Fantastic Four reboot-- Casting, Rumors, Pix, ect;

[Mudd]

World War Z was a major retooling of a movie that then went on to make half a billion dollars worldwide. The point being that expensive reshoots don't necessarily presage failure or indicate a lack of faith by a studio in a film - the decision to invest new money in a movie that studio execs recognize as having shortcomings has sometimes paid off very well. What generally fails is cheaping out, cutting losses and trying to paper over a turkey with promotion and hype aimed only at a big first weekend.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

If it helps add clarity (take everything with a grain of salt, though), rumors are that the reshoots are essentially to add a bit more action to what's apparently very much a character-piece. Neither character-piece nor more action are inherently bad.

 

[Turtletrekker]

First of all, you're discussing click-bait from ComicBookMovie as if it's real information or newsworthy in some way. That's a mistake. Even Badass Digest is being more realistic in their reporting on the reshoots. Remember World War Z?

It says "rumors" right there in the thread itle.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Adding action sequences in the 11th hour for the sake of having more action sequences is likely to result in said action sequences feeling tacked on.

 

[Mudd]

First of all, you're discussing click-bait from ComicBookMovie as if it's real information or newsworthy in some way. That's a mistake. Even Badass Digest is being more realistic in their reporting on the reshoots. Remember World War Z?

It says "rumors" right there in the thread itle [sic].

Uh-huh. Where does it say "discuss every rumor from crap websites credulously?"

Adding action sequences in the 11th hour for the sake of having more action sequences is likely to result in said action sequences feeling tacked on.

Well, that will certainly stand out egregiously in a summer blockbuster.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Adding action sequences in the 11th hour for the sake of having more action sequences is likely to result in said action sequences feeling tacked on.

Eh, not really. It's called editing.

 

[Tosk]

The point being that expensive reshoots don't necessarily presage failure or indicate a lack of faith by a studio in a film - the decision to invest new money in a movie that studio execs recognize as having shortcomings has sometimes paid off very well.

Key word being sometimes.

Throwing more money at a movie that isn't working isn't always the best course of action but I can certainly understand why it happens. Supernova and Exorcist: The Beginning are two pretty good examples that spring to mind.

 

[Mudd]

The point being that expensive reshoots don't necessarily presage failure or indicate a lack of faith by a studio in a film - the decision to invest new money in a movie that studio execs recognize as having shortcomings has sometimes paid off very well.

Key word being sometimes.

That's a safe statement about everything but entropy.

 

[JD]

I don't put much into these rumors about the studio being unhappy with it, these kinds of stories pop up anytime something goes back for reshoots. Reshoots don't aren't always because they think the movie is bad, plenty of good movie go back for reshoots.
I still find it a little unnerving that the movie comes out in August and we haven't really heard or seen a lot from it. Hell, we know more about The Force Unleashed and that comes out in December.
I swore I read somewhere that they were going to release the first trailer with Kingsmen, but I can't find the story anywhere.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Supposedly it will appear with the UK release of Kingsmen, so it'll actually be out pretty soon.

 

[Tosk]

I don't put much into these rumors about the studio being unhappy with it, these kinds of stories pop up anytime something goes back for reshoots. Reshoots don't aren't always because they think the movie is bad, plenty of good movie go back for reshoots.

Reshoots are, almost by definition, a sign that the studio isn't completely happy. When a movie is working really well and the studio stills wants to bump it up a notch, that's usually additional shooting, not reshooting.

Looking back at the rumor, if we take it at face value it certainly sounds like additional shooting rather than reshooting, which is a good sign if true.

 

[JacksonArcher]

Simon Kinberg, co-writer and co-producer on the film, said it was additional shooting. He said they needed to add more action to the film. I guess the additional filming is there to add another action sequence as the film is a bit action light according to some sources.

I am not overly worried about the movie just yet. Maybe it's because I have faith in the director, Josh Trank. Maybe it's because I think the cast - which includes Miles Teller, Jamie Bell, Michael B. Jordan and Kate Mara - is pretty fantastic (pun intended). Maybe it's because I like having faith in underdogs only for them to prove people wrong. It's very possible the film will suck, but I'd like to believe it will actually be good.

While, at first glance, the lack of marketing might be discerning to some I take it as the studio trying to figure out what kind of movie they have first. Even if the film is more Chronicle 2 than Fantastic Four, that might be a breath of fresh air for the superhero genre. Who knows. It could actually work out.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Reshoots are, almost by definition, a sign that the studio isn't completely happy. When a movie is working really well and the studio stills wants to bump it up a notch, that's usually additional shooting, not reshooting.

That seems like pedantic nitpicking. Is there a functional difference between additional shooting and reshooting or is it all in the name?

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Reshoots are, almost by definition, a sign that the studio isn't completely happy. When a movie is working really well and the studio stills wants to bump it up a notch, that's usually additional shooting, not reshooting.

That seems like pedantic nitpicking. Is there a functional difference between additional shooting and reshooting or is it all in the name?

Reshooting would mean shooting scenes over that had already been shot during principle photography. Additional shooting (well, that's not reshooting) would mean shooting new scenes that hadn't been shot before, most likely because they hadn't been scripted.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

OK, if that's the case, even the rumors at their most negative suggest this is additional shooting under your definition.

These are additional shots to reshape the movie, adding additional scenes or bridge scenes, or things of that nature to ensure the correct flow.

 

[theenglish]

Reshoots are, almost by definition, a sign that the studio isn't completely happy. When a movie is working really well and the studio stills wants to bump it up a notch, that's usually additional shooting, not reshooting.

That seems like pedantic nitpicking. Is there a functional difference between additional shooting and reshooting or is it all in the name?

Reshooting would mean shooting scenes over that had already been shot during principle photography. Additional shooting (well, that's not reshooting) would mean shooting new scenes that hadn't been shot before, most likely because they hadn't been scripted.

Also, reshooting is used to change the story when it is not working. STGs was reshot to change Captain Kirk's death scene, for example.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

It's also worth noting that this io9 article seems to make no distinction at all between reshooting and shooting additional footage (see e.g. 5. Superman II vs 7. 47 Ronin).

 

[Nerys Myk]

The internet has no time for details or facts.

 

[Samurai8472]

Costume?

 

[Mr Light]

asbestos?