Tim Blake Nelson In Final Negotiations To Join The Reboot Of 'The Fantastic Four'

THR is reporting that Tim Blake Nelson is in final negotiations to join the cast of 20th Century Fox’s reboot of The Fantastic Four. Nelson will play Harvey Elder, an eccentric and socially awkward scientist who is shunned by humanity and leader of a subterranean group of monsters known as the Moloids. In the comics, he is known as Mole Man. The Mole Man character will not officially appear but Elder’s appearance does set up the character to be the villain in future installments of the franchise. Fox did not comment on the plans.

The reboot is being helmed by Josh Trank from a script written by Simon Kinberg. The movie will once again focuses on the Marvel Comics quartet of scientist-adventurers Reed Richards (Miles Teller), aka Mr. Fantastic; his best friend Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell), aka The Thing; his girlfriend Sue Storm (Kate Mara), aka The Invisible Woman; and her brother, Johnny (Michael B. Jordan), aka The Human Torch. Toby Kebbell is playing the villain, Doctor Doom.