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4 Reasons Why Fantastic Four Should Have Worked (And 4 Reasons It Didn’t)

Oh dear. Superhero movies have enjoyed unprecedented success in the past decade, forever changing the way Hollywood approaches blockbuster filmmaking, but the cracks are finally beginning to show. The fact that Avengers: Age of Ultron is now the sixth highest grossing movie of all-time should fly in the face of that, except that analysts and critics alike were shocked when Joss Whedon's sequel failed to match the success of its predecessor. Marvel also had another hit on their hands this year with Ant-Man, an atypical hero who few had heard of outside of comic book fandom, but the film still performed relatively poorly in comparison with the rest of the studio's output.

2) Promising Director

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Chronicle was a hugely promising start for director Josh Trank. Not only did the film make ten times its original budget of $12 million at the box office, but the story of three young men struggling with their newfound abilities held uncanny parallels with the Fantastic Four, making Trank a seemingly perfect fit for Fox’s reboot.

Any worries that a small indie director like Trank wouldn’t be able to cope with the pressures of blockbuster filmmaking seemed unfounded initially, as he was hardly the first to be pushed up to the big leagues so early on in their career. Gareth Edwards made the leap from Monsters to Godzilla fairly quickly and Colin Trevorrow just smashed every box office record with Jurassic World, which is even more impressive when you realize that this was only his second film.

Hollywood studios regularly take chances on independent film makers now, so Trank’s lack of experience alone should never have been an issue during production on the Fantastic Four reboot, providing that the producers gave him the support needed.

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