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Fantastic Four Movie News

I'm kinda interested in this movie, and there seems to be a lot of threads about it, so I'll post what news (and encourage others to do so) under this thread.

First the Cast:

Mr Fantastic - Ioan Gruffud
Most Recent Big thiing: King Arthur (as Lancelot)

The Invisible Wowan - Jessica Alba
Most Recent Big Thing: Dark Angel TV Series
--See the following thread
--Alba Talks about the role with Scifiwire

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Alba Couldn't Resist Four

Jessica Alba—who will play Invisible Girl Sue Storm in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie—told SCI FI Wire that she was concerned about the reaction of the fans when she was cast, but she couldn't pass on the chance to play the iconic character. "Honestly, I was worried," she said in an interview at Comic-Con International in San Diego last weekend. "But at the end of the day, when this opportunity came, I couldn't say no. I feel I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I turned this movie down, because it's such a great story. And I'm going to work my a-- off and hopefully people will be pleased."

Alba (Dark Angel) added that the family aspect of the story appealed to her, as well as the nurturing nature of her character. "She just wants everybody to be OK," she said. "And it seems like when she's trying to do that, when everyone's so caught up in their problems, that's when she disappears. So it's very metaphorical. I love it. I'm not that familiar with the comic books. I read the script, and it's just great, and it's about family, and it's so hopeful."

Although filming doesn't start until next month, Alba has already gotten a glimpse of the skin-tight outfit she and her fellow cast members—which include Michael Chiklis (The Shield) as Ben Grimm/The Thing and Ioan Gruffudd (King Arthur) as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic—will be wearing. "I've tried mine on," she said. "And the zippers are on the inside. I was so scared. [The costumer] had to use a tool. ... The costumes are very cool. They are spandex, and we have gloves and boots ... and fours on our chests."

The Thing - Michael Chicklis
Most Recent Big Thing: The Shield TV Series
Chicklis on playing Grimm: From Scifiwire

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Michael Chiklis—who will play Ben Grimm, also known as The Thing, in the latest comic-book-to-film adaptation, Fantastic Four—told SCI FI Wire that he took the role based on assurances from the producers that his character would not be computer-generated. "I did not want to do this if Ben Grimm was going to be a CGI [character]," Chiklis said in an interview during Comic-Con International in San Diego over the weekend. "If he was going to be done in the way that the Hulk was done, then I felt that I would be wasted. And I was assured from the get-go that that wasn’t going to be the case. And I was thrilled."

Chiklis, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the role of Vic Mackey on the FX TV series The Shield, said there are some common traits among the characters he plays, which relate to his own personality. "I'm a thug that you want to hug," he joked. "[Ben] is a guy who can be very scary and also be really likable and downright cuddly. So, yeah, there's kind of through line in that way. But his problems ... are a lot different than Vic Mackey or other characters I've played. So there are broad-stroke similarities and some specific differences."

A fan of the Fantastic Four comic book from an early age, Chiklis says he is eager to begin filming and see how the script will be realized by director Tim Story (Barbershop). "It's one of those things as an actor ... where you read the script, and you go, 'Oh, cool, honey, I get to do this! You've got to read this!'" Chiklis said. "I think we're all hungry to get out there and see a lot of the nuts-and-bolts aspects of this movie: how we're going to achieve certain things. It's one thing when you read it in script form and you see it in your mind's eye, but then you go, like, 'How are we going to do that?'" Fantastic Four begins filming in Vancouver, B.C., in August.

Dr. Doom - Julian McMahon
Most recent Big Thing - Charmed TV Series (Cole Turner - Alyssa Milano's love interest)

The Crew

Director - Tim Story
Barbershop (2002)
Taxi (2004)

Writers - Michael France (Punisher), Mark Frost (Twin Peaks), Simon Kinberg (XXX 2)

He should have took the job on assurances that the producers would release the film. ;)

Regardless, it is probably a better time today to create such a film though. Because of computers and such :)

Ioan Gruffudd talks with scifiwire about Mr. Fantastic -

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Ioan Gruffudd—who will play Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic, in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie—told SCI FI Wire that he wasn't familiar with the comic book on which the film is based, but was attracted to the characters and their unique situation when he read the script. "I think the beginning of the story is us as real people, our friendship," Gruffudd said in an interview. "They are real people. You can associate with them. They're just in this incredible situation."

Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced YO-an GRIF-fith) is part of a cast that includes Michael Chiklis (The Shield) as the Thing, Jessica Alba (Dark Angel) as the Invisible Woman, Chris Evans as the Human Torch and Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck) as Dr. Doom. Gruffudd said that he believes the filmmakers were looking for a certain quality when they cast the roles. "I'm a mathematical genius," he joked. Then, he added, "We're sort of down-to-earth people, and I think that's the main attraction of these characters."

Gruffudd, who last appeared as Lancelot in King Arthur, is currently preparing for the film, which begins shooting in Vancouver, B.C., this month, by familiarizing himself with the comic books and learning all of the technical jargon he'll have to know as the brainy team leader. "[There's] a lot of that," he said. "Which I will make quite interesting for you all."

Chris Evans (Cellular) talks about his upcoming role as the Human Torch in Fantastic Four

Source: Scifiwire

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Evans Cruises Into Four

Chris Evans, star of the upcoming comic-book film Fantastic Four, told SCI FI Wire that he modeled his character, Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch, on one of Tom Cruise's most famous movies. "I went to Top Gun," Evans said in an interview. "A lot of these guys are pretty cocky hotshots when they're in the cockpit doing their business, but outside of the cockpit these guys have fun, and they're crude, and they have an arrogance about them. That, I think, every single pilot in Top Gun embodies."

Evans said that he combined the elements of skill and arrogance in his portrayal of Storm. "I think that inspires some arrogance in these guys, but a lot of these pilots who do pilot, whether it's fighter pilots or space, are doing high-risk jobs that a very small percentage of people in this world can do, and they know it," Evans said. "Johnny Storm is a kind of a hotshot, a little arrogant, likes to have fun, but he's intelligent."

In Fantastic Four, which is based on the Marvel Comics series, Evans is part of a cast that includes Michael Chiklis (Ben Grimm/The Thing), Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic) and Jessica Alba (Sue Storm/the Invisible Girl).

Evans added that the movie marks his first foray into special-effects and stunt work. "They’ve already got me fitted with that [wire] harness, that really comfortable harness that fits so nicely," Evans said sarcastically. "It hurts, man. It rips your leg hairs out. But it's all new terrain for me, this high-tech stuff, so it's fun and it’s all learning experience."

Evans said that his tranformation from Johnny Storm into the Human Torch will be created purely through computer graphics, which is an entirely new experience for him. "I don’t think they’re going to actually set me on fire," he said. "I think it's going to be mostly CGI. I don't think we're ever going to use any real fire; it will all be green screen, stuff that I don't know anything about." Fantastic Four is about to begin production in Vancouver, B.C., with a release slated for July 1, 2005.

Interesting that Chiklis (the thing) wanted no CGI, and Evans is gonna be mostly CGI

Fantastic Four release date to pit movie against War of the Worlds

Source: Scifiwire

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Fox's Fantastic Four and Paramount's War of the Worlds could face off in the same week next summer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Four, based on the Marvel Comics series, is eyeing an opening on July 1, 2005, the start of the July 4 holiday weekend.

But War of the Worlds, from Steven Spielberg and based on H.G. Wells' classic SF novel, may open on the previous Wednesday, June 29. And so far, neither studio is backing down, the trade paper reported.

Fox's Four has already withstood a similar challenge from Paramount, when Paramount shuffled the opening dates for Mission: Impossible 3 due to production issues.

