10 Fool-Proof Ways To Save The Fantastic Four Franchise

5. Get A Comedic Writer

One particularly cringe-worthy thing about Fantastic Four was the writing, and especially the €˜comedic€™ moments. A good actor can make a bad line funny, but no cast could elevate that material. The Fantastic Four cast arguably don€™t need replacing, but the writing staff certainly does. By getting in a proven comedic writer, we could be save from any more lame attempts at humour like Reed muttering €œplease don€™t blow up,€ calling Ben €œthe muscle€ and failing to know what a fist-bump is. The results, if the right writer was found, could be a sizeable improvement. Again, someone like Adam McKay - who helped Marvel finish Ant-Man after Edgar Wright's departure - would be ideal. It's about time that Judd Apatow had a go at a superhero script as well, if Fox can afford him. The next Fantastic Four film needs to find a balance between dark undertones and off-the-wall superpowers €“ a few carefully positioned jokes could be the glue to hold the film together. A script with a Joss Whedon-esque amount of zingers could be brilliant. It certainly wouldn€™t do any harm.
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