Script Report: FANTASTIC FOUR
January 16th, 2001
According to Cinescape, who spoke with writer Sam Hamm (BATMAN), his FANTASTIC FOUR script is almost completely fine tuned. He has completed two drafts of the screenplay, saying:
"The Fantastic Four are generally a sunnier bunch than Batman," Hamm told Hockensmith. "And the fun of doing a team story is that it's really about an extended dysfunctional family."
According to Hamm, the Fantastic Four flick will stay true to the Marvel comics of the 1960s, which focused on the heroes' everyday problems as much as their wild adventures.
"There's an issue of Fantastic Four that I remember vividly. I think it was number six or eight or thereabouts. Reed Richards [the Fantastic Four's leader] loses all of their money in the stock market, and they're basically about to be evicted from the Baxter Building. And I'm going, 'Holy cow! These guys have to pay rent or they're going to be kicked out of their lair!'" Hamm said. "The notion of comics characters having to deal with petty real-life issues in addition to alien invasions and supervillains who want to take over the world is what gave them so much flavor. And that's really what we tried to capture in [the script]."
-- Chris
(Source: Cinescape)
"The Fantastic Four are generally a sunnier bunch than Batman," Hamm told Hockensmith. "And the fun of doing a team story is that it's really about an extended dysfunctional family."
According to Hamm, the Fantastic Four flick will stay true to the Marvel comics of the 1960s, which focused on the heroes' everyday problems as much as their wild adventures.
"There's an issue of Fantastic Four that I remember vividly. I think it was number six or eight or thereabouts. Reed Richards [the Fantastic Four's leader] loses all of their money in the stock market, and they're basically about to be evicted from the Baxter Building. And I'm going, 'Holy cow! These guys have to pay rent or they're going to be kicked out of their lair!'" Hamm said. "The notion of comics characters having to deal with petty real-life issues in addition to alien invasions and supervillains who want to take over the world is what gave them so much flavor. And that's really what we tried to capture in [the script]."
-- Chris
(Source: Cinescape)
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