Also a note:

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Entertainment Tonight correspondent Maria Menounos will play a nurse and the romantic interest of Chris Evans' Johnny Storm/The Human Torch in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie, which is currently shooting in Vancouver, B.C., according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The first Pic of the Thing!

oh no.......!!! This can't be what they have in mind for the Thing! there has to be more to the costume then this, if it remains like this this could lead to the downfall of Marvel Movies and it would revert them back to the direct to video crappiness!!
http://www.picturevillage.com/photo/...75_p238054.jpg :eek: :upset: :cry:

Looks like Hellboy to me, minus horns and tail.

ewww das nasty! it looks like freddy and jason had sex! n dat thing came out

maby it's when he's transforming :huh:

Well I can see the somewhat displeasure in the posts after the pic and I must agree what is in the pic does not sly with me either. It in my opinion looks nothing like The Thing with in the Fantasic Four, now I know being that this is not a comic book and a live action film some things will have to be changes slightly to make them fit into a "real life" type of situation but come on people this is going a stept to far I mean even The Thing from the craptacular unreleased 1994 Fantasic Four Movie looked like the Thing this at the moment does not. On the other hand Jedi Master could be right because many from other sites were this pic is posted say it could be part of a transformation scene were Ben Grimm mutates in to The Thing but at the moment this is all we have and will have to wait for more better pics but if this is the final film version of The Thing I'm afraid to see what Doctor Doom will look like

Here I have more pics of the Fantastic Four one of each member of the team now in these pictures the Thing looks actually like The The Thing opposed to the previous pics that I had posted I am please with the look in these following pics :D

Johnny Storm aka The Human Torch
Sue Storm aka The Invisible Woman
Dr. Reed Richards aka Mr.Fantastic
Benjamin J. Grimm aka The Thing

if the pics are not visable here they can be viewed at the following link
Fantastic Four Pics

Set Pictures - including pic of Dr. Doom Statue

Theres sommat really weird wid dem character pics.. theres summat missing.. looks abit wrong :s They definetly dont look like superheroes :duh:

USA Today has released pictures

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/5896/ffnewjohnny.jpg
The Human Torch

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/1756/ffnewmrf.jpg
Mr. Fantastic

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/5527/ffnewsue.jpg
The Invisble Woman

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/6007/ffnewthing.jpg
The Thing

SuperHeroHype.com has more pictures from on set if you want to look at them.

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USA Today has released pictures

SuperHeroHype.com has more pictures from on set if you want to look at them.

The_web_slinger already posted these pictures before :huh:

Thanks aZ!Dz I was just about to say the same thing... when I looked at them I thought "these look awful fimilar...they look like the sameones I posted earlier" I guess it just pays to look at previous posts ;) :D

From Scifiwire

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Unmasking Fantastic's Doom

Julian McMahon, who plays evil villain Victor Von Doom in the upcoming Marvel comic-book feature film Fantastic Four, told SCI FI Wire that his character's familiar steel armor will be an organic side effect of the same cosmic rays that create the Fantastic Four. That's a change from Doom's origin in the comic books. "Once they all come back to Earth, Victor gets a cut in his head, and he starts to develop this stuff on his hand," McMahon said in a press conference on the set in Vancouver, B.C. "It's actually a very cool thing we've done, ... this very slow evolution of this man turning into this kind of metal-steel kind of product. I don't even know what it is."

Though the final look of Dr. Doom is being kept under wraps by the studio, producer and Marvel president Avi Arad confirmed in the same press conference that McMahon's prosthetic metal makeup will evolve throughout the film and "end up where you would expect it to be."

McMahon, an Australian actor best known for F/X's Nip/Tuck, added that some elements will be taken directly from the comic-book series, and others will be expanded upon. One thing that won't be changed is the rivalry between Doom and Reed Richards, leader of the Fantastic Four, played by Ioan Gruffudd. But there will be an additional point of tension between them. "These two are basically nemeses from day one," McMahon said. "Mr. Fantastic, Reed Richards, and Victor had this battle for Sue [Jessica Alba], who was the most gorgeous woman on the planet. ... And you really get to see these characters as people before they become something. So it's not until they go up into space and they get enveloped by this cosmic storm and they all develop their individual powers that they really start to embrace them and start to take on their original and probably deeper characteristics." Fantastic Four wraps in December and is scheduled for release July 1, 2005.

