Grading the FANTASTIC FOUR screenplay

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Monday, September 13, 2004
Source: Ain't It Cool News

Ain't It Cool News has published a review of a recent draft of Simon Kinsburg's FANTASTIC FOUR screenplay. While it's not the shooting draft of the project, Moriarty's review of the superhero flick does fill in some of the story gaps that fans have been wondering about for a while. Among the items gleaned from the review is the nature of the relationships between the FF and Victor Von Doom at the start of the film; how the Fantastic Four and Doom receive their superpowers and what they are; a description of scenes from the script's first act that show the disasterous psychological affects that Ben Grimm's transformation into The Thing has on him and those around him; and it illuminates some of the changes made to Doctor Doom for the film from the comic book version.

All in all Moriarty remains guarded about what the screen story will mean for the end result. "I want to believe that Tim Story and Avi Arad and Kevin Feige and everyone at Fox know what they're doing and how to make that third act work on film," states Moriarty. "I want to believe that Dr. Doom isn't going to turn into an embarassment, and that Julian McMahon's going to be able to turn this stock character into something memorable. I want to believe that the film's structural weaknesses can be overcome by energy and a good cast and the right design team."

You can read the full script review here.


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