Mar 20 2008Evans: Whither Fantastic Four 3?
Douchebag apotheosis Chris Evans recently spoke about the future of the Fantastic Four film franchise with his most trusted news source, MTV News. Things don't look so good for Marvel's first family of film. Apparently harsh criticism of the first two entries has sufficiently discouraged the studio and Evans:
“I’m pretty sure we won’t do [another] one,” insisted “Fantastic Four” star Chris Evans, who excelled in two films as the Human Torch. “I’m assuming that one is a closed book.”
Shame. You mean to tell me there wasn't anything but universal praise for the inspired choices made in Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer? Mr. Fantastic using his malleable form to reach toilet paper and dance in a nightclub were pretty great scenes. As was every opportunity found to get Jessica Alba in her underwear. And Johnny Storm extreme snowboarding was so awesome! I know I for one really appreciated Galactus being apapted from his normal comic book form into the less dynamic and more palatable form of a goddamn cloud.
Rest in peace, Fantastic Four film franchise. You will be missed.
‘Fantastic Four 3’ Probably Not Happening, Reveals Chris Evans [MTV Movies Blog]
Reader Comments
1. JagedNS - March 20, 2008 5:53 PM
there is a doG
2. kimmy4lsu - March 20, 2008 5:59 PM
i used to talk to chris evans, and he was nice at First, then he began a self-obsessed, too good for anyone, ASSHOLE! i wouldn't even see any piece of crap he would be in, let alone another fantastic four! HOPE YOU'RE READING THIS, CHRIS!
3. ted - March 20, 2008 6:59 PM
I USED TO NAME DROP CHRIS EVANS' NAME EVAR CHANCE I GOT BUT NOW NO WAAAYYY!!!!!! I WILL NEVER SEEING A NOTHER CHRIS EVANS MOVIES ANY MORE EVAR AGAIN!!!!!!
4. Global Scifi! - March 20, 2008 8:19 PM
Critical, my ass. They must not have made money on the second DVD
5. policegirl - March 20, 2008 9:52 PM
They pretty much killed the franchise with the Galactus/cloud thing.
6. trickykel78 - March 20, 2008 11:11 PM
Marvel kills just about all it's franchises trying to get them on-screen. And if they don't kill em there maimed.
7. Caesar - March 21, 2008 3:34 AM
So you really wanted to see Galactus as a fifty foot tall man in a brightly colored suit and a purple pronged helmet? Yeah. I bet that would have looked GREAT on screen.
8. mordicai - March 21, 2008 10:30 AM
Evans was pretty okay in "Sunshine," so I had to stop being so down on him.
9. Nelson - March 22, 2008 12:13 AM
So let me get this straight, a SIlver geneta-less man on a surf board from outer space who speaks English, is totally believable. But a 50 foot demi-god is just too much for the screen?
10. policegirl - March 22, 2008 7:00 PM
LOL Nelson. Yes...a '50 foot demi-god' would have warped our fragile little minds.
11. GlobalSciFi - March 24, 2008 2:28 PM
Galactus had the chance to be so cool! Even if that had done something like in Warren Ellis' Ultimate Extinction with the cloud, it would have been cool. As it was the special effects were craaaaptacular.
12. Rick - March 24, 2008 2:28 PM
...and yet they're making a "Fast and Furious 3". Yeah, they're highest consideration is DEFINITELY artistic integrity...
and those Fast and Furious movies come up with such excitingly NEW and DIFFERENT ways for cars to go fast and one-dimensional (sorry - half-dimensional) characters no one cares about to act like assholes...
13. Dwight Hobbes - January 29, 2009 8:56 PM
While I agree that Reed Richards on the dance floor was absolutely ridiculous and both films could've used a decent scriptwriter, I was able to sit through the disappoint without cringing and basically enjoyed reliving my childhood love of the comic book. Stan Lee it just turns out is a souless whore who's been prostituting the franchise from the first X-Men movie. How Daredevil escaped it is a miracle. Lastly, you have one hell of a way with words, especially that last part about how shoddily they treated Galactus, one of the most impressive characters in Marvel history.
Dwight Hobbes
Minneapolis