The Ring Commander actor wanted to make a fantastic four movie with a pop star

From 2001 to 2003, the pop culture landscape was dominated by Peter Jackson’s “Ring Lord of the Rings”. At the same time, Jackson filmed all three films, all of which were released in one year from each other, inspired by critics to rethink how long -term film franchises will be made. Prior to time, the studio does not usually plan several sequels at the same time, instead waiting for one movie to earn your money before the conversation starts for the next. However, between the films “The Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter” the conversation changed in the 2000s. Since then, a multi -piece movie series could be massively. This, in turn, led to Marvel Cinematic Universe, et al.

As his “ring” strikes were so revolutionary, Jackson was given Carte Blanche to create the whole film he wanted as his future project. Perhaps weird, he chose to remake Marien C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack 1933 classics “King Kong”, a movie that was very inspired by Jackson as a babyIn the area of Jackson’s “King Kong”, which came out in 2005, was not a great movie, but it was a kind gesture; Jackson thought he had an explosion.

He was not the only one who also wanted to surf the “Rings” popularity. Sean Astin, who played Hobbit Samwise Gamgee’s “Rings” in “Rings”, knew that iron was hot and thought it was time to strike. Housing regime ambitions, Astin believed that 2003 was the perfect time to start his high -level large budget Popmov project. Even at that time, Astin had already intolated that superheroes would be the next big thing. Specifically, he knew that Fantastic Four deserved his film and he wanted to guide it.

Astina’s story is long and detailed. Speaks at the 2019 Las Vegas Comic Group (ViA Collision), he explained that “the campaign to get the job was what was amazing.” He noted that at the time, the scenario of Fantastic Four was circulating around Hollywood, “Fantastic Four,” the most famous was Christopher Columbus, who was attached directly. Columbus, as it was, was high in the early 2000s because he had led the first two films “Harry Potter”. Thus, Astin said he was quite diligent in the assorted “Fantastic Four” scripts so he could test the development of the project development.

Moreover, since then Astin already knew Columbus He had written the scenario “The Goonies”, “ which Astin was famous for filming as a child. As such, he tracked the filmmaker, and they had a few words about Astina’s “Fantastic Four” ambitions. As Astin recalled:

“I went and found all these scenarios. I remember calling Kris Columbus (…) and because he wrote” The Goonies “, he called. And I said,” I really want to guide it. “Indeed, not knowing that he was driving it for a while, and that he grazed it. He said,” I don’t think so, “because the version I would like to create would cost $ 200 million.” “

Telling Columbus that the version in his picture would only cost about $ 30 million, Astin then asked if he could have a script, so the former handed it out. When it was safe, Astin traveled the world, testing a variety of special effects homes because he knew that “Fantastic Four” would need the most advanced technology, and he wanted to be skillful about what was being done. As a result, he eliminated a conversation with artists Lucasfilm and, of course, a Wotting Workshop that had previously worked on Jackson’s films “Lord of the Rings”.

It was at this moment that Astin admitted that Uh, he really didn’t know anything about Fantastic Four. Or rather he was aware that it was a hot comic book property, but he was not a fan. Indeed, part of his development process, he admitted that he had to get a lot of money and bought all the Fantastic Four comics he could, with the intention of reading them all. The plan when he said this was to give himself an expensive emergency course Marvel Lore. According to his own words:

“I jumped into the cab and went to Midtown Comics. I called Midtown Comics, and I’m like … I didn’t know anything about it. I don’t know anything from Fantastic Four. If heroes were walking in front of me, I wouldn’t know who they were. I just knew” this is America. “(…) American heroes. He said,” Really? “”

Endeavour, Astin was relieved to find, does not require him to buy expensive, rare first release comics. He also remembered trying to make an appointment with, yes, Kristin Aguiler, whom she thinks she would be a good Sue Storm. The meeting has never happened, but she really got a call. This was 2003, shortly after her album “Stroved”, so she was a lot in the public eye. The conversation seems to have been a non -start.

Unfortunately, a bigger project collapsed. Astin was passionate, but the fact that he had never led a function before making the studio leaders in Skitthish and he was not recruited. However, Astina’s idea was Michael Chikl as a case to pass on Michael Chicklis, the role he will eventually play in Tim’s 2005 Fantastic Four film. Astina also spoke to Cameron Diaz about playing Sue Storm, but she rejected it without wanting to wear superhero makeup. He couldn’t drive a movie but Astin was probably the main factor Fantastic returning four screen on the big screen.