Nowadays, Peyton Reed is known for having the unenviable responsibility of trying to keep Marvel Studios Ant-Man from being the car crash that many expect it to be when its released later this year. In 2003, though, he was slated to be the first director on Foxs Fantastic Four, with Buffy The Vampire Slayer alumnus Doug Petrie writing a screenplay he likened to the Beatles 1964 movie A Hard Days Night. Contrary to popular belief, the script was not a 1960s period piece but a modern day story. There were rumors of Reeds intended Fantastic Four to be set in the Kennedy Camelot-era, but the director later revealed this was not the case. Eventually, Reed dropped out after not being able to see eye to eye with the studio. Although Petrie left the project as well, his dream cast was revealed to be Alexis Denisof as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Charlize Theron as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, John C. Reilly as Ben Grimm/The Thing and the late Paul Walker as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch.
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