they had the rights to. With both critics and regular viewers, “Fantastic Four” flopped so badly that nobody was surprised at all when the studio never made a sequel. The “Fantastic Four” movie franchise was quietly shelved once again, with fans having to wait until the upcoming MCU reboot to find out if the third time’s the charm.
Jeremy Slater, a screenwriter for the film who went on to write for the “Moon Knight” miniseries and “Godzilla X Kong: A New Empire,” seems to be under no illusions about the movie’s failure. In a recent interview, Slater talked about what he thinks went wrong with the production. The main issue? He wanted to do “The Avengers” a bit too much. As he explained:
“[‘The Avengers’] had just come out, either that same summer or the summer before. I f***ing loved it. I thought Joss Whedon did the impossible with that movie and balanced all these tones. … I was like, ‘Look — audiences love this movie. The box-office numbers don’t lie.’ I thought we could really do something similar in terms of real scale and some giant, fun set pieces. But, let’s also not forget the secret sauce of that movie, which is the relationships. … That was always the North Star. ‘Man, if we could do what Marvel [Studios] is doing right now, this is clearly what audiences want to see in a comic book movie.'”
