Fantastic Four: Grade, Review, Discuss, Sequels?...SPOILERS likely

[Mudd]

That's a misleadingly simple summary of some nuanced and honest remarks.

Frankly his dislike of superhero movies like most of the MCU speaks well of his perception, as does his admiration for Gunn.

He was making interesting movies before his misadventure in the blockbuster yard goods wasteland; maybe he can go back to that.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

^ Well, movie singular anyway

 

[Guy Gardener]

Grant Gustin showed up on Arrow before Barry became the Flash...

John and Emily might show up on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. moments before it's cancelled... If they get the parts.

 

[JD]

He was making interesting movies before his misadventure in the blockbuster yard goods wasteland; maybe he can go back to that.

I watched the trailer for his new Al Capone movie starring Tom Hardy, and it looked like it could be pretty good.

 

[Gaith]

Josh Trank has talked a bit about making the movie, and how it what happened with it effected him.

From that article, it's clear Trank is passionate about directing and a hard worker; what's not clear is whether Chronicle was a fluke, or if he's an artist who has substantive things to say and communicate through the medium of film. This Capone project sounds as though it could be a form of art therapy and/or self-promotion - a self-reflecting, "look how far this great man has fallen, and what indignities he's had to endure!" flick that just happens to be about a cold-blooded murderer. (Reviews have been decidedly mixed, and I certainly don't intend on streaming it.)

 

[JD]

Josh Trank has no interest in doing a "Trank Cut" of this one.
Honestly, it sounds to me like the whole situation surrounding this was kind of a mess, so I can see wanting to just move on at this point.

 

[Gaith]

Josh Trank has no interest in doing a "Trank Cut" of this one.

Probably helps that absolutely no one is asking him to.

 

[JD]

Well, someone does since the comment from him was in response to a fan asking about it.

 

[Tosk]

What's a little hyperbole between friends?

 

[JD]

Josh Trank has talked a bit more about F4, and has said that he wanted to cast a black actress as Sue Storm, but the studio people made him cast a white actress. He's admitted that was one thing he really regrets, and that he wishes he had not let them talk him out of his original plan of the character.
It seems kind of odd to me that they would apparently be fine with Johnny and Franklin being black, but not Sue. If 2/3s of the family were already black, I don't see what the harm would have been in making the last member black too. I guess it was just a bit of sexism, mixed in with the racism.

 

[Gaith]

It seems kind of odd to me that they would apparently be fine with Johnny and Franklin being black, but not Sue.

They weren't "fine" with Johnny being black; he had to press for that, too.