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Directed by David Fincher
Starring
Joshua Jackson as Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic - Protaganist
Carey Mulligan as Sue Storm aka The Invisible Woman - Love Interest
Garrett Hedlund as Johnny Storm aka The Human Torch - Supporting Character
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Benjamin Grimm aka The Thing - Supporting Character
Bryan Cranston as Franz Stahl - Antagonist
Featuring
Jeff Daniels as Nathaniel Richards
David Strathairn as Franklin Storm
Jared Harris as Werner Von Doom
The Fantastic Four has always been about family relationships. This movie isn't just about showing off the fantastic things their powers enable them to do. Its about what kind of families these four people came from and how it shaped them and how they take that history and build a a better future from it.
Nathaniel Richards knows his son is just as smart as he is and knows he'll be smarter. But he also knows that he has his own crucial life to live. So while Reed his young, he instills it in him that education is important but nothing will ever quench his thirst for knowledge. Despite that, he must continue to explore. "The sky is not the limit, Reed." Not long after that, Nathaniel mysteriously disappears from the Richards home and is never seen again.
Dr. Franklin Storm is an excellent surgeon. Dr. Franklin Storm is an even better alcoholic. He drinks because his wife has died in a terrible car accident. An accident he could not save her from. Nothing makes him happy anymore. Not surgery, not memories of his wife. Even the mere sight of his two children, Jonathan and Susan, makes him miserable...thus the drinking.
College. NYU to be specific. Reed Richards is studying there when he meets football star Benjamin Grimm, who is pretty damn close to losing his scholarship. Ben talks Reed into being his tutor and a friendship is born. Ben constantly tries to get Reed to dumb it down while Reed recruits the football brute to assist on a side project of his...
Ben talks Reed into hitting a party at a Frat. There he meets a struggling young actress and her wild brother, who's currently sober but jumping off the roof of the house into the pool...and of course soaking Ben in the process. Reed, being completely bored by the party, invites Sue to come view his rocket. Sue says she's heard worst pickup lines but follows him anyway. The two spend the night inside the rocket, bonding over the potential of tomorrow. Sue wanting for a chance to find something stable in her life, and Reed wanting for a chance to push beyond the sky's limitations.
As Reed, Sue and Johnny watch Ben dominate on the football field, Reed is informed that his project has been officially shut down. Reed flips out and storms off. Sue follows. Sue does a terrible job of calming him down and puts it in his head that he could just go and return without any notice. Reed ponders the idea. Back at the game, Johnny's excitement for Ben gets him in trouble in the stands. A fight breaks out and Johnny is getting his ass kicked. Ben jumps up from the field and into the stands. He starts pummeling the other guys and the home crowd roars in excitement.
Reed takes Sue into the rocket that night. Ben wants no part of it, but Johnny is all for it. Reed looks Ben into his eyes and says "I'm not going to do this without my best friend. Help me change the world Ben." And of course he joins.
You know the story from there. Cosmic radiation. Ben guides them back to earth safely....EXCEPT once they land, military officials are there in waiting.
The four are placed in separate cells at a secret government prison. Reed notices a seemingly normal man reading a book about the human brain in a cell across from him. Ben has completely trashed his cell. He hasn't stopped thrashing around since being brought in, he's fighting through tears. Reed sits in silence. Johnny has burnt through all his clothing with zero control of his abilities. Sue takes it upon herself to find a way out. She overhears a guard saying that Raymond Perry has been here ten years and his cosmic radiation poisoning has yet to wear off in the slightest.
In short, Raymond Perry explodes from his cell just as Sue gives up on getting a response out of Reed. Raymond Perry is not a big hulking man made out of what looks to be pure electricity. He's taking out guards left and right and destroying machinery all around him. Sue lets Johnny out and he gains some control over his abilities but his heat isn't doing much help. She then lets Ben out and he goes toe to toe against him. Reed sits. He looks across the hall to the cell. The door is open. When did that happen?
Reed jumps up. Stretches around Perry, absorbing the constant shocks as Ben pounds Perry to the ground. The Fantastic Four's first victory. The government then proceeds to shoot the downed electric beast of a man. One government official convinces Reed to keep their abilities secret and they'll be left to leave. Reed complies...until a volcanic eruption takes place and Reed's thirst to change the world a day at a time causes him to get his new family there to save the day.
