Shocking New Details Emerge About Fox's Role In The Disastrous FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot

Apparently, they "delayed casting and script approvals, slashed the budget by tens of millions from what was originally promised, and tried to force last-minute changes to the film just as principal photography was beginning."



You do the best you can with what you're given, buddy. If you can't get the three action scenes you want, find a creative solution around it. That's your job. The solution isn't to create a down trodden atmosphere where none of the actors invest their energy into the characters (because that's goddamn clear enough). The solution isn't to turn in a 140 minute film where apparently only 50 of it is even usable and the rest of it has to be put back together months later.

Studios have demands and limitations they put on productions. And maybe the Fox executives were pieces of shit to your movie. And maybe you make a dull character-driven movie anyway just to stick it to them. But if you want to demonstrate real artistic integrity, you don't drag your heels back to the reshoots, do commentaries for the commercials full of footage that's cut from the film, and then throw a shade on it as it's about to come out.

You're either the director or you're not. If you are, own up to the best you could do. If you're not, have them put Alan Smithee on the credits.

Yikes.

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Lol again, if Trank was so innocent Disney wouldn't have let him go from their Star Wars film.

This doesn't make any sense though

Lucasfilm fired Trank. If it was the fault of Fox, why would they do that? And Fox has no problem working with Bryan Singer and Matthew Vaughn so why would there be a problem with Trank?

If Lucasfilm really was worried about things in this context, they should fire Simon Kinberg no?

@Spock0Clock

I don't see why it is Tranks fault if he is mad on Fox about them first saying one thing, then try to push him in the last minute just because he is not that big of a name (like they did with the director of origins and daredevil i might add)

As John Campea said in one of the recent movietalks.

Let ous say that you hire some designer to make a job for you. Then you sitt down with the designer, on what your vision is, as how you should handle it.

Then the designer do what he or she is told, do to what you was agreeing on. You cannot just then come the next day and say. Change this to that, and the next day say that you want something other change...

If they was not agreeing on his vision and wanted somethin diffrent, they should never had said yes to him in the first place.

Sadly, it's a TEAM effort. When its all said and done, and the thing fails. Blame everyone!

The thing is, I see no difference in this film from the rest of the Fox X-men and other productions. They do alright with Planet of the Apes and that's about it.

Breaking Bad wishes it has as much as drama as this thing.

For those of you who can't read, it's FOX's fault for the quality of the movie; not Trank's. The studio should have seen how much money he got them from doing Chronicle and should have just trusted him.

Keep it coming FOX. This is the most entertainment I've gotten on this site in years.

@thewonderer

Prehaps the living hell of experience he got filming this is the reason, which make's his statement on why he was leaving, true after all?

@KurtWagner1225

The only way they will get it back, is either failed atempt of starting a reboot like the Daredevil one, or them changing the rights in exchange of get permission of Marvel to do the X-men rights.

I'm not even trying to defend anyone on this one, but if the man tripped out about all of the last minute changes that the studio placed on him I'd be totally upset as well. People acting like it's a sin to be mad about something that should actually have you heated. However this is a business and you have to find ways to be above the nonsense. He should've just dropped the project all together instead of going along with it. If not, this could possibly lead to those "rumors" surrounding other people coming in to film the project.

@4:51 This literally would've been me (Forest Whitaker) while Trank was letting loose. LOL

Not exactly shocking. This is Fox we're talking about.

Seriously, you guys should read up about the hell they put David Fincher through on the set of the third Alien movie. Also keep in mind those stories about Tom Rothman literally repainting the set of Wolverine Origins behind Gavin Hood's back.

@MrMartyMarvel

I literally recite that phrase nonstop around my house. lol