Move over Avengers and make room in the limelight for these forgotten Marvel movies.
1994’s The Fantastic Four is an amazing tale, and I’m not talking about the movie’s premise. Sure, its story does the job, relating the origin of the Fantastic Four and setting them up to fight Doctor Doom, much as the 2005 movie did. It was co-executive produced by Roger Corman who, famed for his low budget productions, agreed to do it for a meagre $1 million.
Though the actors deliver some decent performances, the movie’s limited budget is in evidence, from the “Lego on a stick”-style stretching effects, to The Thing’s sub-par special effects make-up. If it wasn’t for the use of some very shoddy Lawnmower Man-level CGI, you’d think it was made in the 80s.
However, what truly stands out about The Fantastic Four is that it was an “ash-can project,” and was never, ever released. There’s an absolutely fantastic documentary about the debacle which you can, but the short version is that German producer Bernd Eichinger had the rights to a Fantastic Four movie.
The rights were set to expire at the end of 1992 and it’s been alleged he produced the movie to hold onto those rights a little longer. In truth, it’s unclear as to who really knew 1994’s The Fantastic Four wouldn’t see the light of day, but it’s one of cinema’s strangest tales. 1994’s The Fantastic Four isn’t available to watch, for obvious reasons. You can, however, stream the
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