The Horror! Simon Kinberg Says Fox Are "Figuring Out" A FANTASTIC FOUR Sequel
Don't get your hopes up for a Marvel reboot of the Fantastic Four franchise just yet! Writer and producer Simon Kinberg weighs in on plans for a sequel, and also looks back on disappointing fans with the first instalment as well as where he thinks it all went wrong...
A box office flop and one of the worst reviewed comic book movies of all-time, it's fair to say that the release of Fantastic Four didn't exactly go as 20th Century Fox planned. Now, while many of us have assumed that the studio would just give up on the franchise after they and Josh Trank pretty much killed it, it sounds like that 2017 sequel could still become a reality. "I’m really focused on the next one," writer and producer Simon Kinberg told MTV News. "I do believe there is a great ’Fantastic Four’ movie that we’ve made with that cast. So I’m gonna figure out what that is. We’re figuring out what that movie would be. I’d like that to happen." There's no denying that a great Fantastic Four movie could be made with that cast, but whether Fox are as keen as Kinberg after a $100+ million loss remains to be seen. Fans certainly don't seem to want one!
Speaking of the fans, Kinberg went on to reveal how he feels about letting them down with the reboot. "I was obviously disappointed," he continued. "I was most disappointed that fans didn’t like it. I care more about them than I do anyone else. But I haven’t done a full deep dive on it. Do I think it was unfairly treated? I don’t know." No, it definitely wasn't unfairly treated, Simon. As for those behind the scenes issues we've heard so much about, he would only say: "I’ve been on plenty of happy movies that don’t turn out to be very good movies, I’ve been on a lot of unhappy, difficult sets that turn out to be great movies. There was a lot of attention on the process of making that movie. It’s hard, when you’re making a movie, movies are hard to make. It’s just the reality." Fair point. Now, good luck on making a sequel literally no one wants to see...
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