Fantastic Four
IMDB 6.0/10 (21,932 votes) Rotten Tomatoes: 26%
Directed by	Tim Story
Produced by	Avi Arad Bernd Eichinger Chris Columbus Ralph Winter
Written by	Michael France Mark Frost
Starring	Ioan Gruffudd Jessica Alba Michael Chiklis Chris Evans Julian McMahon
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Released	July 8, 2005
Running time	105 min.
Language	English
Budget	$100,000,000
IMDb profile

Fantastic Four is a 2005 movie based on the Marvel Comics comic Fantastic Four, directed by Tim Story and released by 20th Century Fox. This is the second live action Fantastic Four movie to be filmed. The previous attempt, a b-grade film produced by Roger Corman was never released officially. See Fantastic Four (1994 movie). Download high resolution version (521x755, 72 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Fantastic Four Fantastic Four (movie) Categories: Fair use posters ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), owned by Amazon. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... Timothy Kevin Story (born March 13, 1970) is an African-American film director. ... Avi Arad is an Israeli-born businessman. ... Bernd Eichinger (born 11 April 1949) is a German film producer and director. ... Christopher Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. ... Ralph Winter is a Hollywood film producer who has produced blockbuster movies such as X-Men, X2: X-Men United, Fantastic Four, and the upcoming X-Men 3. ... Mark Frost (born 25 November 1953) is an American novelist, television/film writer, director, and executive producer. ... Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced ) (born October 6, 1973 in Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales) is a Welsh-speaking actor. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Actor Michael Chiklis Michael Chiklis was born on August 30, 1963 in Lowell, Massachusetts and grew up in Andover, Massachusetts. ... Chris Evans as Johnny Storm a. ... Julian McMahon Julian Dana William McMahon (born July 27, 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actor. ... 20th Century Fox logo Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... It has been suggested that Felicia (pseudonym) be merged into this article or section. ... See comedian Stand up comedian List of Comedians List of British comedians comics comic book comic strip underground comics alternative comics web comic sprite comics manga graphic novel List of comic characters This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... The Fantastic Four is Marvel Comics flagship superhero team, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and debuting in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Timothy Kevin Story (born March 13, 1970) is an African-American film director. ... 20th Century Fox logo Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American producer and director of low-budget films. ... Fantastic Four is an unreleased low-budget film, produced by Roger Corman and Bernd Eichinger (who also produced the 2005 Fantastic Four movie), and was set to be released in 1994. ...

The film was released in the U.S. and Canada on July 8, 2005. It was the third superhero movie of the year, after Elektra and Batman Begins. Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to 1956) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government • President • Vice President Federal republic George... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Superman and Batman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... Promotional poster for Elektra Elektra is a 2005 movie directed by Rob Bowman. ... Batman Begins (2005) is an American Superhero film based on the comic book character created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. ...

Plot

Brilliant, but bankrupt scientist Reed Richards is convinced that all evolution is caused by clouds of cosmic energy. He calculates that Earth is going to pass one of these clouds soon, and together with his partner, Ben Grimm, pleads his MIT classmate, ultra-rich Victor von Doom, CEO of his own enterprise, to let him onto his space station. Von Doom agrees, but only under the condition that he has the last hand in all the experiments. They also meet Susan Storm, von Doom's right hand, and her brother Johnny, the maverick pilot. Susan also attended MIT and dated Reed at the time, and this creates some tension. Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...

The quintet travels to space to observe the cosmic energy clouds, but the clouds materialise well ahead of schedule, and all five are zapped by its vast energies. They make it home intact, but suddenly, they begin to mutate and develop their characteristic powers. Reed, Susan and Ben see them as a curse and work on a healing chamber. Only Johnny seems to embrace his powers, and clashes with Ben, who evidently drew the shortest straw, becoming a superstrong rock creature. His disfigurement causes his fiancee to leave him, but he later gains another girlfriend in the blind woman Alicia Masters, who recognizes his desirability beneath his rocky body. The Thing and Alicia Masters. ...

While Ben broods about his situation on the Brooklyn Bridge, he stops a man about to commit suicide by jumping off. However, Ben's appearance so frightens the would be jumper that he falls into the bridge's traffic, forcing Ben to jump down to save him by forcefully stopping a truck, inadvertently causing a chain reaction pile up on the bridge. Just as Ben's compatriots looking for him arrive at the bridge, the accident soon escalates as a fire breaks out in the wrecks while an arriving fire truck crashes and almost falls off the bridge, forcing the four to use their powers to prevent disaster. They are successful and the media throngs them and immediately uses Johnny's impromptu group name for themselves, The Fantastic Four. The Brooklyn Bridge (originally the New York and Brooklyn Bridge), one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 6,016 feet (1,834 m) over the East River from Manhattan to Brooklyn. ...

