Producer Simon Kinberg has revealed some of the plot details for the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot.
Kinberg told CraveOnline that the film will be more “grounded” than the two previous films and serve as an origin story for the superhero team. “We’re treating this as the origin of the Fantastic Four so in future movies you’d have them on sort of splashier adventures to some extent, but in this one we tried to ground the science as much as possible and make it feel like it could take place in our world before it cantilevers into other worlds.”
In addition, the movie will have a different tone compared to the previous films. “If I had to say, the tone of it would be somewhere on the spectrum between Spider-Man and Chronicle,” said Kinberg. “The other movies were even further on the spectrum of being goofy and fun than Spider-Man. Raimi’s Spider-Man, yeah, not Amazing Spider-Man.”
He added, “[Director] Josh Trank’s instincts are to be as realistic and grounded and real with this stuff as possible. In many ways I would say it’s definitely more of a drama than comedy.”
Kate Mara, Miles Teller, Michael B Jordan and Jamie Bell are set to take on the roles of the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, Mr. Fantastic and the Thing, respectively.
Fantastic Four is expected to hit theaters on June 19, 2015.
