The Fantastic Four Reboot: More Grounded and Real World, It Will Be A Coming of Age Movie for the First and Original Marvel Superheroes

20th Century Fox's The Fantastic Four reboot has been officially described by the studio as "a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel's original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy." Directed by Josh Trank from a screenplay by Simon Kinberg and Jeremy Slate, it stars Miles Teller as "Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic," Kate Mara as "Susan Storm/Invisible Woman," Michael B. Jordan as "Johnny Storm/Human Torch," Jamie Bell as "Ben Grimm/The Thing," Toby Kebbel as "Victor Domashev/Doctor Doom," Reg E. Cathey as "Dr. Franklin Storm," and Tim Blake Nelson as "Harvey Elder."

In an interview with ScienceFiction, writer Kinberg, who is also producing the remake, revealed, "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 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." He also said, "It's a much more grounded, gritty, realistic movie than the last couple movies."

In another interview with Latino-Review, Kinberg further disclosed: "...this Fantastic Four movie is sort of a celebration of all Fantastic Four comics that have preceded it...We have elements from the original Fantastic Four...We also owe a lot to the Ultimate's and the current crop of Fantastic Four comics and you'll see that...It's really sort of inspired by all the different history of the Fantastic Four comics...There isn't one comic that defines the movie"

The Fantastic Four is scheduled for release on August 7 to US theaters in 2D as well as in 3D.