According to
The Hollywood Reporter, scriptwriter Josh Friedman has been tapped to write a new script for Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four. Marvel series WandaVision director Matt Shakman will be directing the feature that is set to kick off Phase 6 of the MCU with a February 14th, 2025 release date.
The original script was written by comedy writers Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer, so the hiring of Friedman directs a potential change in tone.
Fantastic Four was the heroic team that introduced readers, and the world at large, to Marvel Comics and ushered in the Marvel Age, as the self-generated hype machine described it in the 1960s. Written by editor Stan Lee and drawn by Jack Kirby, Fantastic Four No. 1 brought forth Reed Richards, a scientist dedicated to his work and unafraid to push the boundaries of science; Sue Storm, his girlfriend-turned-wife; Johnny Storm, Sue’s hothead, and hot-rod-loving brother; and Ben Grimm, Richards’ beefy best friend. After an unauthorized trip into space and being irradiated with cosmic rays, they become heroes Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, and The Thing, respectively.
Friedman is credited with co-writing War of the Worlds, the Steven Spielberg update on the H.G. Wells classic, and was the writer-creator of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the Terminator TV series. He returned to work on 2019’s Terminator: Dark Fate and helped Cameron in world-building and crafting stories for his multi-movie Avatar franchise.
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2023-04-01 @ 7:32 pm
Josh Friedman was only one of five people who contributed to the story for Avatar 2 and had nothing to do with the screenplay. Better looks at his actual work on screen are movies like War of the Worlds (2005) and The Black Dalia and television shows like Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Snowpiercer.
On 4/1/2023 at 6:30 AM, monron999 said:Unimpressed. Not that Avatar 2 was a bad movie but I certainly was "less" than Avatar. The thing that worries me is that movie had some serious plot hole issues and the entire Raiders of the Lost Ark syndrome where things woulda played out the same whether the characters woulda been involved or not. It just seems like the long awaited return of FF would have deserved a more proven talent.
This is my feelings, I felt like Avatar 2 had a ton of issues with the story to say the least, I wasn't a fan of that movie, it was way too bloated yet empty, but hey I guess we will have to see if Josh can write a better Fantastic 4 Movie.
Unimpressed. Not that Avatar 2 was a bad movie but I certainly was "less" than Avatar. The thing that worries me is that movie had some serious plot hole issues and the entire Raiders of the Lost Ark syndrome where things woulda played out the same whether the characters woulda been involved or not. It just seems like the long awaited return of FF would have deserved a more proven talent.
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