Another Marvel Bombshell

So, if the 'Guardians' trailer wasn't enough for y'all yesterday I have some more Marvellous news to report today. The cast of the reboot of 'Fantastic Four' has been announced. And whilst I'm not massively shocked by the announcement (two of the actors have been speculated for their roles for months), I'm still not quite sure what this new take on the comic-book franchise will deliver

Anyway moving swiftly on - your new 'Fantastic Four' are:

Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, and Michael B. Jordan

The actors will be playing Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, The Thing, and The Human Torch respectively.

Whilst 'Fantastic Four' remains the property of 20th Century Fox, Marvel fans around the world will undoubtedly be overjoyed to see one of their most beloved franchises back up and running. As far as reboots go, the studio actually hasn't waited that long to take the heroic foursome in another direction. The original was only released nine years ago, and its sequel followed in 2007. Yet, whilst I enjoyed these movies they weren't perhaps up to the standard we came to expect from Marvel. After Bryan Singer's 'X-Men' in 2000, and Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man' two years later, people were expecting 'Fantastic Four' to blaze a trail in 2005 and launch more of Marvel's heroes into mainstream cinematic success. But, the movie sort of fizzled out. It almost seemed like a 'backward step', and it didn't really capitalise on its massive potential. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed the original, perhaps 'The Rise of the Silver Surfer' was a bit of a 'cock-up', but these movies were still entertaining. I also thought it was a well formed cast (Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans), all complementing each other and adapting to their roles well. One could even argue that there's no huge need for a remake, so relatively soon after the first effort dropped. But who am I to argue with a major Hollywood studio, they know what's best right? Let's hope so!

The movie is scheduled for release in Summer 2015, and will apparently look at 'The Ultimate Fantastic Four' comic-book story-line, where the characters are much younger. So looks like we're in for another origin story! The cast have a huge weight on their shoulders in trying to show 'The Fantastic Four' can compete at the box office with the likes of 'The Avengers' and 'Spider-Man' but I have no doubts they're relishing the challenge, and I'm both excited, and a little skeptical, about what they'll bring to the table. Kate Mara will surely dazzle us as Sue Storm. Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan have already shown their on-screen chemistry in rom-com 'That Awkward Moment' with Zac Efron. And Jamie Bell looks to put his 'Billy Elliott' days behind him once and for all, by clobbering the bad guys as 'The Thing'. Here's your Four! Will they be 'Fantastic'? This blogger is gonna go out on a limb and say yes. But remember heroes are nothing without a villain. And whilst the foursome have squared off against an abundance of baddies in the comics, SURELY Dr. Doom is going to be the main foe, pulling the strings in this movie! Let's just pray it's not another "evil cloud" anyway, ahem, 'Rise of the Silver Surfer', ahem!

I mean come on!!