Fantastic Four (2015)

Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness their new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

Director:

Josh Trank

Writers:

Jeremy Slater (screenplay), Simon Kinberg (screenplay)

Stars:

Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan

8 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miles Teller	...	Reed Richards
Michael B. Jordan	...	Johnny Storm
Kate Mara	...	Sue Storm
Jamie Bell	...	Ben Grimm / The Thing
Toby Kebbell	...	Victor Von Doom / Dr. Doom
Reg E. Cathey	...	Dr. Franklin Storm
Tim Blake Nelson	...	Dr. Allen
Joshua Montes	...	Quarterback Speech School Kid
Dan Castellaneta	...	Mr. Kenny
Owen Judge	...	Young Reed
Kylen Davis	...	Teasing School Kid
Evan Hannemann	...	Young Ben
Chet Hanks	...	Jimmy Grimm
Mary-Pat Green	...	Mrs. Grimm
Tim Heidecker	...	Mr. Richards

Storyline

FANTASTIC FOUR, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel's original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

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Plot Keywords:

troubled production | teleportation | portal | telekinesis | transformation | 

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Taglines:

When you change the world, prepare to defend it.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Germany UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fant4stic

Filming Locations:

Raleigh Studios Baton Rouge, Celtic Media Centre, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$120,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$25,685,737, 9 August 2015, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$56,117,548

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$167,977,596

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox,Constantin Film,Marvel Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Surround 7.1 Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie originally had the odds stacked against it by being wedged between three major blockbusters - it would have competed with Jurassic World (2015), which was slated to be released in the previous weekend, Inside Out (2015), which would be released the same weekend, and Ted 2 (2015), which was going to come out in the following weekend. Fox noticed this problem and pushed the release date back by two months, making it compete with Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015). Unfortunately, the move didn't help the movie at all once the bad word-of-mouth came around, and it ended up lagging behind Rogue Nation on its opening weekend.

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Goofs

Young Reed has blue eyes while older Reed has brown eyes. Blue-eyed children sometimes grow up to have brown eyes.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Boy: Ever since I was three, I wanted to play quarterback for the New York Giants... like my personal hero, Eli Manning. Annual salary is between 10 and 20 million dollars a year.

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Crazy Credits

When the 20th Century Fox logo fades away, the F in the logo stays for a second longer before it also fades away. This parallels the Fox X-Men films, where the X in the logo stays longer also.

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Connections

Referenced in Nostalgia Critic: Fantastic Four (2015)

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Soundtracks

Roads
Written by Geoff Barrow (as Geoffrey Barrow), Beth Gibbons, Adrian Utley
Performed by Portishead
Courtesy of Go! Beat Records/Island Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

A deplorable attempt at cashing in on something that didn't have a chance in the first place.

Fantastic Four started catching my eye in the casting stage. Seemingly not giving a damn about the source material, it was refreshing to see those kind of balls especially from Marvel. While I welcome Michael B. Jordan as The Human Torch, I wish I could say the same thing about the rest of the film. Fantastic Four is merely a reboot that loses its steam after the first act. Coming in at just over an hour and a half, the film is a rushed piece of reject summer movie drab. The characters are paper thin and about 10 years too young for their respective roles. The visual effects are far from stunning, especially The Thing, whose transformation into the ghastly beast is something closer to a PS2 game than an actual film with a $100 million price tag. Miles Teller proves here that his performance in Whiplash is truly a fluke. As Mr. Fantastic, he struggles to sound like he knows what he is talking about. Perhaps a little more rehearsal time and a little less focus on that cheap looking silver streak in his hair could have benefited him. Kate Mara as Susan Storm is about as idiotic as it can get. Mara is a great actress, there's no other way about it but Kate Mara as Susan Storm is terrible and borderline embarrassing. The biggest shock here in this film is where all the controversy started...Michael B. Jordan as The Human Torch. Jordan's ability to be a badass likable gear head is insanely good. He's the best part of this film by far. If there is anyone that could single handedly carry this film on their back, it is him. The film overall is too dark for Fantastic Four and too shallow for Marvel which leaves it drifting somewhere between ridiculous and not necessary...and at times, both. If there's any movie to see this summer, I can assure you, Fantastic Four is NOT it.