Josh Trank

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Four young scientists achieve superhuman abilities through a teleportation experiment gone haywire. They must now use these abilities to save the world from an uprising tyrant.

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Fantastic Four (2015)

Joshua Trank is an American filmmaker and screenwriter. He got his big break by directing the found footage superhero film Chronicle for 20th Century Fox in 2012. He was later hired to direct Fant4stic, an ill-fated reboot to the Tim Story Fantastic Four film series of the 2000s starring Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell and Kate Mara. Trank's film resulted in a reevaluation of the Jessica Alba Fantastic Four films for keeping the lighthearted tone and chemistry of the Marvel franchise compared to the 2015 failure. The failure of Fant4stic resulted in Josh Trank doing small-scale projects such as Capone starring Tom Hardy.

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- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Fantastic Four

4.3

Writer

2015

Chronicle

7.0

Writer

2012

Send a Scare

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The Kill Point

7.3

TV Series

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Capone
4.7
- written by
- 2020
Fantastic Four
4.3
- screenplay
- 2015
Chronicle
7.0
- story
- 2012
The Kill Point
7.3
TV Series
- writer
- 2007
Stabbing at Leia's 22nd Birthday
5.5
Short
- Writer (uncredited)
- 2007

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Disapproved of his movie Fantastic Four (2015), because he had no Final Cut. By the end of 2014, Trank had a finished version of the film, which was disapproved of by the producers. Reshoots were ordered and done in early 2015.

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[After Fantastic Four (2015)] I want to do something original after this because I've been living under public scrutiny, as you've seen, for the last four years of my life, and it's not healthy for me right now in my life. I want to do something that's below the radar.