship earlier? He's back. This Skrull would be the 'Final Battle' as it realizes the four have powers similar to its kind. With the Skrull causing damage throughout the city, the people of NY start losing faith in the four as they think it is them doing this to the city.
The four engage in a final fight but since they are somewhat of a dysfunctional team, they don't know how to stop this. Here Reed steps up as the leader we all know. As the battle between F4 and the Skrull continue, they realize they might not be powerful enough to stop this creature (Don't nitpick, remember in my plot points I said they evolve more over time and throughout the movies). Here SHIELD comes into play and helps the F4 defeat the Skrull. Reed finally realizing they can help the people of the world with these amazing powers comes to the term that, though they may be SLIGHTLY dysfunctional together, they are a team and he refers to himself as a new leader and to the people of NYC they are....The Fantastic Four.
In a mid-credits scene, Victor Von Doom is angered to see the success of Reed and the others. He gets so angry he manages to spark some sort of electricity field out of his body. We would then see his eyes go intro a menacing pose.
After the end credits, Reed is seen working on a little robot he has named H.E.R.B.I.E. (or even the FantastiCar) While working on this Susan interrupts him and tells him they have a visitor. Johnny and Ben and Reed who are watching and joking with each other while Reed works all look up to see a figure. We don't see the figure from the front, but from the back. All we see is a bald head, a black trenchcoat, and an eyepatch. The screen goes black and all you hear is:
"I would like to talk to you about the Avengers Initiative."
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If you have read it this far, or even skimmed I thank you VERY much. I know some of these ideas may seem lousy or amateur, but I had fun writing it, and I hope you as the reader had fun reading this. Please in the comments below give me feedback on what you liked and didn't like about my script.
Thank you once again!