Matthew Vaughn to Produce 'Fantastic Four' Reboot

Let's take a look at all Marvel Comics based live action feature films to have already come out since the turn of the century by studio then by character.

Sony:

Spider-Man

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 3

The Amazing Spider-Man

Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

The Punisher

Punisher: War Zone

20th Century Fox:

X-Men

X2: X-Men United

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men: First Class

Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Daredevil

Elektra

Universal:

Hulk (2003)

Marvel/Disney:

Iron Man

Iron Man 2

Thor

Captain America: The First Avenger

The Incredible Hulk

The Avengers

I think it's safe to say that aside from Sony's recent Amazing Spider-Man reboot, Marvel makes their own movies better than other studios. All of Marvel's own movies, aside from Iron Man 2, but that doesn't count because the real purpose of that movie was to catapult the Avengers and Black Widow, were much better than the other studios' movies. Though when it was new, I thoroughly enjoyed X2 and apparently unlike most I liked Elektra.

The Jessica Alba movies did ruin Dr. Doom. Keep him true to his comic character as a genius scientist who rules a small Eastern European nation with an iron fist and later delves in sorcery. Don't give me that 'he went into space with them and gained similar powers' crap. Or better yet, don't use him at all, I feel like Doom is one of those villains like the Joker or Lex Luthor who gets used way too much. I don't go for the villain who gets used too much. You know who my favorite Batman villain is? Clayface. How about Green Lantern? I don't really know, but definitely not Sinestro. Maybe Dr. Polaris. But I though he has the same powers, I hate Magneto because he's overused. Come to think of it, I never really went for overused members of superhero teams either. I never cared for Cyclops or Wolverine. I loved Iceman. And the Martian Manhunter.

Anyway the reason we want all the properties to return to Marvel/Disney is for the hope that one day we can have a huge Marvel Universe crossover movie much like they often do in the comics. Or maybe a guest star from another series. And then there's this deal that Disney in the Avengers and Fox with the X-Men can each use pieces of the Wanda and Pietro Maximoff characters but not embrace the characters' entire history. And of course, who doesn't eventually want to see a New Avengers movie where Spider-Man tems up with Iron Man, Cap, Luke Cage, Daredevil, and Spider-Woman, who was really Queen Veranke, and they later add Wolverine, Ronin, and the Sentry to their lineup. Obviously they'd have to make quite a few significant creative changes, but if the properties did one day return to Disney, they could make it work.

And I haven't read much of Mark Millar's work, I don't think, but didn't he write the original Ultimates and Ultimates 2?

I have heard a lot of bad things about a lot of Marvel films, and I understand the concern. In regard to the Fantastic Four movies, my greatest disappointments were the "Silver Surfer's power originates from his board" crap and Dr. Doom. I get that in the first movie, they are limited in terms of time and therefore character development. But anyone that has the rights to ANY Marvel movie would do well to understand one of the basic principles of a Marvel comic, especially in the old days and that is that Marvel has truly spectacular villains, of which, Dr. Doom is foremost. Heck, George Lucas based Darth Vader on Dr. Doom.

Having said that, I will talk about the things that pleased me in the first film:

1) Did a great job of capturing the "Marvel's first family" chemistry that existed way back from the 60s when the mag was first introduced, especially, the constant bickering between Johnny and Ben. Loved it.

2) Jessica Alba. Need I comment on this anymore?

3) Did a great job of demonstrating Johnny's conceitedness. I got a little over the top, but still was in the same spirit of the original comic character.

4) Essentially, all the actors did a great job of capturing the spirit of the original characters.

Second film?

1) Silver Surfer was in the movie.

2) Silver Surfer was in the movie.

3) Did I say that already?

Obviously, the writer's of the movie felt that Norrin needed "kryptonite", when in reality, his "kryptonite" was built into the character, and that is his desire to seek a non-confrontational way to settle things, avoiding killing anyone if at all possible. Also, everyone thought Galactus sucked.

I suppose my biggest question is who is the super villain going to be?

Is it messed up that I would love to see Jessica Alba come back? BTW Haha I know she wasn't the best Sue. I am just in love with her lol

MARVEL still moving up.....

Way I see it is, Fox has one more chance to try and make this a success, so at this point any and all help will be welcome. Vaughn MAY do a good job here, might not. Hard to say really. The sad fact of the matter is that as long as Fox is still somewhere in the creative process, Marvel movies will continue to suck one way or another, plain and simple.

Just please no more origin story. By now you should know how they became the F4.

Early last year, Trank was in talks to direct a Venom film... Right after he was rumored to be doing FF as well. I guess the former is totally fizzled out now. Especially with Amazing Spider-Man 2's hints at a symbiote. :(

Marvel's films are nothing to worry about, they know what they're doing. DC on the other-hand...

@comicfan123 said:

@Decept-O: I agree with you regarding most of Fox's X-Men (mainly The Last Stand and Origins: Wolverine) and FF movies, but I highly enjoyed Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man. And X-Men: First Class turned out to be a very pleasant surprise for me (my biggest regret of 2011 is passing that movie up for Green Lantern), so I, for one, am, willing to give Fox another chance.

And while most of Marvel Studios' works (see The Avengers, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, and Captain America) were great, it's not like everything they touch is magic (Iron Man 2, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance).

Ghost Rider 2 was Sony.

I love the FF so I'm glad to hear this and I hope he does a good job.

I'm just so glad somebody's trying Fantastic Four again.

I thought the casting was fine last time, except Jessica Alba (who I do at least fine gorgeous). It was the movies themselves that were bad.

I hope they get it right this time. Millar's run was pretty good, so that should be a step in the right direction. I'm hopeful.

The Fantastic Four deserve a superior film. Let us hope for the best.

