It seems as if Fantastic Four director Josh Trank isn’t over the failure of his last superhero project as he just threw some shade at the Fox film on social media.
Director Josh Trank responded to comments on Twitter after they said that “no superhero movies fail”. Josh Trank fell a victim to movie studio meddling after directing 2015’s Fantastic Four which was supposed to be a grittier reboot of 2005’s Fantastic Four featuring Chris Evans who is now Captain America for Marvel Studios.
Josh Trank tweeted “hold my beer” in response to Korean-American film and video director Joseph Kahn’s tweet. You can check out the response from Trank below!
Hold my beer.
— Josh Trank (@joshuatrank) March 10, 2019
Before his film’s release, the Fantastic Four movie was riddled with problems on the back end of production. The studio reportedly had many issues with the director’s choices which as we all know led to many reported re-shoots that left us with a very displeasing finished product to some.
Josh Trank reportedly had issues with the cast themselves and shut himself away from them and the film crew. According to Josh Trank himself, the studio had shot his ideas down about the film from the get go and that bitterness seems to continue to bother him until this day.
The Fantastic Four director publicly admitted that he felt he let the creator of the team of superheroes down on his Twitter account shortly after the passing of Stan Lee late last year. You can see his message to Stan Lee in his post below.
Though you could say I let him down, Stan Lee kept in touch. Today we say goodbye to one of the greatest creative icons in history, someone who always reminded us his humanity was not a secret identity. Rest in peace, Stan. ❤ pic.twitter.com/ZreHPPMiZ3
— Josh Trank (@joshuatrank) November 12, 2018
Although I can’t personally say that the Fantastic Four was a failure, it’s understandable why the director would be so ashamed of his film. If the film studio didn’t agree with the director’s vision from the beginning, why would they allow him to create the film only to mess with it later on and present something other than his version of the film and call it the directors?
Fans have wanted to see Josh Trank’s version of Fantastic Four in order to compare the two but it doesn’t look like Fox Studios would ever let it see the light of day.
What do you think about Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four comments? Is he holding on to a grudge for no reason or do you believe he has every right to continue being upset? Let us know your thoughts in the comments down below!
Josh Trank’s next film, Fonzo, starring Tom Hardy is currently in post-production but does not currently have a release date.
Here’s a brief synopsis for Fonzo:
The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia, and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Source: Twitter