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Maybe if/when the characters get inserted into the MCU we can skip the origin story or at least keep Doctor Doom in storage until the sequel.īack in 2010, Sony announced that they were parting ways with Sam Raimi and rebooting the Spider-Man movie franchise. Jordan was a few months away from Creed), a distinctly non-kid-friendly tone and little mainstream interest in the Fantastic Four as a specific IP. Audiences had no interest in seeing the origin story poured into a grimdark mug, especially with no outright stars (Michael B. Yes, there is source fidelity to consider (especially when the origin story has been told many times in the comics), but we still ended up with four Fantastic Four movies where only one ( Rise of the Silver Surfer) wasn’t the same darn origin story acting as a backdoor pilot for a potential sequel.Ĭome what may, Trank’s reboot got miserable reviews and became the rare comic book superhero movie to outright bomb at the box office, earning just $56 million domestic (about what Story’s version earned on opening weekend) and $167m worldwide on a $120m budget. It was the same “scientists are accidentally exposed and get powers only to become reluctant superheroes and face Doctor Doom in the climax” runaround.ĭespite some evident changes (they don’t go into space, Sue Storm is an adopted sibling, etc.), it follows the same core narrative structure and same core plot points (including having Doom and our heroes get their powers from the same accident) as not just the 2005 movie that many people saw but of the 1994 cheapie that had a certain cult status despite being buried after production. Whatever the original intentions, and it’s no secret that the film became a tug-of-war between the director and the studio (Trank was implicitly fired off the movie, which led to him losing a Star Wars gig and trashing his own flick on Twitter the night before release), the final product became essentially the same story as the last two Fantastic Four origin story movies. Dark Phoenix looks like a remake of X-Men: The Last Stand, that, like Marc Webb’s Amazing Spider-Man and Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four, is trying to be passed off as a whole new movie.īack in 2012, Fox saw the promising success of Josh Trank’s Chronicle (an original found footage superhero/sci-fi horror hybrid) and ended up hiring him for their latest “gotta keep the rights” Fantastic Four reboot. Ditto Amazing Spider-Man, which turned into a loose remake of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. Fantastic Four was the same origin story told for the third time, with Roger Corman’s 1994 attempt mixed with Tim Story’s family-friendly comedy and poured into a “dark-n-gritty reboot” jar. It also looks like an example of the same thing that killed the last Fantastic Four reboot (which was also produced by Simon Kinberg) and doomed Sony’s Amazing Spider-Man franchise.
As a stand-alone movie, Dark Phoenix looks fine, with strong acting, moody visuals and at least some sci-fi razzle-dazzle.
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