Producer Simon Kinberg Hints At Possible Fantastic Four Sequel

Los Angeles: While 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four was both critically and commercially slammed last year, producer Simon Kinberg says a sequel is still possible and he’d like to bring back the same cast.

Kinberg said, “We want to make another Fantastic Four movie.” “We love that cast—I mean if I were to say to you now Michael B. Jordan and Miles Teller, and Kate (Mara) and Jamie (Bell) are great actors—we love that cast,” he further added.

In the event that Fantastic Four 2 moves forward, Kinberg said it would be a “brighter” film that more accurately captures the tone of the comics. “We’ll try to be truer to the essence of the tone of Fantastic Four, which is completely—well, not completely, but largely—distinct from the X-Men, which is brighter, funnier, more optimistic tone,” he explained.

Kinberg cited the first film’s darker approach as a potential misstep, saying “it seemed like a radical idea” at the time, but they “were kind of messing with the DNA of the actual comic instead of trusting the DNA of the comic.”

While the producer couldn’t say with any certainty as to whether or not a sequel will in fact happen, he did note that they’re “working really hard on figuring that out,” as there’s an appetite for it at Fox. In the meantime, Kinberg remains optimistic, saying “nothing would make me happier than the world embracing a Fantastic Four movie.