Blah Blah Blah. One day, Reed's head is filled with images. Then a man appears. He's inside his own head talking to a mystery man. The man introduces himself as Dr. Franz Stahl. Franz admits to making Raymond Perry react and escape. He admits that he finds Reed's abilities second to his own but just as fascinating.
Time goes on. Fantastic Four gain a reputation within the public. Franz decides he's seen enough. Franz fucks with their minds so they see and hear the worst of their childhood all over again but these images are far worse as their parents constantly berate them. Franz pops in and out of the minds of the public and turn them against the FF. Eventually Reed comes up with a plan to keep Franz thinking about what Reed's plan could be, when he forgets to focus on Sue who places a force field around his head. Franz tries to fight through her, and she yells that he's only hurting himself. Franz' head grows and grows...until it bursts inside the force field bubble...
Epilogue: 20 years ago, Werner Von Doom is walking his son up a cold icy mountain. They huddle together against a rock and hope to wait the blizzard out. The young child falls asleep...When he awakes...
That's right. The sequel is loosely based on the series BOOKS OF DOOM by Ed Brubaker. That's where we'll compare the life of Victor to the enthusiasm of Reed Richards and the secret origin of The Thing!
Nathaniel Richards knows his son is just as smart as he is and knows he'll be smarter. But he also knows that he has his own crucial life to live. So while Reed his young, he instills it in him that education is important but nothing will ever quench his thirst for knowledge. Despite that, he must continue to explore. "The sky is not the limit, Reed." Not long after that, Nathaniel mysteriously disappears from the Richards home and is never seen again.
Dr. Franklin Storm is an excellent surgeon. Dr. Franklin Storm is an even better alcoholic. He drinks because his wife has died in a terrible car accident. An accident he could not save her from. Nothing makes him happy anymore. Not surgery, not memories of his wife. Even the mere sight of his two children, Jonathan and Susan, makes him miserable...thus the drinking.
College. NYU to be specific. Reed Richards is studying there when he meets football star Benjamin Grimm, who is pretty damn close to losing his scholarship. Ben talks Reed into being his tutor and a friendship is born. Ben constantly tries to get Reed to dumb it down while Reed recruits the football brute to assist on a side project of his...
Ben talks Reed into hitting a party at a Frat. There he meets a struggling young actress and her wild brother, who's currently sober but jumping off the roof of the house into the pool...and of course soaking Ben in the process. Reed, being completely bored by the party, invites Sue to come view his rocket. Sue says she's heard worst pickup lines but follows him anyway. The two spend the night inside the rocket, bonding over the potential of tomorrow. Sue wanting for a chance to find something stable in her life, and Reed wanting for a chance to push beyond the sky's limitations.
As Reed, Sue and Johnny watch Ben dominate on the football field, Reed is informed that his project has been officially shut down. Reed flips out and storms off. Sue follows. Sue does a terrible job of calming him down and puts it in his head that he could just go and return without any notice. Reed ponders the idea. Back at the game, Johnny's excitement for Ben gets him in trouble in the stands. A fight breaks out and Johnny is getting his ass kicked. Ben jumps up from the field and into the stands. He starts pummeling the other guys and the home crowd roars in excitement.
Reed takes Sue into the rocket that night. Ben wants no part of it, but Johnny is all for it. Reed looks Ben into his eyes and says "I'm not going to do this without my best friend. Help me change the world Ben." And of course he joins.
You know the story from there. Cosmic radiation. Ben guides them back to earth safely....EXCEPT once they land, military officials are there in waiting.
The four are placed in separate cells at a secret government prison. Reed notices a seemingly normal man reading a book about the human brain in a cell across from him. Ben has completely trashed his cell. He hasn't stopped thrashing around since being brought in, he's fighting through tears. Reed sits in silence. Johnny has burnt through all his clothing with zero control of his abilities. Sue takes it upon herself to find a way out. She overhears a guard saying that Raymond Perry has been here ten years and his cosmic radiation poisoning has yet to wear off in the slightest.
