It's Clobbering Time with the New “FANTASTIC FOUR” Opens this August 5 in Philippine Cinemas!
The Fantastic Four stories are about characters who
did not have to wear masks, and who sometimes clashed with each other. The
comics were set in the real world so readers could identify even more with the
Four. The reason the comic has endured
so many years is because of its familial dynamics. Such essence was what
director Josh Trank and producer/screenwriter took from the original books,
along with the elemental fun, adventure and optimism.
In
this year’s “Fantastic Four,” pioneering filmmakers director Josh Trank and
scribe/producer Simon Kinberg contemporize the re-imagining of Marvel’s
original and longest-running superhero team that centers on four young
outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters
their physical form in shocking ways.
Set in contemporary New York, this retelling focuses on the Four before
they become a team – when they were four young idealistic adventurers who make
a headstrong leap into the unknown.
The
new “Fantastic Four” stars Miles Teller (“Whiplash”) as Reed Richards, Michael
B. Jordan (“Fruitvale Station,” “Chronicle”) as Johnny Storm, Kate Mara
(Netflix’s “House of Cards”) as Sue Storm, and Jamie Bell (“Billy Elliot,”
AMC’s “Turn”) as Ben Grimm. The film
also stars Toby Kebbell (“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”) as Victor von Doom,
a brilliant but rebellious computer programmer and Baxter Institute student;
Reg E. Cathey (“House of Cards,” “The Wire”) as Dr. Franklin Storm, Johnny and
Sue’s father; and Tim Blake Nelson (“O Brother, Where Art Thou?”) as an
unscrupulous Baxter Institute board member.
Director
Trank (“Chronicle”) is part of a generation that grew up with comic books and
comic book movie adaptations that possessed an intriguingly dark tone, which
would also inspire his concept for a new “Fantastic Four.” He entered the project with one key mandate:
“It starts with the movie I really want to see as a fan,” he says. First, he wanted to show the origins of the
Four in their younger years before they become a team. Equally important, he
strove to make its tone realistic, emotional and relatable.
Trank
placed the story and the characters in a world marked by diversity, reflecting
our world today. The story takes place
before the team becomes celebrated around the world.. They don’t wear spandex
uniforms, and they have yet to adopt their familiar monikers of Mister
Fantastic, Invisible Woman, The Human Torch and The Thing.
With
Trank on board, 20th Century Fox asked Simon Kinberg to write and produce. Having produced “X-Men: First Class” in 2010
and written and produced “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” who has also written the
highly phenomenal “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt,
the lifelong comic book fan was the ideal person to work with Trank on “Fantastic
Four.”
Trank
adds that that one thing he always loved about The Fantastic Four is that they
were never really superheroes. “They
were explorers and adventurers,” he notes.
“They were always going places, running into danger on other planets or
other dimensions. A lot of their struggles are very much symbolic of the normal
struggles that any young person goes through. If there’s a core message to FANTASTIC
FOUR, it’s about going through things together, getting through everything life
can throw at you, and ending up on the other end without quitting on each
other.”
It’s
clobbering time! “Fantastic Four” opens this August 5 nationwide in the Philippines
from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.
Check Ayala Cinemas Sureseats site for updates, promos and screening schedules
Check Ayala Cinemas Sureseats site for updates, promos and screening schedules
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