[MOVIE] Fantastic 4... again

[Emperor]

Yes... but not a sequal... the reboot.  This actually might be good....

 

It has been less than two years since the last one, but already 20th Century Fox is looking to reboot its "Fantastic Four" franchise according to IESB.net.

 

Despite suffering massive critical derision, both the previous 'Four' films in 2005 and 2007 took in a quite healthy $300 million worldwide. Yet having seen the numbers and acclaim that "Iron Man" and "The Dark Knight" took in last year, is it any wonder the studio is envious of that success.

 

The site adds that Fox wants to reboot the series in a tone described as 'less bubble gum' and more in the vein of those two previous examples.

 

There's a lot of problems with this idea though. Most notable is that the studio seems to have forgotten the other and more pertinent example of a reboot of a recent franchise - ie. 2008's "The Incredible Hulk". That film ended up with only $18 million more worldwide than its 2003 predecessor ($263M vs. $245M) and reviews were just as mixed with 2008's Hulk scoring a 66% & 6.2/10 vs. 2003's Hulk with a 61% & 6.2/10 score on Rotten Tomatoes.

[Far Dareis Mai]

I actually enjoyed the first one. Hated the second one though.

[mcs0083]

Reboot?

How?

The 1st movie started at the beginning of the story right?

[Barmacral]

Reboot means doing the movie over from the beginning with a new cast and a new script, but the same story.

[mcs0083]

Ah

That sounds like a novel idea then

[Dunbar]

I don't get this

 

whyyy!?

 

 

[Emperor]

Think of Batman and Robin... and now think of The Dark Knight....  this is why they want to reboot.  A darker less kid friendly version sounds great for me!

[mcs0083]

same here :D