Whether you're excited about the FANTASTIC FOUR reboot or not, director Josh Trank uses the fan negativity as motivation. At least this is what he told LA Times in a recent interview.
"I knew it was going to get ugly. But I think maybe there's a part of me that needs adversity from the rest of the world in order to feel motivated to want to prove people wrong.
"I made every single choice knowing that people would question it. And what better reaction than to have people then go see the movie and understand it and feel like maybe they've learned something about the world, to not question the next thing they think is going to be stupid or weird. I think that's my purpose right now in my life."
Even producer Sinom Kinberg doesn't understand all the negativity fans have toward Trank.
"I haven't really seen this level of vehemence against a filmmaker," Kinberg said. "And it's surreal and unfair."
But Trank understands that the fans are passionate because the Fantastic Four is Marvel's first family and really helped to jump start the comic book industry in the 1960s.
"People are religious about comics the way people are religious about the Bible. But I think it's true for a lot of movies that you can take license with adapting the underlying material and you will be forgiven for it if it's good—and you will not be if it's bad."
Trank thinks once fans see his vision of FANTASTIC FOUR they will stop questioning his abilities as a filmmaker. In the end, the fans will decide this once they go to the theater to see the reboot but as of right now there are some good reasons fans are being pessimistic. And it doesn't help with all the alleged drama reported about Trank being difficult to work for while filming and having problems in post-production, as well as the current negative fan reaction to Thing not wearing any pants.
Trank's confidence is evident, but the movie will decide how fans continue to view the director.
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Trank's confidence is evident, but the movie will decide how fans continue to view the director.
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