Fantastic Four reboot promises gritty, realistic approach to fantasticness
Addressing what is surely the only lingering concern about the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot, writer Simon Kinberg tells HitFix that the film—about an elastic man, an invisible girl, her flying brother who bursts into flames, and a giant, grumpy rock—will be “a more realistic, a more gritty, grounded” version of that story than one might expect, perhaps after reading the dictionary definition “fantastic.” However, by giving the film a more grounded tone, it’s possible that Kinberg and director Josh Trank are aiming for more of an informal, ironically detached version of “fantastic.” As in, “Oh, we’ve been changed irrevocably by exposure to cosmic rays? Well, isn’t that fantastic,” as heard in the parlance of gritty, realistic individuals.