The casting of Michael B. Jordan as The Human Torch/Johnny Storm in Josh Trank's Fantastic Four movie reboot spawned plenty of criticism and backlash from vocal comic book movie fans who are upset with an African-American actor's stepping into the role of a white character. Read More »
News broke last week that Michael B. Jordan would star as the Human Torch/Johnny Storm in Josh Trank's reboot of the Fantastic Four. Unfortunately, this brought with it some criticism from comic book fans that an African-American actor would portray the Human Torch. (In the comics, Johnny Storm is white, as is his sister, Sue Storm). Read More »
The rumor mill about Zack Snyder's currently untitled Man of Steel sequel, known for now as Batman vs. Superman, has never stopped churning since the announcement of the film at San Diego Comic-Con 2013. This latest bit of speculation is one of the juiciest ones yet, and it comes from a pretty reliable source. Read More »
News broke Thursday that Fox had cast its four main characters for Josh Trank's Fantastic Four reboot movie. The reports stated that Miles Teller would play Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Kate Mara as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm/Human Torch and Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm/The Thing. But Mara's recent comments clouded the situation somewhat. Read More »
The Fantastic Four reboot movie helmed by Josh Trank (Chronicle) is set to hit theaters in 2015, but the rumor mill has been churning like crazy about the cast of the film. Read More »
Rumors arose earlier this week that Josh Gad (Frozen) was up for the role of Ben Grimm aka The Thing in Josh Trank's Fantastic Four movie reboot. But the Chronicle director denied those rumors, and now the actor himself has publicly commented. Read More »
The casting and plot rumors for the Fantastic Four reboot movie, directed by Josh Trank (Chronicle) continue to swirl as we move closer to any official casting announcements. We've already heard that Michael B. Jordan (Friday Night Lights, Fruitvale Station, The Wire) is reportedly a lock for the role of The Human Torch, and numerous other names have been floated for the other parts (we'll get to those in a bit). Now, another report claims to have some information on The Thing. Read More »
The site Acting Auditions recently posted a plot synopsis for director Josh Trank's upcoming Fantastic Four reboot movie, but the Chronicle director has now stated that the synopsis is inaccurate. Read More »
Fox's Fantastic Four movie reboot seems to be moving closer toward production. As MStars previously reported, the script for the film has been completed and official casting news should be released within a matter of weeks, if not sooner. Read More »
Comic book movie fans learned in 2013 that Chronicle director Josh Trank would lead the Fantastic Four reboot for Fox in 2015. Now, it seems that the script is finished, if one report is true. Read More »