FANTASTIC FOUR (2015) BREAKDOWN! WTF Really Happened With This Movie?
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Published 2024-05-13
Fox attempted to reboot the Fantastic Four with a 2015 film starring Miles Teller, Michael B Jordan, Kate Mara, and Jamie Bell, directed by Josh Trank, with a film that famously flopped. Erik Voss breaks down this movie scene by scene to explain what really happened here, a full plot recap, details and Easter Eggs you missed, scenes that redeem the film, and lessons Marvel Studios learned ahead of the MCU Fantastic Four reboot in 2025.
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All Comments (21)
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Is there anything from this film you'd like to see return in the MCU Multiverse? Michael B Jordan Johnny Storm? Miles Teller in a Council of Reeds? An uber-violent Doom?
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I NEVER thought I'd hear anyone talk about this movie ever again, yet here we are.
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Johnny storm "9/11" it is crazy 💀
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The funniest movie review I’ve read was about this movie. “Don’t watch it. Not even out of curiosity”
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R.I.P Josh Trank's career
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I used to LOVE the 2000s fantastic fours and remember when I saw this… I was left shocked and lost for all the words with this movie! Truly crazy to see just much it failed!
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I was surprised that Marvel Comics allowed a Punisher comic to be released where the cast of this Fantastic Four got killed in an explosion. That's...quite the choice.
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The Zack Snyder era of superhero movies was such a trip back in those days. Everything was so dark and gritty that it was lifeless and souless
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Did you just use 911 as a verb? LOL
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The body horror elements when they first get their powers was by far and away the most interesting thing about the film. The sudden "1 year later" and them suddenly having control without any journey or progress shown to the audience killed the film imo
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I keep forgetting this movie exists.
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Watched this movie with my dad and brother after forcing them to watch with me despite seeing the RT score…biggest regret of my life 💀
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@28:39 “‘9/11’s’ through the pillars” is wild
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really didnt expect the line of Johnny storm 9/11s the pillar.
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I feel like the director for this movie was delusional in saying that the original film would've had good reviews.. He literally wanted to connect a Fantastic Four movie with his own movie, the studio disapproved and he did it anyway. SoB doesn't care about the source materia at all
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Interesting note about Stan Lee refusing to cameo. Based on Stan Lee's own claims, he was never asked to cameo, and never consulted before the movie went forward. According to Trank, he DID consult Stan Lee on his early script and Stan Lee liked it. Multiple other videos I've seen as I've been digging seem to blame Fox for the interference, but also rarely mention the apparent anger issues Trank had on set outside of frustration over studio interference. Getting the clear, true story on this one is weirdly difficult. Wouldn't mind watching a deep-dive documentary sometime.
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Miles Teller is such a good actor, I'd love to see him return as The Maker
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I was not expecting a 9/11 reference while talking about Fant4stic, but well... Here we are 😁
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that scene of Doom popping skulls is pretty bad ass
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Honestly, as a fan, I feel so bad for the cast and crew to have had to go through an unpleasant experience with this movie. Glad they’re all hopefully doing better now tho
