The fictional superhero team Fantastic Four featured in Marvel Comics has appeared in four live-action films since its inception. Constantin Film bought the film rights for the characters in 1986. A low-budget film was produced in 1992 by New Horizon Studios owned by Roger Corman. A second Fantastic Four film entered production in 2004 and the sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was released in 2007. In 2009, the development for a reboot was announced. A sequel to the reboot was scheduled to be released on June 9, 2017, but it was canceled.
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The fictional superhero team Fantastic Four featured in Marvel Comics has appeared in four live-action films since its inception. Constantin Film bought the film rights for the characters in 1986. A low-budget film was produced in 1992 by New Horizon Studios owned by Roger Corman. A second Fantastic Four film entered production in 2004 and the sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was released in 2007. Both films received generally negative reviews from critics, yet earned a combined US$619 million worldwide at the box office. In 2009, the development for a reboot was announced. A sequel to the reboot was scheduled to be released on June 9, 2017, but it was canceled. In March 2019, Marvel Studios regained theFilm rights to Fantastic Four after the Walt Disney Company acquired the former 21st Century Fox. Jon Watts is currently set to direct the first MCU-centric Fantastic Four movie. The story features Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm and Victor Von Doom getting hit by a space storm after boarding a space station.
As a result of the radiation from the storm, they gain new abilities and powers that they have deal with in their own ways. With Fantastic Four grossing USD 330 million worldwide, 20th Century Fox canceled a potential third film and a Silver surfer spin-off film were canceled. The film was announced in August 2000 as being aimed for a July 4, 2001 release date. Raja Gosnell decided to leave the project to film Scooby-Doo. Peyton Reed served as replacement in April 2001. Starring Ioan Gruff, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis and Julian McMahon, the film was released on July 8, 2005. In April 2004, Tim Story was hired to direct and principal photography began in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with re-shoots carried on until May 2005. The movie was directed by Josh Trank and released on August 7, 2015 and received bad reviews from both critics and audiences, as well as from Trank.
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