'The Fantastic Four': Watch the new trailer for the superhero reboot
The new version of 'Fantastic' stars actors Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell.
'The Fantastic Four' stars Miles Teller.
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A trailer has been released for the new version of the comic book story 鈥淭he Fantastic Four.鈥�
鈥淔antastic鈥� tells the story of a quartet who accidentally gain superpowers after traveling to space. Mr. Fantastic, also known as Reed Richards, gains an elastic body, while Sue Storm becomes the Invisible Woman, with the power to create force fields. Sue's brother Johnny Storm becomes the Human Torch, able to fly and create fire, and their friend Ben Grimm becomes the Thing, with impenetrable,聽orange skin and huge amounts of strength.
In this iteration, Reed Richards will be portrayed by 鈥淭he Spectacular Now鈥� actor Miles Teller, and Kate Mara of 鈥淗ouse of Cards鈥� takes on the role of Sue Storm. Michael B. Jordan of 鈥淔ruitvale Station鈥� (who also previously starred in the 2012 superpowers film 鈥淐hronicle鈥�) plays the Human Torch, while Jamie Bell of the AMC TV series 鈥淭urn鈥� is playing the Thing.
The characters previously came to movie theaters in a 2005 adaptation that starred actors Ioan Gruffudd as Mr. Fantastic, Jessica Alba as Sue Storm, Chris Evans (who now portrays superhero Captain America) as the Human Torch, and Michael Chiklis as the Thing. This adaptation was followed by a 2007 film 鈥淔antastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer.鈥�
The 2005 movie featured actor Julian McMahon as Victor von Doom, whom comic book fans know as Dr. Doom. According to actor Toby Kebbell, who is reportedly taking on the role of the villain, Dr. Doom will be part of the new 鈥淔antastic鈥� film as well. 鈥淗e's Victor Domashev, not Victor Von Doom in our story,鈥� Kebbell, who previously starred in such films as 鈥淒awn of the Planet of the Apes,鈥� told the website . 鈥淎nd I'm sure I'll be sent to jail for telling you that. The Doom in ours 鈥� I'm a programmer. Very anti-social programmer. And on blogging sites I'm 鈥楧oom.鈥欌��
The new version of 鈥淔antastic鈥� is scheduled to be released on Aug. 7.