8 Signs Fantastic Four Was Always Guaranteed To Suck
5. Josh Trank Losing It?
Surprisingly, Fantastic Four was absent from the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. The lack of even a single official image had fans fretting about why Fox were sitting on the movie (the release date had already been pushed back from a prime spot in June to August), but then one possible explanation surfaced which had everyone talking. A anonymous LSU forum post claimed that, "Trank showed up to set late or so high he couldnt speak almost everyday. Some days he didnt show up at all. He treated crew terribly. He trashed the house the production company rented for him. From what Im told he did a couple hundred grand worth of damage." Another even said that the director had been fired after principal photography wrapped up and that post-production and the later reshoots would all be handed over to other parties involved with the movie. Despite those comments bordering on slander and a forum post never being a reliable source of news, they still received a lot of attention and dealt the movie another serious blow. Some months later when, Josh Trank was a no show at Star Wars Celebration and then parted ways with Disney and Lucasfilm over his 2018 Star Wars Anthology movie, The Hollywood Reporter ran a story which seemed to confirm all of the above. While there was no mention of the filmmaker's possible drug use, his behaviour on set was described as hostile and erratic, while he apparently had indeed trashed the house which was rented for him by the studio. The trade claimed that Trank simply couldn't deal with the pressures and responsibilities involved with making a movie like Fantastic Four. Even Fox weighed in on this controversy, admitting that "there were some bumps in the road" but promising that they were still "very happy" with the film. Yeah, right!