Fans have been very vocal about how they're not happy (to put it lightly) about the cast for THE FANTASTIC FOUR, as well as director Josh Trank's vision for the film, and in an interview with Huffington Post, Miles Teller (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic) says he knows all about the internet's hate for the upcoming movie.
Besides talking about negative fan reactions to the plans for THE FANTASTIC FOUR, Teller also says he doesn't think the film was made for young children, and they wanted to bring something new to the franchise.
Like you said, there are a million blogs and websites talking about the casting and they hear one little thing, like, oh, there was rumor it was a found-footage movie, so then there were a million comments on that. If we’re going to be up for everybody’s public disposal of it, I try not to get too caught up with anything on the Internet. Out of sight is out of mind for me a lot of the time. I already know that people hate me for the fact that I’m playing Reed Richards and that we’re ruining their franchise. It’s tough because when you’re taking on a franchise that’s already been established, you do kind of owe something to the characters and to the creator. At the same time, you want to bring it to a fresh audience. My dad grew up with the "Fantastic Four" comic book and not a lot of kids did, so you also want to make a movie that they can enjoy. I will say that this film that we made is not really for little kids, I don’t think. We do take a more mature approach.
I do think it's ridiculous to be so dismissive about a movie when there hasn't even been a trailer released yet for THE FANTASTIC FOUR, however I'm not too high on the film either. Part of the reason why is because I've never been the biggest Fantastic Four fan, but I'm still hopeful it'll be a solid and entertaining movie.
THE FANTASTIC FOUR is scheduled to be released on August 7, 2015.
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