Tim Story's Fantastic Four has been released in 2005, and one decade later we would see Josh Trank's Fantastic Four hit the big screen. It feels like so long ago that this was made, mostly because of how movies has been changing over the past few years. Tim Story got to talk with Screen Crush about his Fantastic Four movie, and the 2007 sequel for that matter. He was asked if he felt old seeing as how it has finally become time to reboot his movies. "Well, it’s weird. It kind of makes you feel old! It’s like, “Gosh, how old am I?” But it is the world we’re in. And it’s going to happen when I’m 80 and it will be the fifth installment of the ‘Fantastic Four’ reboot. Look, it’s what the business has become. I really enjoy the movies that are done well, so I’m definitely not going to go against any of it. What’s great about it is being a fan of movies; I’ve always been it. And it’s fun to watch these, especially when they work." His Fantastic Four movies weren't exactly masterpieces, but they did receive some solid reviews at the time of its release. However, one of the things that was hated about the sequel since it was first created was the fact that one of the most powerful Marvel villains, Galactus, was turned into a cloud. He was asked to talk about the character, saying they were just nervous to do him right. "Yeah. I must admit, I think at the time there was a little bit of a fear of going all of the way with that. Because it’s hard to completely grab the concept. You know, if you know about Galactus, you know how powerful he is and how big or small he could be. And the fact that he does travel in a spaceship and so forth and so on. That’s a very big concept to kind of digest. And I think at the time we made the movie, I think the studio also had a little fear of what that was going to be. I think to a certain degree, we shied away from it because of that. But, I think in today’s world now, especially with them looking to do things like Ultron."
He also talked quite a bit about the way the tone of comic book movies are beginning to become a lot more serious since he made his, which is of course starting to become noticeable lately. "Look, I don’t want to say only the fanboys, but I’d say the normal audience has just gotten into more serious tone," he said. "I don’t want to say “darker,” because that doesn’t seem right. But, just a little more straightforward. And I don’t know if that’s come from the videos that kids are playing now or whether it comes from what I consider to be a great medium now, television. It just has a lot of darker stuff. I don’t know where it really comes from, but the tone has gotten a lot edgier and kind of straightforward. It’s going to be interesting just to see, when you think of some of the few superhero movies that may garner a different tone, like an ‘Ant-Man’ or even with rebooting ‘Fantastic Four.’ It’s going to be interesting to see if there’s room for that. I just like laughing and when it can make you kind of smile, it just makes the characters a little more accessible. We’ll see what happens." Since things have changed so much between 2007 and now, he was asked if he would have prefer ed making the Fantastic Four now, when it's a regular thing to have the tone be really serious. "Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Because the Silver Surfer, if you know his origin, it’s very alien. It’s outer space. It’s a whole other thing and, so, I don’t think at the time I was making the movie the appetite was for that. I really don’t believe I could have gone that far then. I don’t believe I could have. So, when you look at where the audiences are now, it would be fun to bring that to the screen. The excitement is so big for the filmmaker, whether it’s this group or what — to bring that to the screen, yes, to answer your question, it would have been really fun to do it in this day now. It’s just more acceptable of the supervillain because, my gosh, when you think of somebody like Galactus — that’s big. That is big. The costume is big. And you’ve got to really go for it and you can’t just put your toe in the water, you’ve got to freaking dive in." Did you enjoy Tim Story's Fantastic Four or its sequel? Sound off below, as we wait for more news regarding the upcoming reboot.