Since the opening weekend for Fantastic Four has yet to actually end, it’s the perfect time to talk about a sequel for the movie, since that’s exactly what’s been going on. In the latest issue of Empire magazine, both director Tim Story and actor Chris Evans (Johnny Storm/The Human Torch) talk sequel possibilities, while Story and producer/Marvel CEO Avi Arad mentioned future ideas at a press conference in New York City.
In the press conference Story said, "I would definitely want to come back for the second. If you're familiar with this comic book, we've just scratched the surface. This is an origin movie and there's so many characters and so much that we have to get to, things like the Fantasticar." Hmmm.. the Fantasticar in a movie? How about the good old phallic pogo-jet?
The magazine quotes Story as saying, "I hope that we can come back for the second one, because from frame one we can go berserk," laughs Story. "There's no concrete answers yet, but we are thinking a lot about what would happen in number two. One thing that's for certain is that you do get to see Reed and Sue get married, which would be incredible." Moving Reed and Sue to that next step would make sense, especially given actor Evan’s comments on a possible villain: "The Sub-Mariner was a cool character, a water element. That would contrast nicely. I don't know if they'd do The Mole, but I think he's quite cool." Now we’re talking! A movie uniting Reed and Sue with the ultimate wedding crasher, Namor the Sub-Mariner. I’d go for that.
However, Sub-Mariner isn’t the only Marvel character mentioned. Story mentioned in the press conference that he’d like to bring the Silver Surfer in for a possible third movie. The invasion of Galactus done on the big screen? Wow, who knew a Fantastic Four movie’s sequels would get me more excited than the movie itself?
Finally, the most exciting idea Story presented was the evolution of Ben Grimm’s character. ”Now that these guys are comfortable with their powers, there's a whole another attitude that comes on. To see Ben Grimm in this movie, Ben Grimm is not wanting to be what he is, but once he is comfortable with who he is, he's a funny character. He's just walking around town like a superstar." Above all else, Fantastic Four had some good strong characters. To see them evolve like this, getting adjusted to their powers, or getting married, makes me actually hope there’s a chance of getting a sequel, and that there’s somewhere these characters could actually go in future movies, as opposed to just rehashing the same plot over again.
Thanks to Comic Book Movie.com for information on both the interview and press conference.
