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"Fantastic" Leader Talks Sequel
by Scott Weinberg | June 12, 2006
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Jessica Alba's had her chance to spill some early beans regarding "Fantastic Four 2," so it only seems right that Ioan Gruffudd ("Mr. Fantastic") would earn a chance as well.

From ComingSoon.net: "The UK born actor admitted that while he has signed on for the sequel, which begins shooting in Vancouver in late August, he still hasn't seen the script. "I have not seen the script or read it. I don't know exactly what the story line is. I know Jessica Alba has been talking about it quite a bit and I believe that the premise is Silver Surfer is the new character that comes into it."

Although Gruffudd has had some time to adjust to the overwhelming success of the first installment of the "Fantastic Four" series, he still can't believe the film's popularity. "It's fantastic. You know it's beyond our wildest dreams on how it performed in the box office. Obviously personally I'm delighted that we're going back. Hopefully this one will be successful and we'll go back for a third one as well after that."

There's also a little tidbit about the potential return of Dr. Doom, so click here to check that out.

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adml_shake
adml_shake writes:
on Jun 12 2006 07:05 AM

I like the first one enough to be somewhat excited about this.

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Now it's dark
Now it's dark writes:
on Jun 12 2006 07:52 AM

Hopefully the Thing will be able to make a proper fist in this one.

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I Am Remote
I Am Remote writes:
on Jun 12 2006 09:51 AM

Silver Surfer? Gah. Awful.

Bring back Doom.


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IMAmoose24
IMAmoose24 writes:
on Jun 12 2006 09:56 AM

Scrap the whole project. Please. Think of the children.

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synergyred
synergyred writes:
on Jun 12 2006 10:46 AM

Awww he seems like such a nice guy. Depending on what the trailers look like, I'll probably check the sequel out. It was FAR from an amazing movie but it was an entertaining enough popcorn flick with some nice effects.

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Zen Bullet
Zen Bullet writes:
on Jun 12 2006 02:08 PM

The first flick was cynical, dumb, terribly written, poorly cast, and had horrible effects. And it STILL managed to be entertaining in a shallow way . . . until it's awful third act, anyway. Even still, I waited till DVD to see it.

Now that FF is a proven moneymaker, we'll probably get the same trash again . . . except now it'll have a bigger budget, better effects, and the Silver Surfer.

And I will STILL wait for the DVD.

Hollywood filmmaking logic mystifies me. I guess greed breeds stupidity.


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renodc
renodc writes:
on Jun 12 2006 04:49 PM

I won't get excited about Fantastic Four 2 until I read that Jessica Alba has been replaced by an actual actress, Tim Story has been replaced by an actual director, and they replace producer Avi Arad with someone that was born after World War II.

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dylan21484nj
dylan21484nj writes:
on Jun 12 2006 05:07 PM

"Although Gruffudd has had some time to adjust to the overwhelming success of the first installment of the "Fantastic Four" series, he still can't believe the film's popularity."

what popularity?


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Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg writes:
on Jun 12 2006 07:09 PM

Flick made $330 million worldwide. If that's not one legitimate definition of "popular," then I don't know what is.

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