Fantastic Four 2 (June 15, 2007 release)

JoSAN · 05-04-2006, 01:30 PM

According to Variety, another script for FF2 has been written that includes the Silver Surfer. The producers are now considering which of the two shooting scripts to go with.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/fa...ws.php?id=4189

In the past, director Tim Story has stated that he doesn't want to do the Galactus story because it isn't as much about the Fantastic Four themselves as it is about spinning off a character into a new series. I agree and feel that it is too soon for such a big story. I mean, we've only just seen the origin of the team, so why plunge them into battle with a planet-eating giant from another dimension. I prefer "realism" in the Marvel Universe. I'd rather see Doctor Doom, ruler of Latveria, in the next one. If they must do Galactus/Silver Surfer, save it for the last movie in the series (a quadrilogy?).

JoSAN · 05-04-2006, 01:55 PM

FYI, here's the latest Marvel movie slate:

2007:
Ghost Rider (Sony) - Feb. 16, 2007 release
Spider-Man 3 (Sony) - May 4, 2007 release
Fantastic Four 2 (Fox) - July 4, 2007 release*

2008: (all Marvel produced)

Hulk 2*
Iron Man*
Captain America*
Thor*
Ant Man
Nick Fury

2009 and beyond:

Doctor Strange*
Power Pack
Avengers
Hawkeye
Black Panther
Cloak & Dagger
Shang-Chi, Master of Kung-Fu

*the projects I'm really jazzed to see!

Marvel Entertainment reports:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060504/20060504005406.html?.v=1

DavidPla · 05-04-2006, 01:57 PM

I'm interested to see what they'll do for the sequel. AS long as they include the Fantasticar!!

JoSAN · 05-04-2006, 02:00 PM

I've heard that the Fantasicar will be in the movie, David. And it will separate into four parts just like in the comics. I'm sure I saw the conceptual designs for it somewhere but I can't recall where...

Brook K · 05-04-2006, 02:14 PM

Power Pack?! They're making a Power Pack movie?!

Dr. Strange is the only one of those I'm that jazzed about.

What happened to the Iron Fist movie?

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Greg_S_H · 05-04-2006, 04:08 PM

I think they've been talking about getting a live action Power Pack in some format for about twenty years now.

JoSAN · 05-05-2006, 10:56 AM

Dr. Strange is the only one of those I'm that jazzed about.

Dr. Strange is right up there on my "can't wait to see" list. The Lee/Ditko origin read like a movie the first time I read the comic. And those crazy Steve Ditko dimensions!

It was great just to hear mention of Dr. Strange in Spider-Man 2!

Iron Man is another project I hope is done well, because his was the first comic book I seriously began collecting as a kid.

As for Power Pack... because it is a comic that my wife - who's ten years younger than I am - grew up reading, I'd love to see it done right for her. There was a TV pilot made in the '80s but so much had been altered. I don't think there were even aliens in it.

I'm amazed to see the Avengers on that list because I don't see how they could do the movie. I'm not a fan of super-hero teams that are just a conglomoration of major heroes with their own mags (ie. Avengers, Justice League). They never seen to act as smart as when in their own comic. Too cramped. On the other hand, teams that were conceived as such from the outset - like F.F. and X-Men - work better.

I just can't see an Avengers movie starring Iron Man, Thor and Captain America (to say nothing of the Hulk!) I figure if they do make an Avengers film it will feature "second-stringers" like Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, etc.

Brook K · 05-05-2006, 12:48 PM

Thanks JoSan, LOVE that classic Ditko art for Dr. Strange. Some really "out there" surrealistic stuff. However, I imagine the movie will be more reality based and probably Earth-bound/NYC set rather than featuring inter-dimensional travel.

Dr. Strange, X-Men, & Punisher were my favorite Marvel books (and Alpha Flight, but no way is a Canadian group getting a movie).

Outside of those I enjoyed several of the toy-based books (Micronauts, Rom: Space Knight, Shogun Warriors ) that I could see making viable movies, but those books were probably tied to licenses that Marvel no longer has the rights to, and with those toys no longer being distributed, there isn't much impetus to put them in movies anyway.

Russell G · 05-05-2006, 12:55 PM

I don't think we really need a FF sequel, I don;t think the original film was very good. Now that the team is established, I'll give it the benifit of the doubt.

I'd love to see a Garth Ennis Nick Fury film.

JoSAN · 05-07-2006, 10:03 PM

The Fox production team of F.F. was in Vancouver scouting for F.F. 2 and filming is set to begin in the summer.

One big-budget feature expected to pop up soon is Fantastic Four 2. 20th Century Fox shot the original Fantastic Four in Vancouver, and has been in the area looking at sites for the sequel. That shoot, which brings back director Tim Story and stars Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans and Ioan Gruffudd, should shoot in the summer. The film has a release date of July 4, 2007.

Croome says the surge in the Canadian dollar still hasn't put a crimp in American producers' interest in this area.

"It hasn't had an impact in interest in British Columbia," says Croome, noting that the U.S. dollar is down compared to a lot of currencies. "We'll see when things get greenlit."

Vancouver Sun

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/v...5-8a15f00bdda5

JoSAN · 05-26-2006, 10:25 PM

Avi Arad recent words on FF2:

"It's a couple of years later and we get to see what their life is like. What else is there for them to accomplish, what issues are in their lives, where's Doom? ... They'll be some pretty big surprises. What we're trying to do is not to show [Galactus], but to show someone else, initially."

"Initially?" That has me a bit worried. Personally, I don't see the appeal of Galactus and would rather he didn't appear in any FF movies. If they want to use him make a seperate Silver Surfer movie.

I'd rather see Puppet Master in FF2 and Doom's return in FF3.