{"id":18150,"date":"2009-09-02T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=18150"},"modified":"2009-09-01T12:59:20","modified_gmt":"2009-09-01T19:59:20","slug":"fox-planning-to-reboot-fantastic-four-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2009\/09\/02\/fox-planning-to-reboot-fantastic-four-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Planning To Reboot Fantastic Four Films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Variety is reporting that 20th Century Fox has begun overhauling the &#8220;Fantastic Four&#8221; movie franchise for a &#8220;reboot&#8221; over the two films that were released in 2005 and 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Akiva Goldsman has been hired to produce the reboot, and Michael Green, (co-exec producer, &#8220;Heroes&#8221;) who co-wrote the script for the upcoming &#8220;Green Lantern&#8221;, will write the script.  It is unclear if any of the cast from the previous films will be returning for the new film.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Fantastic Four&#8221; first appeared in 1961 from Marvel Comics and were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.  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