Max Landis Posts Four Pages From His FANTASTIC FOUR Script

Max Landis Posts Four Pages From His FANTASTIC FOUR Script

In the midst of all the negativity surrounding his Chronicle pal Josh Trank's Fantastic Four flick, screenwriter Max Landis has revealed the first four pages of a script he wrote for a take on Marvel's First Family a few years back. You can have a read of 'em after the jump..

By MarkCassidy - Aug 10, 2015 04:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Fantastic Four
Source: Twitter

Here are the first four pages of a Fantastic Four script Max Landis wrote four years ago (see what he did there?). You may remember the rumors that he would be writing the current reboot back when Trank was announced as director, but apparently this has nothing to do with that. Landis says this was something he penned as a movie pitch, and was never actually a commissioned screenplay - in fact he calls it "essentially fan-fic".

The opening of this movie wouldn't have actually featured an appearance from the team at all, only their voices over the radio as they escape from the FBI. It certainly makes for an interesting read, and may well have wound up being more conpelling than the run-of-the mill introduction to the characters we got in Trank's flick - but obviously it's difficult to tell without having more of the script to read through for context. Have a look, and let us know what you think.




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Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 8/10/2015, 11:14 AM
Fox would've screwed this up as well...
kong
kong - 8/10/2015, 11:42 AM
^

I blame FOX.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 8/10/2015, 11:44 AM
I want to read this, I've been thinking about how cool it could be if Max Landis wrote a script for Marvel
kong
kong - 8/10/2015, 11:50 AM
@DrKinsolving

I wish he would've done the Spider-Man Reboot. That would've been freaking amazing!!!
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 8/10/2015, 11:54 AM
@Kong

Definitely, that would have been awesome. I'm still a little worried about the Vacation writers....
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 8/10/2015, 11:55 AM
@KurtWagner1225

True, I think it would all come down to his vision and if Marvel agreed with it, I really like Landis a lot as a writer, I think they would work well together
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 8/10/2015, 11:55 AM
Gus, you got that right.

kong
kong - 8/10/2015, 11:57 AM
@DrKinsolving

Me too. I've never seen the director's work and I regret seeing the writers' work, so only thing I'm clinging on to here is the John Hughes influence.
kong
kong - 8/10/2015, 12:05 PM
@KurtWagner1225

Yeah I know what he's done, just never watched it.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 8/10/2015, 12:06 PM
@KurtWagner1225

Cool, thanks. I'll check it out later
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 8/10/2015, 12:07 PM
@Kong

Same here, I still have to watch Watts' work, "Cop Car" looks good though, I'm definitely going to check that out
kong
kong - 8/10/2015, 12:15 PM
@KurtWagner1225

No need to be sorry. I think I know what he's done because a while back you linked an article in a comments section that detailed all of his work.

And that article gave me some more faith in him, especially since he's apparently working on the script too.
Wannabe
Wannabe - 8/10/2015, 4:46 PM
Why isn't Max Landis writing scripts for Marvel? That makes zero sense to me.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 8/10/2015, 4:47 PM
This would have been cool

Max Landis needs to write the Fantastic Four script for Marvel in Phase 4

Wannabe
Wannabe - 8/10/2015, 4:49 PM
I want the dude that wrote the original script for Peyton Reed's FF to come back if Marvel re-acquire the rights.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 8/10/2015, 4:50 PM
I can't say I like the dialogue....
But it's not a bad script
SmokinIndo
SmokinIndo - 8/10/2015, 4:50 PM
This is the exact kind of tone a Fantastic Four movie should have.
Wannabe
Wannabe - 8/10/2015, 4:50 PM
@Niklander

He's like Free Willy?
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 8/10/2015, 4:51 PM
NO Peyton Reed, no no no, not him for F4.
MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 8/10/2015, 4:51 PM
Not bad, seems like a fun script. I just wish I knew what was going on.
jmagic181
jmagic181 - 8/10/2015, 4:52 PM
Well fox would have just messed it up anyways
ScarlettFever
ScarlettFever - 8/10/2015, 4:52 PM
If Marvel got the FF rights I wonder if they would call Peyton Reed.
Craterus
Craterus - 8/10/2015, 4:52 PM
This actually sounds fun. Kinda like how the F4 SHOULD BE!
Wannabe
Wannabe - 8/10/2015, 4:53 PM
My top pick is Brad Bird, but I know he wouldn't do it. So I'm just going with Peyton Reed as a fallback. Suggestions are welcome.
ScarlettFever
ScarlettFever - 8/10/2015, 4:53 PM
The description of Reed's version of FF sounded pretty great on paper.
CaptainAmerica31
CaptainAmerica31 - 8/10/2015, 4:55 PM
This sounds great, if Fox was just making aFF too make a good FF movie than I think Trank and Landis would've got the gig
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