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[–] a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

They should have cast Randall Park as Mr. Fantastic. Lean real hard into the multiverse

[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why did you put a picture of John krasinski?

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago

Cause he played a pretty good version in Doctor Strange 2

[–] Mozingo@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Pedro Pascal feels like a weird pick for Reed, but I quite like the idea of Joseph Quinn as Johnny.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 12 points 9 months ago

I'm thrilled with Vanessa Kirby. That's exciting.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think Pedro has some nerd tendencies, hopefully he's not gonna play this like his Narcos character.

[–] Shenanigore@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Reed Ricardo?

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

You sure he's not H.E.R.B.I.E?

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I'll never understand the way they announce a film's premiere before they even start production. It all smells of the same bullshit corporate mechanism that cancels projects midway or ends up in theaters with subpar visuals and editing that feels rushed, with cookie-cutter action sequences and generic CGI villains.

The difference between
Film as product
and
Film as art

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

You can have a due date and still be "film as art".

The date might even move around, maybe it gets bumped a week, maybe moved to November, who knows.

Let's look at "Oppenheimer", that came out during the same timeframe as this film is expected to, late July. It started production in early 2022.

Fantastic Four is also starting (or already in) production. Each take a year and a half to be made. Why can't they both be art?

Making a film takes a lot of effort. So it makes sense that they would have a rough idea of how long it would take to make. Especially Disney/Marvel who have made A LOT of movies like this.

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Studios schedule out pretty far in advance and every date affects everything else (they don't want their own movies competing with one another). And shooting schedules are affected by those schedules, which means your actors might not be available if you change something. MCU stuff is further complicated by the fact that there's links between the movies.

There's definitely movies that are made on a less strict time frame but you often don't see those put on the schedule until they're complete. So you'll see a long gap between when they're finished and when they're in theaters.

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Oppenheimer wasn't a generic ass superhero of the week™ either.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

Pedro Pascal is a good actor, but he’s already playing two other “superhero” style roles. You would think they could find someone who isn’t already a part of other franchises.

[–] fleabomber@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

This is the good one.

Source trust me bro.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yes?

Once released, it will have been 10 years since the last film (which was ok for the first two thirds, then a trash fire), and 20 years since the Fox series which was a very different brand of superhero movie. It was fitting for that era, but wildly different from what superhero movies look like nowadays.

Plus, it isn't like Lord of the Rings where the definitive version has already been made.

The Fantastic Four have a shared starting point, but after that they can go on a variety of different adventures.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago

Fanfourstic was 10 years ago??

[–] fleabomber@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I guess I've grown jaded at this point but I don't want to keep pooping on something folks may be excited about. I hope it's great.

[–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

yeah... i know "the multiverse" will make it easy to explain away.... but then again ALL Stranges, Wandas, and Antmans looked the same across the verses...

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

Or even Lokis

[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 5 points 9 months ago

I feel like plenty of multiverses have already done the "sometimes people look the same and sometimes people look different" kinda trope, directly because of the using the same or different actors dilemma.

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] vladmech@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Honestly I hope not. Or have pre Doom Victor hanging out with Reed in a flashback. But give me Mole Man or something more low scale for the first movie

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Same, we got doom a bunch already with first F4 movies, let’s save him and do him actual justice this time

[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 4 points 9 months ago

I doubt they'd drop someone like moleman for fantastic 4, it's more likely they'll throw a newer standalone hero or villain alongside the 4 to establish them easily, like Ironheart in Black Panther 2 or basically half of marvel in fantastic four comics through the 1960s.

[–] harry_balzac@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The only meaningful comment on this thread so far.

With Jonathan Majors out, they could be bringing Doom in but there haven't been any solid reports regarding what they're going to do about Kang.

Hell, they could have Deadpool and Wolverine eliminate Kang from the multiverse in their movie and end up creating Doom.

First off, I need to find out more about these actors. I know Pedro Pascal mostly from Mando and memes. The others I'm only vaguely aware of.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Re actors,

Vanessa Kirby you can find in "The Crown" (Season 1 & 2), but also more recently in the newest Mission Impossible films. Not who I would have guessed for Sue Storm, but I think she'll do a great job.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach is going to be great as Ben Grimm. I would suggest watching The Bear and while you're at it Andor (since you're already a Star Wars fan). I'm more excited for him than Pedro, and I really really like Pedro.

Joseph Quinn isn't a name I recognized, but he played Eddie (the DM) on the most recent season on Stranger Things. Which, knowing that, is actually a great choice.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago

Pedro Pascal? Adoptive father of orphans across the universe and space-time?

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

About 30 voice actors who didn't consent to an AI scraping.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

Thank you for asking the important question.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think Disney really understands Fantastic Four. Reed Richards is a monster like Doom. He's a "good" monster but a monster nonetheless. Who would risk their family and friends over and over for their personal scientific glory?

They needed someone like Glenn Howerton to sell the idea of that kind of maniac.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

After Last of Us, I think he could pull it off, but you're right. Personally I think he'd have made a good Dr. Doom.

I think Cilian Murphy could pull off a proper monster Mr. Fantastic.

[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Duuuuuuuude.. Yas...

[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Can't believe they're still giving this franchise another shot.

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[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Marvel just needs to fucking stop for about 4 years and let their shitty ass movies cook a bit more. I'm sure this will stink just like all the other crap they've shoveled the past 3 years. Sad because I quite like all the actors they picked for this one.

[–] MarioSpeedWagon@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This year is the break. We only have 1 movie (Deadpool) this year and it was pushed back because of the strike. This is supposed to be the soft reboot leading up to the large reboot of secret wars.

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I think they need to take more time off. It’s hard not to feel beaten down by the barrage of stuff

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I swear it wasn't even that long ago that the first film came out. I haven't seen the others but there was nothing wrong with the first one. Why can't they just leave things alone instead of rebooting them for the third time in a decade? How do fans of this shit keep track of what is and isn't canon anymore?

[–] MarioSpeedWagon@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

This is the first time marvel has had full rights to the characters. The other movies were shitty Fox cash grabs.

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago
[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] vladmech@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Haha whoops! I love that Lemmy lets me edit the title

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Please don't suck please don't suck please don't suck

(to be fair the bar was set pretty low with the other films)

[–] dornad@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Cousin, I wear unstable molecule suits now.

[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

So no more Microchip for Bernthal's Punisher or will that just be a joke if the Thing and Punisher cross paths?

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