Von Doom is turning into organic metal capable of manipulating energy. He sees the opportunity to finish off his rival Reed once and for all, tricks Ben into turning on his friends, thinking that they were not working on a cure with due diligence. However, the machine is ready and Doom tricks Ben into using it and becoming normal again. However, Doom immediately attacks Ben and then captures Reed. After freezing him to prevent him using his stretch powers and torturing him in that state, Doom fires a missile towards Johnny who must use his powers to fly away to lead the missile to open water where he ignites a garbage scow to lure the missile away from himself. Susan realizes where Reed is and confronts Doom while Ben decides that he must become the Thing again to confront his enemy. For other uses, see Life (disambiguation) and Living (disambiguation). ... Hot metal work from a blacksmith Look up Metal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Eventually, Ben fights Doom on the street until the rest of the team joins him. Together under Reed's direction, the Fantastic Four vanquish their arch enemy with a coordinated attack that seemingly leaves Doom as a statue of inert metal.

In the end, the foursome decide to embrace their roles as superheroes and officially organize as the Fantastic Four with Reed proposing to Sue, and her accepting while Ben, with the help of Alicia, comes to terms with his condition. However, Doom's associate is transporting his employer's supposed dead body back to his homeland of Latveria (the country he ruled in the comics, where he could establish a real power base if he fully revives. Latveria is a fictional nation in the Marvel Universe. ...

Reaction

After the disaster of the 1994 Fantastic Four film, expectations were high. The critical reaction was mostly negative, scoring only a 26% at Rotten Tomatoes, a movie review aggregation website. The movie was criticized for weak storytelling and flat characters — especially the bland Doctor Doom, arguably one of the hallmark villains in the Marvel Comics world. In addition, Jessica Alba's non-performance "earned" her a Razzie nomination for Worst Actress. Fantastic Four is an unreleased low-budget feature film which had been intended for a 1994 release. ... Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of movies and video games. ... Doctor Doom, real name Victor von Doom, is a Marvel Comics supervillain. ... It has been suggested that Felicia (pseudonym) be merged into this article or section. ... The Golden Raspberries or Razzies were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to complement the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. ... The nominations for the 26th annual Golden Raspberry Awards were announced on 30 January 2006. ...

In both areas, critics felt that this movie was widely surpassed by both Batman Begins and Sin City, two comic book movies that were released in the same period. Those who did like the film to some degree often praised Michael Chiklis for faithfully depicting his character's difficult adjustment to his transformation in a moving fashion while Chris Evans' character was considered a refreshing change of pace for modern superhero adaptations of a superhero who immediately takes delight in his powers without a resulting tragedy linked to them. However, many fans derided the producers' decision to place Chiklis in a bodysuit rather than using computer-generated effects. Film critic Roger Ebert put this film at number 10 on his list of the top ten worst films of 2005. Batman Begins (2005) is an American Superhero film based on the comic book character created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. ... Sin City is a 2005 neo-noir portmanteau film based on the graphic novels of the same name, directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodríguez. ... Roger Ebert (right) with Russ Meyer, 1970. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

However, Fantastic Four proved a surprise box office hit on its opening weekend, apparently ending a major prolonged box office slump that was causing concern in the American film industry. As of September 2005, the film has totaled over $300 million worldwide. This has made the making of a sequel probable and fans hope that it will address the problems of the original much like how the Star Trek feature series progressed, or expanding and bettering the franchise as Spider-Man 2 had done. Fantastic Four 2 has been planned for a 2007 summer release. The sequel may possibly portray the Puppet Master, another Fantastic Four villain, as Alicia Masters, his step-daughter introduced in the film. A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ... Star Trek collectively refers to an American science-fiction franchise spanning six unique television series (which comprise 726 episodes) and ten feature films, in addition to hundreds of novels, computer and video games, fan stories, and other works of fiction — all of which are set within the same fictional universe... Spider-Man 2 is the Academy Award-winning sequel to the popular 2002 film Spider-Man and was released in the U.S. on June 30th, 2004. ... Fantastic Four 2 is the sequel to the highly successful box office hit Fantastic Four which was released in 2005. ... The Puppet Master, real name Phillip Masters, is a villain in the Fantastic Four comics. ...

