Fox Releases 4 'Fantastic Four' Featurettes (VIDEO)
After the untimely release of a movie billboard overseas that went viral on social media, Fox is remedying the marketing gaffe with the release of four featurettes for the re-imagined "Fantastic Four" film that opens at the end of summer.
Fox is making up for the untimely reveal of its upcoming "Fantastic Four" reboot via a poorly rendered and much criticized overseas billboard by releasing four new videos featuring the cast of characters for the movie due in theaters by August.
The clips don't include much footage from the upcoming film, but includes a discussion of the cast members and the major roles they play in the movie. According to the film's producer, Simon Kinberg, who also wrote "Fantastic Four," the focal point was for the reboot to be a "dramatic and grounded retelling," leading to the decision to cast dramatic actors for the major roles.
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Miles Teller, who plays main protagonist, the ultra stretchable Mr. Fantastic, fresh from his successes in "Whiplash" and "Insurgent," initially tried out for one of the roles in the 2012 sci-fi thriller, "Chronicle," but was pinpointed as perfect for the Reed Richards role instead.
The Invisible Woman, Sue Storm, played by "Transcendence" actress Kate Mara, went through auditions to test for on-screen chemistry with her movie sibling, played by "That Awkward Moment" actor, Michael B. Jordan, and the strong "brotherly-sisterly dynamic" between her and Jordan pointed to Mara as the most suitable actress to play Sue.
For his part as the Human Torch, Jordan has, according to Kinberg and director, Josh Trank, taken on Johnny Storm's personality both on screen and off, portraying a "smart, hilarious and charismatic" character who can spontaneously burst into flame.
One of the unlikeliest actors to play The Thing, "Snowpiercer" actor Jamie Bell, is covering unchartered territory by playing a character type audiences have never seen him play before. The lithe and slight English actor will take on The Thing's massive orange rock façade, and whether he will be basing Ben Grimm's character straight from the comic books or taking up where Michael Chiklis left off from the two previous films is yet to be seen.
The "Fantastic Four" reboot will be out in North American theaters on August 7, 2015.
