The known knowns: reviews have been less than enthusiastic.
Box office projections have been revised downwards.
Its a little trickier to pinpoint thus far.
The catalyst for said doubts seemed to be the adverse internet reaction to story details that emerged online.
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All of a sudden, it seemed what had been debunked was actually true.
After all, why threaten legal action otherwise?
Alterations were clearly ordered, seemingly from the studio side.
You may remember that his character was set to be a computer hacker by the name of Victor Domashev.
That said, the film clearly was a different beast at one stage.
It doesnt sound like the last year has been much fun, for either Trank or Fox.
But again, the argument to that is that filmmaking should sometimes be about battles and conflict.
If everyone is agreeing, somethings usually wrong.
The truth, of course, is we dont know for certain.
I do think that Josh Trank should be given some slack though.
WithFantastic Four, the mechanic clearly didnt work as well.
Is he, as some have suggested, a one trick pony?
Again, no idea.
I cant help but feel for him there.
He surely deserves a little bit of slack.
Fox, one way or another, will probably admit that things went wrong here.
That whatever moves it made to protect its substantive investment didnt work.
Where this leaves its plans forFantastic Four 2remain to be seen.
The studio screened it late, which is rarely a sign of confidence.
Tranks Tweet suggests that the final cut wasnt anywhere close to his.
Nobody is a winner here.
But the ongoing rush to be judge and jury doesnt help either.
We also went beyond the review on Fantastic Four in our latest podcast…
