Hey folks, Harry here with a preview by Natasha Fatale of an alleged unfinished draft of SAM HAMM's rewrite of THE FANTASTIC FOUR. Now, everybody's favorite human being, Avi Arad has been heard to be exclaiming that SPIDER-MAN is 2001, and FANTASTIC FOUR will be Summer 2002. Also it should be noted that Marvel is stating that they are going to be staying in the comic book business, and that the WALL STREET JOURNAL quote wasn't entirely accurate. They meant to basically say that with the lowering profit returns in the field of comics, they will be placing an emphasis on Film and the world of the Internet as a viable money making scheme. Which, just goes hand in hand with the reason DAREDEVIL and DR. STRANGE ran into brick walls at Sony over the whole 'internet content' issue. Anyway... I've been a fan of the FANTASTIC FOUR drafts ever since Michael France's original draft. And with Sam "I Kick Ass For The Lawd" Hamm handling the rewrite duties, I continue to have confidence. Now... if only they can get a GREAT director attached as opposed to some sophmore monkey. Here's Natasha...
Hey there Harry,
Recently saw an unfinished (first 50 pages or so) draft of the latest Sam Hamm rewrite for THE FANTASTIC FOUR. If they go ahead and make the movie like it's looking right now, it may very well be pretty kick-ass. Granted, all that bull about nanotechnology and the origins of Dr. Doom is staying in, but the Hamm draft does have a light touch not often seen in movies of this genre. The Human Torch is a punk-ass kid, as is fitting. Sue Storm is slightly more bimbo than she ought to be (namely, she's basically a leggy blonde who occasionally spouts off science terms) but overall pretty impressive (check out the scene at the end where she drops her robe and remains invisible in all the right places) and Reed is written just fine. The Thing is treated pretty well, and the angle of how his condition (described repeatedly as "cancerous looking") affects his daily life is nice, but please, the manner in which he falls in love with a blind woman is pretty damn lame.
Anyways, it looks like this project is gearing up at Fox, so it may finally get made.
Also read the hopefully not final draft of DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR? the stoner flick starring the guy from That 70's Show, and let me say it is LAME. Lame lame lame. The lamest. What was a funny concept has been screwed up royally, including plotlines about aliens, football players, and a girl whose name is something like "Suzie Blowjob." It's not funny, just stupid and ham-fisted. Also, there is a character, the two heroes' main dealer who talks like Yoda, but never says anything remotely funny. It's all like "Smoke pot you will." and that's a big joke. It starts out promisingly, but then falls flat on its face. Here's hoping they get rewrite on it stat. But I guess if you're stoned practically any movie is funny. Even NEVER BEEN KISSED. Anyways, be back when there's more to say.
Call me Natasha Fatale.
