Josh Trank has elected his Fantastic Four, and Fox are in the process of finalising the actors’ deals. As reported by all of the Hollywood trade papers, the lineup will be: Miles Teller as Reed Richards, Kate Mara as Sue Storm, Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm and Michael B Jordan as Johnny Storm.
It’s said that Teller, Mara and Jordan have been amongst Trank’s picks all the while and would have been locked-in last year had production not been pushed back for some rewrites. Bell is reportedly a newer consideration, having only come into the fold during the last couple of weeks of screen tests. Shooting on the film is set to get underway this spring ahead of a release on June 19 next year.
It was pretty much known that Jordan was “The Human Torch” for months and months, as were Trank’s intention to cast a white actress as his sister. The obvious narrative move is to make one or both of them adopted.
Fox have even more riding on Fantastic Four this time than last time around and I think they know it.
