Days before Fantastic Four was released, Josh Trank apparently sent select cast members an email in which he said Fantastic Four was "better than 99 percent of the comic-book movies ever made." The response from one cast member was simply, "I dont think so." Perhaps it was that - and the overwhelmingly negative reviews - which prompted the director to vent his frustrations on Twitter with the Tweet you see above. Box office analysts have since predicted that the Tweet - which was quickly deleted, but still received mainstream media attention - cost Fantastic Four as much as $10 million during its opening weekend in North America. Fox likely won't sue the filmmaker for that, but Entertainment Weekly reported that he was biting the hand which has been helping to stop the truth coming out about his behaviour on set by sharing that. Perhaps that's why The Hollywood Reporter has since been able to run an exposé of sorts, revealing that Trank acted even more bizarrely than previously though. Among the allegations are that he told his actors when to blink and breathe during takes, built a tent around his monitor during shooting to hide from his cast and crew, and defaced the photos of the family who owned the house he was kicked out of for trashing. Regardless, after a dismal opening weekend, Fantastic Four is a guaranteed flop and is expected to cause Fox to lose upwards of $60 million. Where the franchise will go next is a mystery, but when even a movie's director doesn't want you to see it, you know that it has to be bad and so Fox can thank Josh Trank for the hit they'll take on this ill-advised reboot! Did you see Fantastic Four? Did it deserve to bomb so badly? Share your thoughts in the comments.
