Fantastic 4

Fantastic Four is an American feature film of the science fiction and superhero fantasy genres. It is based on the Fantastic Four line of comic book titles published by Marvel Comics. The film was directed by Tim Story with a script written by Mark Frost and Michael France. It was produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and released theatrically in the United States on July 8th, 2005. The film stars Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards, Jessica Alba as Susan Storm, Chris Evans as Johnny Storm, Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm and Julian McMahon as Victor von Doom. The premise of the film involves scientists Reed Richards and Victor von Doom studying cosmic phenomena from a space satellite that may unlock the key to humanity's evolution. Coming along for this journey is Reed's colleague and love interest, Susan Storm, best friend Ben Grimm and Susan's astronaut brother, Johnny. Exposure to cosmic radiation gives them all superhuman powers, but while Reed, Sue, Ben and Johnny use their abilities for the benefit of humanity, Victor von Doom uses the situation to forward his own power-mad agenda.

Notes & Trivia

 * Production on Fantastic Four began in August, 2004. Principal filming commenced on August 23rd, 2004 and concluded on January 28th, 2005.


 * Despite receiving primarily negative reviews, a sequel film was produced in 2007 titled Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. This film also performed below expectations, but this didn't stop 20th Century Fox from doing everything they could to hold onto the FF license. A decade after the first movie was released, FOX tried once again to reboot the franchise with Fantastic Four in 2015, which proved to be a box office disaster.