Fantastic Four: Simon Kinberg On What Went Wrong
The making of ‘Fantastic Four’ wasn’t exactly a smooth ride… but now writer and producer Simon Kinberg reveals why he was so disappointed.
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 42-year-old filmmaker opened up about his experience with ‘Fantastic Four’.
“I haven’t really done a full diagnosis,” he said. “It was a hard movie to make, but I’ve made a lot of hard movies. I do think that there is a great Fantastic Four movie with that cast. But there’s so many different elements that need to come together perfectly.”
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“It’s like a collaboration between all these strangers. And if there’s a few things that don’t go right, it’s hard to recover from. I went straight from that into X-Men: Apocalypse. I haven’t had a lot of time to decompress. I’m obviously disappointed with the way it turned out.”
Of course, the trouble with ‘Fantastic Four’ has been well-documented, and was largely believed to be the result of a clash between the studio and the film’s director, Josh Trank.
Rumours range from a simple clash of creative visions between director and studio, to a complete meltdown by the young director… resulting in awkward behaviour on set and a film shoot which was far from a finished movie.
Although, exactly what happened remains a bit of a mystery.
But one thing’s for certain – Josh Trank’s rather damaging tweets didn’t exactly help.
“Honestly, I have no idea,” said Kinberg when asked if he felt Trank’s rant may have damaged the film’s box office success. “I’ve had other movies not work before. For whatever reason, that movie not working became very public — and that was hard because you put a lot of time and effort and love into everything you do, and I really love a lot of people on that film and felt really close to the actors.”
“Those are the guys whose faces are on the poster and are the most exposed. I hope we get to make more movies with them. But it was disappointing.”
Will ‘Fantastic Four’ get to redeem itself with a sequel? For now, we’ll have to wait and see. But the future isn’t looking good for Marvel’s greatest heroes.
The ‘Fantastic Four’ sequel is slated for release on 9 June 2017.
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Picture Credit: 20th Century Fox
