8 Signs Fantastic Four Was Always Guaranteed To Suck

7. Early Rumours

With Josh Trank confirmed to direct and an impressive young cast in place though, it appeared as if Fantastic Four had the potential to be as good a reboot as X-Men: First Class was back in 2011. However, it was a few weeks after they had all been announced that the first negative rumour about the movie surfaced, and it was this which almost immediately soured a lot of fans on the prospect of it being made. According to Bleeding Cool, Fox wanted to fire Trank and writer Simon Kinberg and start over. The site also claimed that they also weren't too keen on the cast and wanted to replace them too. This was six months before Fantastic Four was set to start shooting, and a lot of websites laughed off this rumour as being complete nonsense. As time passed, there was no sign of any major changes being made to the movie, and these claims were quickly forgotten about. Even so, the fact that Fox potentially had no faith in this version of the movie swayed the opinions of many. Nearly a year later, Bleeding Cool would report that Fox were considering not bothering to shoot what Kinberg claimed was only a few days worth of reshoots and just scrap the movie altogether. That would have meant it would never be released, and after their previous report had amounted to nothing, the site were widely ridiculed for their seemingly ridiculous claims. Over the past few days, a number of reliable sources (including The Hollywood Reporter and HitFix) have confirmed that Fox did clash with Trank over the casting of the five young leads and were unsure of his vision from a very early stage, leading to later clashes on set. It's also been revealed that Fox did seriously consider just throwing in the towel before those reshoots, giving Bleeding Cool some vindication. More importantly, these rumours were a clear indication that Fantastic Four was in serious trouble from before the cameras even started rolling, even if no one was sure if they should believe them at the time!