Main cast

George Clooney was originally tapped to be Reed Richards, but due to budgetary concerns no negotiations were proposed. Brendan Fraser was also considered for the part of Reed Richards, Paul Walker was rumored to be Johnny Storm, and Tim Robbins was considered for Doctor Doom. Clooney on the set of Oceans Twelve, Winnetka, Illinois, April 2004 George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, director and screenwriter, known for his former role in the long-running television drama ER (1994–99) and his rise as an A-List... Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a popular Canadian-American actor. ... Walker (right) with Vin Diesel in The Fast and the Furious (2001) Paul William Walker IV (born September 12, 1973) is an American actor. ... Tim Robbins at Cannes, 2001 Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American Academy Award winning actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and small time musician. ...

The role of Susan Storm was heavily rumored from Rachel McAdams, Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Milian, Kate Bosworth, Scarlett Johansson, and even Julia Stiles. Wrestling news sites reported professional wrestler Trish Stratus was going to play the role. Rachel McAdams (born October 7, 1976) is a Canadian actress. ... Gwyneth Paltrow in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. ... Christina Milian (born Christine Flores on September 26, 1981) is a two time Grammy Award-nominated American singer and actress. ... Bosworth as Lois Lane in Superman Returns. ... Johansson in Match Point, 2005 Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American film actress. ... Stiles in Mona Lisa Smile (2003) Julia OHara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American stage and screen actress. ... Patricia Anne Stratigias (born December 18, 1975 in Richmond Hill, Ontario), better known by her stage and ring name, Trish Stratus, is a Canadian professional wrestler and fitness model, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainments RAW brand. ...

• Ioan Gruffudd – Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
• Jessica Alba – The Invisible Woman (Susan Storm)
• Michael Chiklis – The Thing (Ben Grimm)
• Chris Evans – The Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
• Julian McMahon – Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)

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As in almost all of the previous Marvel Comics-based films, Fantastic Four co-creator Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance. He is Willie Lumpkin, the mailman who greets the team on their way to the Baxter Building elevator. Stan Lee and his most famous co-creation, Spider-Man. ... Martin Scorsese appears briefly in an uncredited role in this scene from Taxi Driver, the first scene in which Cybill Shepherd appears. ... Willie Lumpkin in Marvel Comics Willie Lumpkin is a fictional supporting character in the Marvel Universe, who is best known as the mailman of the Fantastic Four in their self-titled comic book. ... Mailman can be: mail carrier, a person who delivers mail GNU Mailman, e-mail software This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Baxter Building is a fictitious Manhattan 35-story office building whose five upper floors house the Fantastic Fours headquarters in the Marvel Universe. ... A set of elevators or lifts, in the lower level of a train station. ...

Deleted scenes

Among the deleted scenes included on the December 2005 DVD release is a brief segment showing Reed morphing himself to look like Wolverine from X-Men. Actor Gruffudd breaks the fourth wall and looks directly at the camera as he does this, suggesting the scene might have been filmed as a joke (similar to a practical joke filmed for the first X-Men film in which an actor dressed as Spider-Man ran onto the set in the middle of a scene). Wolverine (born James Howlett, aka Logan) is a Marvel Comics superhero and member of the X-Men. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... The fourth wall is the imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ...

There are 3 slightly modified penultimate scenes concerning the attack on and subsequent defeat of Dr. Doom - one in which Reed uses his body as a funnel to direct a stream of water at Doom, one in which he doesn't, and one in which Dr. Doom's line "Is that the best you can do, a little heat?" is cut short, having the "..a little heat?" portion removed.

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There are two different versions of a scene which includes Jessica Alba and Ioan Gruffudd as Sue and Reed respectively. One version (the original) features the pair in the Planetarium in which they communicate their feelings for each other properly without an argumentative tone, this ends in an inevitable kiss. The second version (used in the theatrical release) features the two outside, looking towards the Statue Of Liberty, similar lines were used but it ended where Susan turns invisible before Reed can kiss her and a joke was used during the line "a stronger man" - by Reed where he makes his skin look like the X-Men's Wolverine This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced ) (born October 6, 1973 in Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales) is a Welsh-speaking actor. ... Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island Liberty Enlightening the World, known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue given to the United States by France in the late 19th century, standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Wolverine (born James Howlett, aka Logan) is a Marvel Comics superhero and member of the X-Men. ...

Awards and nominations

2005 Golden Raspberry Awards

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• Worst Actress (Jessica Alba)

See also

• Fantastic Four
• Fanastic Four (video game)

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External links

• Official site
• Fantastic Four at The Internet Movie Database
• Fantastic Four Movies hype at the SuperHeroHype!
• Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
• Fantastic Four: Comic Vs. Film
• F4Movies.com