Fantastic Four - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Fantastic Four or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Fantastic Four

[ella]

The movie was screened for critics a mere two days before it was released in the United States. However, the movie was intended to be premiered in several regions before then - which did not have screenings for critics either. And then the international premieres were delayed until after the United States premiere, which essentially means that the movie was only screened for critics at the eleventh hour, at which point it might as well not have been screened for them at all. The online embargo lasted until two days before the release date and the print embargo lasted until the release date.

[phyllis]

The trailer became the most-watched trailer in 20th Century Fox's history.

[harry]

It was at one point incorrectly reported that this reboot was going to be set in the same universe as "Fox's" "X-Men movies."

[claude]

Toby Kebbell expressed disappointment in the film. He claimed to understand why fans were disappointed and noted that he still saw his part in the movie as a learning experience.

[javier]

Michael B. Jordan ran into Chris Evans, who initially played Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four (2005) and its sequel, at an industry event. According to Jordan, they ended up talking about the role and Evans told him, "Man, I can't give you anything. You're great, you're awesome. Just do your thing. And enjoy it. It's gonna be fun."

[lonnie]

The first time in a live action Fantastic Four movie in which The Thing is not wearing pants or boots.

[gerald]

(at around 3 mins) The football game shown on TV in the background in the beginning is an actual game between UConn and UVA that aired in 2007 on ESPNU.

[kristen]

(at around 16 mins) When Franklin Storm talks to Victor Von Doom behind his computers, an insignia for his fictional homeland, Latveria, can be seen.

[kristina]

Jeremy Slater's original version of the screenplay included Mole Man, Doctor Doom, and Galactus as the villains. Doctor Doom would have been a Latverian dictator. However, Simon Kinberg rewrote the screenplay making Dr. Doom as an anti-social programmer and cutting Mole Man and Galactus.

[ivan]

Kate Mara had initially wanted to read Fantastic Four comic books to prepare for her role as Susan Storm, but the filmmakers explained to the cast that it was unnecessary as the film was an original story not based directly on the comics.

[jesus]

Originally the robot HERBIE was going to appear in the film, but the studio vetoed the idea because they didn't want to raise comparisons with Tony Stark's JARVIS or the "Star Wars" droids.

[chris]

As The Thing is considerably taller than the other members of the team, Jamie Bell spent a lot of the production on stilts.

[javier]

OTOY, the visual effects company that was hired to do work on the film, was reportedly in way over their heads with the project, and had to deal with a generally-unresponsive and erratic Josh Trank, who requested that The Thing's appearance and size shift between certain shots. A number of visual effects sequences - such as the scene where The Thing fights off insurgents in the Middle-East - were apparently cut due to Fox not funding the small company enough to make them work. Ironically, the reason they hired OTOY was so that they could save on money - reliance on the company and the cost of reshoots ultimately made the whole affair even more expensive.

[frances]

Currently holds a 9% Rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes, the worst rating of any film based on. Marvel property.

[jeffrey]

Fans have desired to see the original cut of the movie, but Josh Trank stated that he has no interest in making it.

[richard]

Dropped 69% in its second weekend.

[frances]

Kit Harington, Anton Yelchin, Richard Madden and Jack O'Connell auditioned for the role of Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic before Miles Teller was cast.

[francisco]

The Thing is forcibly made to work for the military. In the comics, Ben Grimm was in the US Marines.

[lonnie]

When Susan is tracking a signal, there is an IP address on a screen: "23.21.190.125". This will lead to online articles for Latveria, Dr. Doom's homeland.