@CaptainMexico said:

I hope they make The Thing computer animated like they did with the Hulk in the Avengers. That would look so mych better if they are able to pull it off.

I was thinking the same thing. That would be totally awesome. I bet many people will love that.

I think they should use the ultimate version of the F4 but use the 616 version of Doom. It would be cool to see a woman who was also one of the smartest people in the world.

It's going good. It'll get better.

@comicfan123: I've not seen Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Regarding Iron Man 2, it wasn't great, either but a lot better than all the other movies combined, IMO.

Marvel Studios may not produce certified gold with everything, but I'd still prefer all the characters and movies to return back to the company that owns them. Even if they don't all turn out to be gold stars, it would "feel" better having them back with Marvel proper so I could rest easy knowing that at least Marvel won't muck things up too much compared to Sony and Fox.

@Decept-O: I agree with you regarding most of Fox's X-Men (mainly The Last Stand and Origins: Wolverine) and FF movies, but I highly enjoyed Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man. And X-Men: First Class turned out to be a very pleasant surprise for me (my biggest regret of 2011 is passing that movie up for Green Lantern), so I, for one, am, willing to give Fox another chance.

And while most of Marvel Studios' works (see The Avengers, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, and Captain America) were great, it's not like everything they touch is magic (Iron Man 2, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance).

I could see Human Torch joining the X-Men on a lark. It'd be about as close as we could get to Wolvie/Spidey teamup.

i liked the first two ff films jessica alba was yummy.

wouh? another F4 movie? yay? im so excited? theres other characters way cooler then the F4 that should be given movies. im not excited at all probably not even go to the theater for this one?

I have high hopes for this...

Awesome. Mostly, I just want another F4 movie. Please let it be based on their Ultimate versions!

I hope they make The Thing computer animated like they did with the Hulk in the Avengers. That would look so mych better if they are able to pull it off.

I honestly don't know how to respond.

@Cavemold said:

what does mark millar do again?

he's overseeing the shared universe

@DH69: VERY GOOD POINT! she has the face now, but when she did it :(

@Lone_Wolf_and_Cub: YES How did they Screw up Doom!

@Smurfboy: I don't think they could do any worest!

I really hope the movie starts with them already having powers and established as heroes. I don't really want to see another origin story that was already made a couple years ago. Just a couple flashbacks on how tbey got their powers or do a time jump after they receive them would be great.

In a post-Nolan Batman comic book movie world, I think the very "lessons" movie companies think they've "learned" from what made Nolan's trilogy work, will ruin properties like this. And Spider-Man, obviously.

Spider-Man and Fantastic Four can both go to a dark place, but the core of them is optimistic and positive and dare I say FUN. If the cure-all that movie companies shoot into these films is dark and broody navel gazing.. It's just not gonna work out.

That said, there's no telling whether this is what they're aiming for with the FF reboot. Josh Trank inevitablty invokes thoughts of Chronicle, leaning towards grit, but Matthew Vaughn has done his share of fun and fantastical. We'll just have to wait and see.

That means it's gonna suck Dragon Ballz (with a Z... see what I did there?) since X-Men First Class turned out... you know... Dragon Ball-suckish.

@OmgOmgWtfWtf said:

Too bad Fantastic Four still belongs to Fox. I would love to see Peter Parker and Human Torch together :O

Well considering Sony owns Spider-man I doubt we'd see that, unless both the rights go back to Marvel. Unless this suppose deal with Sony and Marvel are true and he's apart of the MCU which I really hope he isn't just for the fact I can't stand ASM PP at all.

Makes me so sad that Marvel doesn't have all their characters. /cry

sorry marvel im signing off...

Finally - WE are Going to GET a ROCK SOLID - FANTASTIC 4 movie (Thing pun intended)!

@OmgOmgWtfWtf said:

Too bad Fantastic Four still belongs to Fox. I would love to see Peter Parker and Human Torch together :O

I would love for this to happen.

mark miller is a horrible person

So I guess this will be an entertaining action movie but a crappy marvel movie. He made X-men "first class" without the first class. I don't trust him with Fantastic Four.

Is this a good thing? I actually liked the two FF films.

It would be different if the FF could be in the Marvel universe, but since they can't...

Hope the casting is better this time around!!!!

Huh. Ok

How sad is it when a movie studio has to reboot a great comic book property which essentially writes itself?

The reason many of us are griping about these comic book properties not being at Marvel/Disney is because Fox and Sony have both really not done impressive jobs with their renditions. They've been mediocre at best.

That said, and I've said it before, and will continue, is that X-Men: First Class was a step in the right direction, despite all the changes made. IF they can continue with X-Men, Fantastic Four and other properties in that manner, then that'd be great--but still not an ideal situation. While the potential of crossovers of the characters of X-Men and FF would be great, I don't know...I kind of cringe envisioning how it'd be handled.

I am just not rushing out to the movie theater to see the other studios' takes. I wait to rent them and that doesn't help the bottom line. Please, just Make Mine Marvel.

The recent cartoon TV show was fantastic. Good use of humor mixed with action. Sense of family and team. Reed & Sue were handled perfectly. Genius, but absent minded with Sue having common sense and the true glue in of the team/family. She (and sometimes Ben) basically played the "straightman" with everyone else taking turns as the goof off.

This sounds promising. The FF have so much potential of bringing a sense of wonder to the genre.

Chronicle was excellent, I have a good feeling about this project.

what does mark millar do again?

I'd love to see completely new cast of Fantastic Four. Loved the first two movies (although not the best, in my opinion) but am looking forward to the reboot.

As long as they don't screw Doom up I'll be happy.

NO JESSICA ALBA REPEATS!

good, maybe now we get a decent ff movie?

chronicle was awsome, though it was like the british version of akira.

I am excited for this now that we have a good Producer!