Mike86

There was a prototype of the First Class Xavier shown by Hot Toys but they never released it unfortunately. They've done a few versions of Wolverine though. They've done him from X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and The Wolverine.

Howard Chan who is the head of Hot Toys did a Q&A interview a while back where he was asked about the Xavier figure and other X-Men figures and he said the studio told them they had to get approval from all the actors individually to be able to use their likenesses so maybe that's holding up other toys as well. Not sure how that usually works with other films but I believe the actors sign off their likeness rights when they sign up for films like super hero ones or whatever that have potential for merchandise.

RocShemp

Not necessarily. That's why Jackman was used on the cover of a Wolverine videogame but he did not allow the use of his likeness for the game proper. Thus the in-game model looks nothing like him.

Obi-Wanma

I think that's sort of what Mike was saying, that in OTHER films the actors sign off on their likeness with the movie contract, but it didn't seem to be that way for Fox's X-Men series

zero

Dr Doom revealed....
http://screenrant.com/fantastic-four...costume-photo/

Suddenly those other two films aren't looking that bad

Mike86

Yeah I believe that's how it normally works. I'm sure some of the bigger names like Jackman have more leverage over what does and doesn't get the okay to use their likeness.

Josh-da-man

Looks like the Master botched another regeneration.

PhantomStranger

There are rumors that Marvel is very intent on walling off the X-Men and related mutant spin-offs from the properties they control as much as possible. They are pushing for "Inhumans" to replace "mutants" wherever they can get away with it.

ddrknghtrtns

If you digged that crap, you would have thought you died and went to Heaven if Fox would had just film the original adaption of the Galactus trilogy with the proper budget.

james2025a

Yes i am basing it off the photos i have seen, the actors selected and most importantly the direction they are taking these characters away from their comic book roots. The more i read and see about this movie the worse it seems. When the movie was first announced i was actually really optimistic as it seemed like Fox might actually be trying to get a great Fantastic Four movie on the big screen, but instead it is more and more appearing like a version directed at the Twilight/Divergent audience out there rather than fans of the original comic book.

And i have two favorite comic book villains of all time. Thanos and Galactus. Well at least one of them is being given the big screen respect he deserves.

Shannon Nutt

What happened to Dr. Doom's left arm?

Maybe a lot of CGI is going to be added to that costume in post-production?

DaveyJoe

Right, you're judging the film despite having seen no footage. What does Galactus have to do with anything, has he been announced for this movie?

Double_Oh_7

No, but they fucked him up in the last FF movie.

Double_Oh_7

It's blurred, so it looks like they took the pic while he was moving it.

Abob Teff

Apparently some of this was shot on location nowhere ... The rest was shot on location in Greenland and Greenville, SC.

Thoughts on the amount of Spider-Man vs. X-Men toys (in addition to rights issues): Spider-Man is much more marketable to little boys and their parents. Additionally, Spider-Man was around (from a mass market toy line) for most kids at an early age. They grew up with him and are familiar with him. Also:

Spider-Man is one main character, simple design, flashy colors, and geared towards younger audiences.

X-Men are an unlimited supply of characters, more complex designs, muted color pallet (unless you go back to the yellow), and are targeted at a more serious audience.

DaveyJoe

This is unrelated to the last two movies though. That means there might be a new opportunity to do Galactus justice in this franchise. But that's not how things work. Instead, comic book fans jump to conclusions, assume the worst, and make snap judgments on films when every little detail is released and they don't immediately match that person's specific vision.

Why So Blu?

The one thing I'm noticing about Fantastic Four pics that have been released is that every single one of them is in a green screen stage. Did Trank film this Sin City style?

Solid Snake

Maybe. But can be shoot as fast as RR?

james2025a

Not at all. I have lived long enough and seen enough shitty movies, photos from the production of shitty movies and bad choices that have been made for subsequently shitty movies to know when i am looking at one. And Fox has a track record for putting out shitty Comic book movies.

And yes, i was trying to illustrate the point that Fox has a tendency to screw these characters up very badly.....so the mention to Galactus.

Mike86

To be fair Fox doesn't exactly have a great track record for their superhero films. Aside from the X-Men films pretty much all the ones they've produced have been shit. That paired with some odd decisions for this film so far and the limited images we've seen not being that impressive I can see why people are skeptical as to how good this will be.

DaveyJoe

If we had actually seen a trailer I would agree that we could get a good idea of what the film would be like, but as of right now, it's just too early. Aside from a few stinkers, Fox has produced quite a few really good X-Men films. Days of Future Past was one of the best movies of the year. Josh Trank directed Chronicle which was a really good, fresh take on the super hero film, we should be waiting to see what he does with this franchise. Seeing Dr. Doom's mask in a special effects shot and deciding the film will suck is just completely unreasonable. The internet has been wrong after prejudging a film plenty of times, whether a film turns out better than it looked(Edge of Tomorrow) or worse(Prometheus). Is it so hard to keep an open mind? Apparently when it comes to comic book properties, it is.

Mike86

I guess I didn't care for Chronicle, but that's probably due to me not liking most found footage type films. I agree that people are overreacting a bit at this point but I'm just saying when you look at previous Fox Marvel efforts such as Daredevil, Elektra, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer they're output really isn't very good. The X-Men films are all mostly good other than The Last Stand and I agree that Days of Future Past is awesome and honestly probably my second favorite Marvel film this year. I just don't know that I trust this new Fantastic Four though. Not even just images we've seen which are limited but the casting bothers me more than anything.

DaveyJoe

Racist!

Mike86

Actually Miles Teller is the main one I have issues with. He just seems way too young to play Richards in my opinion and I have a hard time believing him as a scientific genuis.

Why So Blu?

It certainly seems that way. It looks like they shot FF in 2 weeks. I was still waiting for an announcement that they had started shooting already.

Why So Blu?

And he always comes off like a douche and plays the asshole in about 95% of the films he's in.