New Fantastic Four trailer

[MIB41]

Early tracking for Saturday places it at $8 to $8.5 million for the day. At this rate, it will struggle to hit $27 million for the weekend.

[phil]

I just read that review. I'm convinced the major problems with the movie originated with the original script. Who the heck approved this thing? Galactus could stride effortlessly through the gaps in basic story telling logic.

[toys2cool]

can't believe it bombed like that

[RickD]

You guys GOTTA read this spoiler filled review...the movie is hilarious, mind you not intentionally of course...

http://news.yahoo.com/em-fantastic-four-em-spoilereview-202142980.html

This review is exactly the movie in a nutshell!

[Hector]

You guys GOTTA read this spoiler filled review...the movie is hilarious, mind you not intentionally of course...

http://news.yahoo.com/em-fantastic-four-em-spoilereview-202142980.html

[madmarva]

Hey Clemso, it's a bit more complex than what you mention on the Hulk. Marvel would have to share portions of the profit on a solo Hulk movie with Universal, similar to what Marvel and Sony are doing with Spidey. If Marvel had sole rights to the Hulk property, it might go ahead and go with it, but with having to share a portion of the profits, it's just not as safe a venture. It's worth it with Spidey because his licensing generates more money than any other single comic book character and it's not even close.

But, it is applicable to the FF property if Marvel had to share profits with Fox on a joint venture. Would a new take on the FF be more lucrative with Marvel's full stamp on it? I don't know?

The FF movie is a flop on the order or possibly greater than the Green Lantern movie, although the GL movie cost a good bit more than the FF film. The GL movie halted WB's first attempt to build toward a JLA movie. A GL sequel and a Flash film were shut down with scripts finished and pre-production ready to start. The property is so toxic that a new GL film was pushed to the tail end of the WB's DC production schedule. If the BvS and JLA movie aren't huge blockbusters, I doubt another GL movie will be made.

FF may be similarly toxic to Fox and Marvel. But I hope not.

[wise guy]

The first Hulk was really bad with the weird Nick Nolte father thing added to the story. When Disney gets the rights to these other charectors the X-men
should do really good, but the Fantastic Four is going to take years before they invest in a movie. Hulk vs Thing would be cool.

[clemso]

Don't forget, the two Hulk movies didn't do as well as expected and although they nailed him in the Avengers, Marvel are reticent to try him in a 3rd solo movie because of past results.

[Nostalgiabuff]

I did not mind the first 2 Wolverine movies. okay, origins was not a great movie. but I liked the second one.
I also liked the prior 2 F4 movies. they were not perfect but they were fun and did hit a lot of the elements that make the characters so great.

[wise guy]

Damaged goods ! Now lets see it they damaged Deadpool like those bad Wolverine movies

[phil]

Marvel/Disney will get the film rights back at some point. I also share the fear that this movie will cause the Fantastic Four to be seen as damaged goods. It will likely be sometime before anyone tries to make another movie. It's frustrating because their is so much potential in the Fantastic Four for a truly great film.

[Bruce Banner]

I saw it yesterday. My curiosity got the better of me.
As a die hard FF fan, I can say that this isn't the Fantastic Four.
I didn't think Doctor Doom could be portrayed worse than he was in those two Tim Story films. Boy, was I wrong.
At least the Thing does look pretty powerful and imposing in this movie. Just wish they'd given him trunks.
I really hope Marvel Studios gets the cinematic rights to the FF back.

[jwyblejr]

Here's the story on the director's tweet...http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j..._a1b1SfTAM90wQ

Also note the early Thursday showings were awful. New adjusted totals for opening weekend have dropped from $46 million to...possibly $25 million.

http://pro.boxoffice.com/latest-news...h-bows-to-200k

Facebook is claiming it's only $11 Million.

[hedrap]

If Marvel got the rights back, they would have to shift it to a TV series like DD. FF is damaged goods. Perhaps a cameo in Avengers, GOTG or something

or...this has turned into such a massive debacle, beyond what any of us considered, it actually becomes the most anticipated Marvel project since Avengers.

Imagine how intense the coverage would be, and not just fan sites. All entertainment outlets would be on this from first developments.

And that's probably what stops Fox from handing it over. A Guardian-level FF from Marvel would get a lot of top people at Fox fired. I'd bet we're heading towards a Spidey shared ownership deal. Fox gets distribution and saves face, Marvel gets the catalog of characters.

I'm wondering if FF is a red herring and this is all a fight over Wolverine. Fiege was one of the main reasons Jackman was cast the first time. I could see him wanting Hugh before he cashes out and control over the X-Men TV show.

[clemso]

If Marvel got the rights back, they would have to shift it to a TV series like DD. FF is damaged goods. Perhaps a cameo in Avengers, GOTG or something

This is exactly my fear.