‘Fantastic Four’ director Josh Trank seemingly criticises film’s final cut

Trank tweeted on Thursday: “A year ago I had a fantastic version of this”. And it would’ve seen great reviews.

Fantastic Four hits theaters nationwide tomorrow after much anticipation from die-hard Marvel comic fans.

The tweet has since been deleted, but it gives us a reason why the movie wasn’t constructed very well.

During Collider Movie Talk, host/ film critic, John Campea revealed that multiple sources had informed him that 20th Century Fox had agreed to let Josh Trank (Chronicle) film his vision of the Fantastic Four.

Behind the scenes rumors had it that Fox execs freaked out over a lack of action in Trank’s original cut, prompting headline-grabbing reshoots.

That brings us to “Fantastic Four“, a reboot of the 2005 and 2007 Tim Story-directed versions which starred Chris Evans and Jessica Alba, among others.

When ET spoke to the cast of Fantastic Four – Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, and Jamie Bell – Teller addressed the backlash the remake was already receiving.

And if that doesn’t make you think twice about spending your hard-earned $15 to buy a ticket to see this in theaters, maybe the words of its director will.

“Fantastic Four” has a 9% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with critics slamming the film’s special effects, plotting and acting, and one calling it “awful beyond description”.

There were hints that the movie wasn’t turning out as planned all throughout production, perhaps most notably when Trank was removed from the second Star Wars spinoff film in May. The director hinted that “Fantastic Four” was not the one he had envisioned and that he was forced to succumb to 20 Century Fox’s demands, according to Cinemablend.

The last major studio big-budget superhero film to disappoint at the box office was 2011’s The Green Hornet, by Sony, which earned just $33 million in its debut weekend.