In short, Raymond Perry explodes from his cell just as Sue gives up on getting a response out of Reed. Raymond Perry is not a big hulking man made out of what looks to be pure electricity. He's taking out guards left and right and destroying machinery all around him. Sue lets Johnny out and he gains some control over his abilities but his heat isn't doing much help. She then lets Ben out and he goes toe to toe against him. Reed sits. He looks across the hall to the cell. The door is open. When did that happen?
Reed jumps up. Stretches around Perry, absorbing the constant shocks as Ben pounds Perry to the ground. The Fantastic Four's first victory. The government then proceeds to shoot the downed electric beast of a man. One government official convinces Reed to keep their abilities secret and they'll be left to leave. Reed complies...until a volcanic eruption takes place and Reed's thirst to change the world a day at a time causes him to get his new family there to save the day.
Blah Blah Blah. One day, Reed's head is filled with images. Then a man appears. He's inside his own head talking to a mystery man. The man introduces himself as Dr. Franz Stahl. Franz admits to making Raymond Perry react and escape. He admits that he finds Reed's abilities second to his own but just as fascinating.
Time goes on. Fantastic Four gain a reputation within the public. Franz decides he's seen enough. Franz fucks with their minds so they see and hear the worst of their childhood all over again but these images are far worse as their parents constantly berate them. Franz pops in and out of the minds of the public and turn them against the FF. Eventually Reed comes up with a plan to keep Franz thinking about what Reed's plan could be, when he forgets to focus on Sue who places a force field around his head. Franz tries to fight through her, and she yells that he's only hurting himself. Franz' head grows and grows...until it bursts inside the force field bubble...
Epilogue: 20 years ago, Werner Von Doom is walking his son up a cold icy mountain. They huddle together against a rock and hope to wait the blizzard out. The young child falls asleep...When he awakes...
That's right. The sequel is loosely based on the series BOOKS OF DOOM by Ed Brubaker. That's where we'll compare the life of Victor to the enthusiasm of Reed Richards and the secret origin of The Thing!
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1. Showrunner/Director: Darren Aronofsky
A huge comic book fan, Aronofsky has been linked to various comic book adaptations in the past, including Batman and Wolverine. He's created comic book tie-ins for his movies The Fountain and Noah. But he's not the director for a straight forward superhero movie. His worlds are too dirty, too real for that. He's a science fiction director who can stay within budget. Which is needed for this project.
2. Antagonist: Edward Norton as The Smiler
The Smiler is a two-faced bastard. Friendly and smiling in one moment, with an evil grin in the next. His image is that of the last honest politician, a loving family man. But in reality, he's a scheming manipulator who lets his family and friends die in accidents whenever it benefits his political career. Norton has built his whole career on split personalities. Primal Fear, Fight Club, Incredible Hulk... There's nobody better for this role than him.
3. Protagonist: John C. McGinley as Spider Jerusalem
He's a cynical journalist armed with a laptop and a bowel disuptor. He's the only man smart enough to see through the Smiler's plans. He is the only one powerful enough to take the fucker down.
Who else but John C. McGinley? He looks the part, he played a cynical but highly intelligent man for years on Scrubs, and he works on a tv budget.
4. Love Interest: Rachael Leigh Cook as Yelena Rossini
As the niece of Spider's editor, she starts out as his clean, almost shy assistant. But Spider's influence on her makes her smarter - and more depraved. By the time he's done with her, she's turned into him, cigarettes, tattoos and all.
Rachael Leigh Cook is versatile and pretty enough to play both sides.
5. Supporting Character: Lelee Sobieski as Channon Yarrow.
At the beginning of Transmetropolitan, she is a stripper. She assists Spider on his first mission back in the city - and becomes his assistant and bodyguard afterwards. Leelee Sobieski has the looks, but can kick ass if necessary.
6: Storyline: Transmetropolitan #1-60
William Gibson meets Frost/Nixon.
A cyberpunk tale in a not-too-distant future, about the last journalist with the balls to mess with the President. Warren Ellis' masterpiece, and one of Vertigo's most successful books. Mandatory reading. And it would work nicely as an AMC or HBO series. Five seasons, twelve episodes each. Perfect.[/QUOTE]
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