No More Fantastic Four?
Is Fantastic Four (Dr.) Doomed? Chris Evans Thinks So…
Chris Evans, The Human Torch in the "Fantastic Four", has hinted that there may be no more movies in the franchise after a poor showing for last summer's sequel.
Whilst the superhero genre is by no means in dire straits (three major comic book adaptations coming your way in the next few months), one of the less cherished franchises may be on the way out. Despite having serious star power (in the form of the lovely Jessica Alba, and Brit star Ioan Gruffud) and bringing in another much anticipated hero for “F4: Rise of The Silver Surfer”, Chris Evans (The Human Torch/Johnny Storm in the movies) has suggested that a third part to the story may never come.
Gone and Four-gotten?
In a recent interview*, Evans commented on the likelihood of another movie, given that the first movie, released 2005, was so poorly received, and it’s ’07 sequel suffered financially. “I’m assuming that one is a closed book” Evans commented bluntly when asked about another movie. “I’ve heard nothing from anyone at Fox…We had all planned on doing [another] one but if there were going to be a third I think a week after the second one was released we would have heard.”
Whilst Evans says he is “happy to walk away”, he also commented that he would be happy to make another appearance as Johnny Storm in another Marvel superhero movie. For now, though, it appears as though the adventures of The Thing et al will be ‘on ice’ for the foreseeable future.
Heroes To Zeroes?
Should this really be the end for the movies, they would join a long list of superhero movies that never quite got off the ground. The most recent, and most famous, example is 2004’s “Catwoman”, starring Halle Berry. Intended to be a long-running series to rival “Batman”, it instead was laughed out of the Box Office, and Berry’s career has never really recovered since. Other examples include a 1990 “Captain America” movie, which was only released in cinemas in the UK (on video in the US in ’92); and Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal as the ludicrous “Steel”.
Whilst this incarnation of the Fantastic Four was poorly received by critics and fans alike, they should perhaps look on the bright side- at least their movie made it to cinemas!!! A 1994 live action movie was shot, edited and ready for release, only for the studio to hide it away at the last minute. The whole business was an underhand plot to keep the rights to the film (a term of the agreement said they had to shoot a film by a certain date or lose the rights), only cast and crew were unaware of this at the time, thinking they had hit the big time. To this day the movie has never been released, however pirate copies are hot property and the ’94 version has a cult following (perhaps more so than the modern version).
*source: mtv
