Fox-Gate Versus Trank-Gate: Production Timeline.
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TrollInTheDungeon — 10 years ago(August 10, 2015 02:30 PM)
POST-RELEASE (THE SEQUELS ARE DOOMED):
- Various crew members state that Fox should be held accountable to the poor quality of the final product just as Josh Trank is being held accountable.
- The Thing's action sequence involving his assault on a terrorist compound was revealed to have been removed from the film due to various circumstances in the editing bay.
- Following negative reception to the film, Josh Trank's last scheduled podcast with Kevin Smith was unceremoniously cancelled.
- Josh Trank's combative behavior toward Kate Mara stemmed from the studio wanting her in the role while he disagreed. Trank also got into verbal spats with Miles Teller - who he did want to hire - and nearly got into a physical fight with the actor.
- Pirated copies of the film are released on YouTube. Fox does not take them down immediately, leaving some illegal copies of the film up for as long as several days.
Fant4stic
ends its second weekend with $42,129,974 domestically and $59,982,940 internationally. The movie was shown in 4,004 theaters this week. It ends up at the #4 spot.- A stunt double reveals some behind-the-scenes shots of the movie that shows that an alternate version of the action sequence with Doom was planned, though it was dropped during the reshoots.
- Details on Jeremy Slater and Max Landis's unused drafts for the film pop up online. Slater's draft was used as the basis of the film, but the script was vastly altered by Simon Kinberg and Josh Trank to the point where the final product only vaguely resembled Slater's original story. Max Landis claimed that he wanted the movie to be entirely an origin story, something that Fox apparently agreed to.
Fant4stic
ends its third weekend with $49,708,994 domestically and $79,986,175 internationally. The movie was shown in 2,581 theaters this week. It falls to the #10 spot, making less money than
Ant-Man
did on its sixth week. (
Ant-Man
was at the #8 spot on this particular week.)- Concept art of a more alien-looking Negative Zone, including an unused lair for Doctor Doom, was released online.
- Michael B. Jordan signs on to work on a movie based on the comic
Blood Brothers
, making it seemingly unlikely for him to return as the Human Torch should the sequel still be made.
Fant4stic
ends its fourth weekend with $52,745,496 domestically and $93,500,000 internationally. The movie was shown in 1,675 theaters this week. The movie continued to plummet to the #13 spot.- Stan Lee reveals in an interview that Fox did not consult with him at all about the property they were adapting.
The Hollywood Reporter
later mentions that Fox's losses are likely to be in the $80-100 million range as opposed to the initial prediction of a $60 million loss.- Conceptual visualizations of H.E.R.B.I.E. and the Fantasticar - both from Jeremy Slater's unused draft - appear.
- Tommy Wiseau, director of the "so-bad-it's-good" cult movie
The Room
expresses interest in directing the sequel if it ever happens. Yes, really.
Fant4stic
ends its fifth weekend with $54,422,916 domestically and $101,079,049 internationally. The movie was shown in 1,135 theaters this week. The movie ends the weekend on the #20 spot.- Kate Mara reveals that she has still not seen the film, and notes that the cast had each other's backs during production. Later on, she makes a joke about the movie's abysmal performance.
Fant4stic
ends its sixth weekend with $55,375,871 domestically and $105,400,000 internationally. The movie was shown in 676 theaters this week. The movie ends the weekend on the #25 spot.- When asked about the plans for the franchise after the movie bombed, Simon Kinberg claimed that he was weighing out his options. He stated that he was "hoping" that they could do a sequel, in stark contrast to the definite statement that they absolutely would be doing a sequel prior to production.
- Bryan Singer is confirmed to direct a
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
movie after finishing work on
X-Men: Apocalypse
, dispelling the rumors that he would work on the hypothetical sequel to
Fant4stic
.
Fant4stic
ends its seventh weekend with $55,714,045 domestically and $108,136,212 internationally. The movie was shown in 355 theaters this week. The movie ends the weekend on the #32 spot.- In spite of the backlash against his casting in
Fant4stic - along with his critically-panned performance - Michael B. Jordan publicly notes that he primarily wants to play characters that are originally white in the source material being adapted.
- Ryan Reynolds, the star of February 2016's
Deadpool
(another Twentieth Century Fox movie), publicly expresses distaste with
Fant4stic - namely mentioning concern that the movie could seriously damage to the cast's careers, especially Michael B. Jordan. Mark Millar, a key writer behind the
Ultimate Fantastic Four
comic that was allegedly used as an inspiration for the film - and a general supporter of Fox's Marvel movies - also expressed disappointment in the final product.
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WestAllenIsForever — 10 years ago(August 13, 2015 12:45 PM)
Great work! I have never read the comics but I know my brother was pissed about this reboot so I decided to dig into why that was/ why the movie bombed. Thank you for laying everything out on the table. It sounds like such a soap opera!
I've never beep a dying creature before. Do you feel things more deeply, I wonder?
-Dorian Gray -
Gojiman — 10 years ago(August 30, 2015 12:32 PM)
A bit off-topic, but y'know, it really bugs me when websites that list movie grosses don't clearly distinguish between the foreign gross and the total gross. They keep using "worldwide" for the latter, but sometimes they seem to mean the former.
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Gojiman — 10 years ago(September 09, 2015 01:24 PM)
Fant4stic
ends its fifth weekend with $54,422,916 domestically and $101,079,049 internationally. The movie was shown in 1,135 theaters this week. The movie ends the weekend on the #20 spot.
wow. It gained less than $2 million domestically and less than $8 million internationally from last weekend. This movie is definitely not long for the theater world. -
Gojiman — 10 years ago(September 13, 2015 07:54 PM)
Fant4stic
ends its sixth weekend with $55,375,871 domestically and $105,400,000 internationally. The movie was shown in 676 theaters this week. The movie ends the weekend on the #22 spot.
ho-ly mo-ly. It couldn't even make another million bucks domestically. That, my friends, is a dead movie walking. -
Gojiman — 10 years ago(September 20, 2015 10:35 AM)
Fant4stic
ends its seventh weekend with $55,714,045 domestically and $108,136,212 internationally. The movie was shown in 355 theaters this week. The movie ends the weekend on the #24 spot.
That is
beyond
pitiful. There is no chance in Hell this movie will recoup its budget at the box office. As you said, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, hey-hey-hey,
goodbye
! -
Gojiman — 10 years ago(September 28, 2015 06:43 PM)
Fant4stic
ends its eighth weekend with $55,915,445 domestically and $109,425,197 internationally. The movie was shown in 219 theaters this week. The movie ends the weekend on the #33 spot.
Dayum - it's
still
not reaching the 2005 movie's opening weekend, is it? Hopefully, its theatrical run will die before that can happen - then I can shut up with these gloating posts.