" an organic side effect"....??? not that i really had big hopes for this movie, but i think my expectations are about the same for the first FF movie that came out a few years ago....

http://www.rwittschen.com/forum/images/smiles/sick.gif

THE FIRST FOOTAGE OF FANTASTIC FOUR!!

From Joblo.com

Click Here!

Just watched it, pretty cool stuff. I doubt this will be up for too long! We get to see some good shots of the Human Torch, The Thing, a test of Mr. Fantastic, some cheesy WIP effects for Sue, and the FIRST SHOT OF DR. DOOM.

It's an interesting route that they are going with Doom, kinda reminds me of Colossus.

July 4th will be FANTASTIC!

EDIT: I think that it was weird that they put into two shots from Armageddon in there. One shot was at the beginning of the ending montage where you see the nuclear blast that destroyed the big meteor (in armageddon) and a shot of the Russian space station blowing up.

Weird.

The Video File doesn't work that good on my end it get up to the part were Johnny tells Ben that he has to jump then an explosion and the video stops.

i had da same problem.. but i jus downloaded it agen.. in da same location but jus changed the filename (dont overwrite ur old file) and weirdly enuff that worked for me.. give it a shot.. if it dont.. ohwell ur screwed :p lolz hope dat whacky method works for yah

btw fanx to workshed for the file :) gota admit the movie looks slightly better den i thought it wud look, still not too happy wid ben tho

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Originally Posted by WorkShed

THE FIRST FOOTAGE OF FANTASTIC FOUR!!

From Joblo.com

Click Here!

I think the movie is on its way to becoming great. My guess is this footage is a teaser or specifically designed for studio execs. A lot of stuff is very rough. Some of the interior shots look as though the are from a TV movie.

I like Johnny Storm - Human torch CGI is a bit more defined than I expected

I also like Ben Grimm - I thought that the choice of Chiklis to go non-CGI would be silly, but it actually works.

I was wondering too if the shot of the space shuttle docking and the shuttles flying through space were "borrowed" from Armageddon. Was taking a look at Armageddon pics, and other shots of the shuttle scenes had the same color pallete and similar designs for the shuttles.

Also - what's with the video game footage near the end - Ben Grimm throwing a car

The link is down for now. Mirror sites should be up soon.

This video was so popular it crashed all of Joblo's servers!

EDIT: A mirror file is available in quicktime at themoviebox.com
Click here!

That wasn't video game footage at the end, that was CG animated storyboards. They create those to help with more visually complicated sequences. They started using those in Jurassic Park (though they used claymation for those because CG wasn't planned for JP until tests were created proving it could be done).

They are called Animatics, The are basically the next step in the story boarding process they are used give a idea of what the visuals will look like in the scene.

Fantastic Four Featurette (with footage)

http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/20...ur/trailer.php

Human Torch looks better than I expected.

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Originally Posted by red bear

" an organic side effect"....??? not that i really had big hopes for this movie, but i think my expectations are about the same for the first FF movie that came out a few years ago....

Actually....that is very similar to how Doom is created in the Ultimate Fantastic 4 universe.....it works quite well, trust me

I never got into the Fantastic Four...this trailer looks good...but did very little to get me very interested.

This is two days old, check the movie news forum. Even JPB had a thread but deleted it because it was already posted.

my bro jus sed summat very valid n funny.. why pay to go watch jessica alba as invisible?? lolz!!

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Originally Posted by WorkShed

This is two days old, check the movie news forum. Even JPB had a thread but deleted it because it was already posted.

Correct. But joblo has taken down their AVI clip on request of Fox. (And I didn't finish the DL on time :( ) so it's fine to have a second source.

EDIT: sorry, my mistake - didn't know you've updated a mirror link. :embarasse

Still since it's not a trailer, wrong Forum. Moved and merged to the Fantastic Four news thread.

Wher's possible get the 35 MegaByte AVI Version? tHANKS.

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Wher's possible get the 35 MegaByte AVI Version? tHANKS.

+1, i want this Teaser ! ;)

Not sure if the F4 movie will be any good, the thing doesn't look very good.