Just two years ago a young filmmaker named Josh Trank merged the genres of superhero adventure and found footage - the cinematic equivalent of mixing peanut butter and motor oil that had been used to kill cockroaches - and came away with the marvelous Chronicle. That movie's unexpected success resulted in Trank becoming attached to several high-profile comic book blockbusters in development, including a Venom feature for Sony Pictures. But the assignment that ultimately claimed his allegiance was the Fantastic Four reboot that has been gestating at 20th Century most likely since the box office grosses for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Screen came trickling in seven years ago.
Only in recent weeks has the project began to gain steam (which is odd given that it has a locked-in released for summer 2015) with the crucial roles being cast and rumors about the rejiggered origin story leaking to the media. One particular question on the minds of longtime fans of Marvel's First Family is whether the atmosphere of Trank's FF epic will stay true to the lighthearted fare of the original comics or will the classic characters be presented in a slightly shaded approach common to today's tentpole franchise heroics.
The reboot's screenwriter and producer Simon Kinberg gave the answer recently at this year's Wondercon. Continue below to see what he had to say. [...]
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