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Fantastic Four 3 (Do-Over)
9/1/09 - Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman has been tapped to reboot the Fantastic Four movie franchise for Fox, bringing the FF into the same camp of rebooted Marvel heroes that the Punisher and the Hulk belong to, Variety reports. Goldsman will produce on the reboot. Michael Greene will write the screenplay. Fox has produced two films featuring the Fantastic Four so far, 2005's Fantastic Four and 2007's 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Both were directed by Barbershop helmer Tim Story and were noteworthy for having a fairly lighthearted tone in a superhero movie market dominated by the likes of The Dark Knight and the fairly grim X-Men Origins: Wolverine. No word yet if this reboot will bring the FF into the same movie continuity shared by Iron Man, the Hulk and Nick Fury, as has been established in the "tags" following Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk.
1/26/09 – SCI FI Wire reported that the Fantastic Four series has probably reached its conclusion after only two films. Chris Evans said that he doesn't expect the series to continue. "No, I don't think we're doing another one," Evans said. "I think we're done. I think if they were going to do another one, you would have heard something. It's been a while since the second one, and those films usually come pretty quick, one after the next. I kind of think they're going to close the book on that one. It's too bad. I had a fun time making them."
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