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Fantastic Four (2015)

Fantastic Four (stylized as FANT4STIC and sometimes pronounced Fant-Four-Stic) is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is the third theatrical Fantastic Four film to be produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox and a reboot of the Fantastic Four film franchise. Directed by Josh Trank, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeremy Slater and Simon Kinberg, the film stars Miles TellerMichael B. JordanKate MaraJamie Bell and Toby Kebbell. In Fantastic Four, the team must learn to harness their superhuman abilities gained from an alternate universe to save Earth from a friend turned enemy.

Development of the film began in 2009 after Fox announced plans to reboot the franchise. Trank was hired to direct in July 2012 and the principal characters were cast in January 2014. Principal photography began in May 2014 in Baton RougeLouisiana and lasted for two months. Dissatisfied with the production, Fox executives mandated reshoots, which took place in January 2015.

Fantastic Four premiered at Williamsburg Cinemas in New York City on August 4, 2015, and was released on August 7 in the United States. The film was universally panned upon its release, with criticism aimed at its screenplay, direction, lack of humor, gloomy tone, unfaithfulness to its source material, visual effects, choppy editing, lack of dynamic between the main characters, and pacing, though some praised the efforts of the cast and the soundtrack. It was also a box-office bomb,[4][5][6] grossing $168 million worldwide against a production budget of $155 million and losing up to $100 million. At the 36th Golden Raspberry Awards, it won in the categories for Worst DirectorWorst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel and Worst Picture (the latter tied with Fifty Shades of Grey) and was also nominated for Worst Screen Combo and Worst Screenplay.

A sequel was scheduled to be released on June 9, 2017, but was cancelled after the first film’s failure and the rights reverted to Marvel Studios. A second reboot, produced by Marvel Studios and set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is currently in development.

The Four standing in front of the viewer, with the film's title toward them and release date below them with a destroyed city behind them. Fantastic Four
Theatrical release poster
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