Simon Kinberg says Fantastic Four reboot movie will be an 'origin story,' but will Annihilus appear?

The Fantastic Four reboot movie in production at Fox stars Miles Teller as Reed Richards, Kate Mara as Sue Storm, Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm and Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm. With such a young cast, many fans have wondered if the movie would tell a story similar to the Ultimate Universe version of the characters.

Simon Kinberg, who is busy with promotion for X-Men: Days of Future Past in Bryan Singer's absence, spoke to Den of Geek recently and addressed the setting of the reboot:

"We're definitely telling a younger story than the original films did. "They're older than high school, but they're not quite grown into the world. If anything, this is a coming of age story. It depends on what books you look at. There are some, like the Ultimate books, that tell this story. So it is an origin story of the Fantastic Four, and it does follow them before they really know what a superhero is."

Most fans of the superhero team know they originally got their powers when they came into contact with cosmic rays during a scientific expedition into space. But will that happen in the reboot?

"There is archetypal imagery of how they get their powers, for sure, and it does involve some sort of scientific travel," Kinberg said.

Kinberg also spoke to Collider at WonderCon and confirmed that the movie takes place in the modern day and that it starts shooting in Baton Rouge in two to three weeks. He also commented again on the movie's tone:

"The thing I would say overall about the film is that it's a much more grounded, realistic, dramatic version of the film than those are films were. Which isn't to say it's Dark Knight. It's not. It's still fun."

Finally, Collider asked if Annihilus might appear in the reboot: "I'm not going to give any comment on that [laughs], but I'm happy you're curious about it. We shoot most of the summer until around end of July, August. I don't know how many days. But we start soon and end in August."

If you check out the video here, you'll notice Kinberg's interesting reaction to that last question.

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