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Credits | |
Title: | Fantastic Four |
Director: | Tim Story |
Writers: | Mark Frost; Michael France |
Producers: | Avi Arad; Michael Barnathan; Lee Cleary; Chris Columbus; Bernd Eichinger; Ross Fanger; Kevin Feige; David Gorder; Stan Lee; Mark Radcliffe; Kurt Williams; Ralph Winter |
Composer: | John Ottman |
Cinematography: | Oliver Wood |
Editors: | William Hoy |
Production | |
Distributed by: | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Released: | July 8th, 2005 |
Rating: | PG-13 |
Running time: | 106 min. [1] 125 min. [2] |
Country: | USA |
Language: | English |
Budget: | $100,000,000 [3] |
Gross: | $154,695,569 (US) [3] $330,120,875 (Worldwide) |
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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.
Plot[]
Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Ioan Gruffudd | Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards |
Jessica Alba | Invisible Woman, Susan Storm |
Chris Evans | Human Torch, Johnny Storm |
Michael Chiklis | The Thing, Ben Grimm |
Julian McMahon | Doctor Victor von Doom |
Hamish Linklater | Leonard |
Kerry Washington | Alicia Masters |
Laurie Holden | Debbie McIlvane |
David Parker | Ernie |
Kevin McNulty | Jimmy O'Hoolihan |
Maria Menounos | Sexy nurse |
Michael Kopsa | Ned Cecil |
Andrew Airlie | Compound doctor |
Pascale Hutton | Nightclub girlfriend |
G. Michael Gray | Nightclub girlfriend |
David Richmond-Peck | Gallery patron |
Appearances[]
Featured characters
- Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
- Invisible Woman, Susan Storm
- Human Torch, Johnny Storm
- The Thing, Ben Grimm
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
Organizations
Races
Locations
Items
Vocations
- Astronaut
- Cab driver
- Construction worker
- Model
- Nurse
- Scientist
- Super-hero
- Super-villain
- Truck driver
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Fantastic Four was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. They first appeared in Fantastic Four #1 in November, 1961.
- Production on Fantastic Four began in August, 2004. Principal filming commenced on August 23rd, 2004 and concluded on January 28th, 2005. [3]
- Activision produced a Fantastic Four video game to tie in with the film. The game was released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and Microsoft Windows.
- Fantastic Four was released on DVD in Region 1 format by 20th Century Fox on December 6th, 2005. [4] The special two-disc extended edition was released on June 5th, 2007. [5] It was released on Blu-ray in 2006. [6]
- 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.
Recommendations[]
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External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ Standard theatrical release.
- ↑ Extended edition.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 IMDB; Fantastic Four (2005); Box office & business.
- ↑ Amazon.com; Fantastic Four (2005); DVD product details.
- ↑ Amazon.com; Fantastic Four (2005); DVD. Two-disc extended edition.
- ↑ Fantastic Four (2005); Blu-ray.