Even before the rebooted "Fantastic Four" by Josh Trank hit cinemas, there have already been people criticizing the new film and calling it a disaster, but the film's writer and producer Simon Kinberg has come to its defense, saying that it is not a disaster and in fact, he is quite proud of the film.
There might have been rumours that Kinberg did not get along well with Trank, but Kinberg told Entertainment Weekly that everything was simply misconstrued.
"What I do think we had was a very young director making a very big movie. And a director that, for whatever reason, people were either rooting against or his personality troubled the press. So it just got viewed differently than any other movie that's a tough movie," he said. "We came in on schedule, under budget, with a movie that was pretty true to the original intent of the film."
Whether people like the rebooted "Fantastic Four" or not, Kinberg said that they would not be able to deny that it has vision, and that it is a more grounded and real version compared to previous movie made of it.
"Was it an easy production? No. Was it harder than a lot of the movies I've been on? No. But I may also have a higher threshold. I think there was something about Josh's identity that made him a good target. I'm not sure what that is," Kinberg mulled.
He is still holding out hope that "Fantastic Four" would become a new franchise, since he has nothing but respect and admiration for the lead cast - namely Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell, who plays Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic), Sue Storm (Invisible Girl), Johnny Storm (The Human Torch), and Ben Grimm (The Thing), respectively. "I really love this cast, and I want to keep making movies with them," he said.
The thing about the "Fantastic Four" comic book is that it's "deceptively simple," so it's hard to adapt, but the way Trank managed to tell their story is quite a feat and Kinberg cannot help but feel proud of it.
"I think the tone is very tricky. Figuring out the comedy and the drama and the powers themselves are hard to fit into a tone that is as grounded as we wanted to make it. But I'm happy with the way that it turned out," he said.
