Before you go and read the below articles, I just wanted to mention that the idea of Fox "rebooting both these franchises has NOTHING to do with getting the characters or stories right or better this time around. This is clearly a contractual issue that Fox has with Marvel before the Disney acquisition. So before you get too excited..... DON'T! Fox has such a spotty record at this point they are trying to reinvent anything that could work for them! Good luck!
Sources: Deadline & IGN
20th Century Fox has confirmed rumors from earlier this year that it will reboot its Fantastic Four franchise by announcing the hiring of Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman to oversee the project. Before he became a producer on Jonah Hex, Goldsman won an Oscar for scripting A Beautiful Mind, but Goldsman was also responsible for what destroyed the Batman franchise: Batman & Robin! (UGH!) Variety reports that Fox has also set Heroes and Green Lantern scribe Michael Green to pen the screenplay. Fox wants to completely retool and recast the franchise and replace director Tim Story, whom I think was a terrible director for the first two films!
Variety points out, "Fox controls Fantastic Four in perpetuity -- as long as it continues making the films. Fox has the same arrangement on Marvel Comics properties X-Men, Daredevil and Silver Surfer. Marvel is a producer and financial participant through a licensing agreement."
and finally the Daredevil reboot!
Deadline.com has recently reported a brief update on the status of a reboot to the 2003 film Daredevil. Regency is tackling the project with former News Corps number two Peter Chernin as a producer.
The screenwriter attached to the film is David Scarpa, who scripted The Day The Earth Stood Still for Fox. The new film has yet to be assigned a title and no word has been released from the studio whether the original actors will reprise their roles.
Deadline.com's reasoning for this is simple and accurate: 'Hollywood studios with Marvel superheroes need to keep reinventing these Marvel movie franchises or the rights revert back to Disney-based Marvel.'
Information courtesy of Deadline.co
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