Fantastic Four (2015) and The Fantastic Four (1994, unreleased)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The Fantastic Four take centre stage on the Film Stories podcast, with a pair of films that each had their demands. The 2015 Fantastic Four was set to reboot the characters on the big screen, and give 20th Century Fox another ongoing superhero franchise. Yet this didn't go to plan at all. Director Josh Trank was hired, and wouldn't get to make the film he wanted. Others were quite happy to point the finger at Trank. Either way, the film would struggle. Yet at least it'd get a release. In 1994, a $1m version of The Fantastic Four was made, with those making it fully expecting a cinema release. Trailers were released, promotions began - but on the eve of the film's world premiere, everything was stopped: and there's a strong theory about just what happened. Stories of both are told in this episode. Our print film magazines are for sale at https://store.filmstories.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?
0:07.4	Smart bookers get access to a three airport lounge by booking a five-star holiday with On the Beach.
0:13.8	Silly bookers?
0:14.8	Well, enjoy those cues at the bar.
0:17.1	Stop booking around and visit on the beach.com.
0:22.2	Conditions apply.
0:26.4	Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people at all protected.
0:32.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:40.9	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast. Sorry about that. I literally had to fly in from outer space. Come with me. And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. In movies. Movies.
0:49.0	Movies that had stories. That the story just sucks a man. This is just the beginning.
0:59.4	We would be honored if you join us hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with simon brew i am simon brew as always
1:07.8	has absolutely everything you need to know about me the aim of the podcast though well it, well, it's given away by the title. I'm here to talk of the
1:13.9	stories of film and I tend to talk about production stories, development stories, release stories,
1:18.1	marketing stories, all the ingredients really that go towards making the films that we know and
1:22.1	sometimes love. Just that, the films that we know and sometimes love. The films I tend to cover on this podcast lean more
1:28.7	towards the mainstream than anything else. There are films I'm interested in or invested in to some
1:33.2	degree. I try not to do snark. I try not to punch down. This podcast is a celebration of cinema
1:38.7	and a real appreciation really of just how hard it is to get a film off the ground. Now if you're
1:44.1	new to this podcast, two
1:45.4	quick things. Number one, I cover two films in every regular episode and number two, I keep
1:50.3	the preamble light. So I'm going to get on with the first of the two. Let me take you back to
1:54.8	2015. I'm going to play you a clip from a trailer of a comic book movie and I'll come to the story of it
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