Fox Developing Comedic All Black Fantastic Four Reboot

I can't really reveal my source here, but I trust them because they were right about everything they told me before including the behind the scenes issues on the troubled production for the last Fantastic Four movie Fox did.

But I just want to say forces behind the scenes at Fox are considering yet another Fantastic Four remake. Despite the repeated failures to live up to expectations, they don't want to let the rights revert back to Marvel and have Disney get a hold of it and make it profitable for them, especially in the context of the X-Men movies doing so well for Fox. They still think there's money to be made with a possible Fantastic Four franchise and don't want to give up on making that happen.

However, they don't consider the previous films as successes obviously and changes versus what they have tried before are being discussed. One of two possible changes that my source leaked to me include the possibility of making the Fantastic Four more comedic instead of the grim serious tone of the last film. This is due to the surprise hit response to Deadpool that Fox brass were very pleased with. They want to replicate the success of Deadpool with another comedic super hero film, and Fantastic Four is being discussed to play that role. So if another Fantastic Four film is made, expect it to have a tone similar to Deadpool with the off the wall humor. I don't know how this works well with Fantastic Four, but it's what I was told.

Second, despite the last film bombing with it's mixed race cast, another idea being floated is to simply make the entire cast black. While the fans didn't really like making Johnny Storm black, the media did, and they also received positive feedback from the black members of test audiences for the black Johnny Storm character. Fox wants to reach out more to black audiences which they see as a potential money maker due to black audiences turning out in high numbers to black aimed films (think Madea, etc.).

While a black aimed tent pole super hero film may seem to be a huge risk, they are also taking another cue from Deadpool by planning a more low budget Fantastic Four movie. They want to cap off the production budget at $60-65 million to insure they make a decent profit this time. Comparably, the last remake had a budget of $120 million. So expect more moderate special effects, etc. in this one.

I know this is a bit hard to swallow, but like I said, this source is always right and has the connections to know what's going on behind the scenes at Fox. I really trust them.

M8, no one gives a shit.

Believe it or not, I don't care. I was also told about the fight over the direction of the Deadpool sequel between Ryan Reynolds and Tim Miller well before it ever made it online. Fox is pretty high on the idea of funny superhero movies right now. Which is why they chose Ryan Reynolds' version of Deadpool 2 over Miller's. It's also why they want to go more funny with a new Fantastic Four.

My dad works at Nintendo too

Okay, lets pretend you're telling the truth. What position are you in to alter their decisions?

Sounds to me like Fox is currently run by retards who don't understand the reason Deadpool was successful was because it was fairly faithful to the comic so it had a built in audience (comic fanboy losers) and then it gets even more viewers with word of mouth from the nerds.

If they wanted to make a successful Fantastic Four movie they would do a PG rated film that was full of fantastical scenes with an aesthetic similar to pic related.

None. Also my source isn't in the kind of position to sway discussions in a meaningful way.

I don't disagree with your assessment btw. Studio people are notoriously out of touch with audiences.

Also about the idea of a black cast, I forgot to mention this is also in part a response to Marvel getting a positive reaction for their rollout of the all back cast in Black Panther for the 2018 slate. They're hoping that will help pave the way for a black Fantastic Four to be successful as well. So part of the reason this is going forward is as a reaction to what Disney is doing. There is currently some heat between Disney and Fox, since X-Men has made a lot of money for Fox and Disney apparently isn't happy about that. Fox doesn't want Disney to get the entire market on black aimed super hero movies since the market research shows there is a real potential for making money there.

Idiots.

Do it. Double down on this shit. Keep pushing.

no shit sherlock, they're gonna make it in another ten years just before the rights are due to expire yet again just like they did this time and last time as well.

fuck all this shit, nuke hollywood.