Script Report: FANTASTIC FOUR
May 22nd, 2003
This project has a revolving door when it comes to writers with the likes of Sam Hamm, Philip Morton, Michael France and Chris Columbus attempting to crack the mold.
According to reports, veteran TV writer and "Twin Peaks" co-creator Mark Frost has quietly come on board to rewrite 20th Century Fox's big-budget comic book adventure "Fantastic Four" for director Peyton Reed. Frost, whose writing credits also include "Hill Street Blues," "The Six Million Dollar Man" and the nonfiction novel "The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf," started tackling the project this week.
"Fantastic Four" follows the adventure-seeking quartet of scientist Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic); his love interest, Susan Storm (the Invisible Girl); her brother, Johnny (the Human Torch); and Reed's best friend, Benjamin Grimm (the Thing).
The four develop superpowers when the spaceship they're on is exposed to cosmic radiation; their archnemesis is Dr. Doom, who turns out to be Reed's old college friend. The comic was first published in 1962.
(Source: Reuters/Hollywood Reporter)
According to reports, veteran TV writer and "Twin Peaks" co-creator Mark Frost has quietly come on board to rewrite 20th Century Fox's big-budget comic book adventure "Fantastic Four" for director Peyton Reed. Frost, whose writing credits also include "Hill Street Blues," "The Six Million Dollar Man" and the nonfiction novel "The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf," started tackling the project this week.
"Fantastic Four" follows the adventure-seeking quartet of scientist Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic); his love interest, Susan Storm (the Invisible Girl); her brother, Johnny (the Human Torch); and Reed's best friend, Benjamin Grimm (the Thing).
The four develop superpowers when the spaceship they're on is exposed to cosmic radiation; their archnemesis is Dr. Doom, who turns out to be Reed's old college friend. The comic was first published in 1962.
(Source: Reuters/Hollywood Reporter)
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