Exclusive: Fantastic Four Trailer Breakdown With Josh Trank and Simon Kinberg

How many times have you watched that stunning first trailer for ‘The Fantastic Four’ so far?

If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably watched it a bunch of times, freeze-framing scenes, picking favourite moments, and asking loads of questions about the up-to-now super-secretive summer blockbuster.

So, we’re really excited to bring you the first analysis direct from director Josh Trank and writer-producer Simon Kinberg, who’ll hopefully be able to answer some of your questions about the trailer, the film, its stars and the whole production.

Here are a few key points we picked out from the in-depth trailer analysis that you can watch above.

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- Josh Trank says the film is heavily influenced by ‘Ultimate Fantastic Four’, a comic book reboot written by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Millar that began in 2004. The director cites the book’s art by Bryan Hitch as a key reference point for the film’s development.

- Trank says he pitched the idea of rebooting the film franchise to the series co-creator Stan Lee, who was overjoyed that finally “somebody was taking the Fantastic Four seriously”.

- The producer and director praise their four main leads Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B Jordan, and Jamie Bell saying they couldn’t have found four better dramatic actors for the roles.

- “Serious” and “dramatic” were words never associated with the last big screen ‘Fantastic Four’ outings, which is something that Trank seems to want to put right for fans. He’s aiming for something a bit more substantial saying, “I want to put the ‘science’ in science fiction”.

- The filmmakers are keenly aware of the Four’s heritage and stature within the Marvel comic world – the team predate the Avengers by two years – calling them “the most important superhero group”.

- Ultimately they recognise that the ‘Fantastic Four’ are a family, not a team, and the film is all about seeing how far “a family can be stretched”. Pun not intended.

'Fantastic Four' is coming to UK cinemas on 6 August, 2014.

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