There is a pretty good reason why any footage of the rebooted Fantastic Four movie has been kept in close wraps from fans, and producer Simon Kinberg explains why.
In an interview with HitFix, the producer said that they all want to produce the best movie possible, so they want to make sure the finished product is fine tuned first before revealing some key scenes to fans. It has been very difficult for them to keep things hush-hush because fans have been over-analyzing everything about the upcoming movie.
"We want to be really clear about the tone of the film, and not have it be misconstrued," he said. "We're just more fastidious about everything. We want it to be clear what the intention of the film is, the soul and the tone of the movie. On a lot of films, it's a little easier because either you're the sequel to a movie that you are continuing or copying the tone of, and this is just not that. This is very different from the other two movies."
Kinberg added that the new movie is not just about the visual effects, nor do they want to jam "one big money shot" into the movie pipeline. They do not want people to take the movie out of context either and that is why they've held on from releasing more trailers for so long.
Once they are confident about the real intention of the movie, then they will be releasing more footage. "That's why we've held on to so much. We held on to the Thing. We held on to Doom. We held on until we were further along," he said.
Kinberg did say that the stretching done by Reed Richards, also known as Mr. Fantastic (and played by hot Hollywood newcomer Miles Teller) have been some of the most difficult scenes to shoot.
The producer explained that the visual effects for Richards' scenes were difficult to render because the movements feel real, visceral, and physical, and it was also hard to explain since most of his powers defy the laws of physics. They initially wanted to offer some scientific explanation for the Fantastic Four's powers but found the task difficult.
Kinberg also said that they used so many materials to create the rebooted Fantastic Four, and that is probably why there has been so much confusion surrounding it. "Not all of it comes from the same source," he clarified.
