8) A Professor X-ian Voiceover
Christopher Nolan isn’t the only person that Fantastic Four drew inspiration from. From the outset, it’s clear that Bryan Singer’s X-Men films had a part to play in FF‘s development as well. Those movies have taken highly fantastical superheroes and placed them in a more realistic world, which is what Fantastic Four appears to be doing.
The only bit of actual dialogue in this new trailer comes from Toby Kebbell’s Doctor Doom (more on that later), while the rest is done via voiceover from Reg E. Cathey, who plays Dr. Storm – the father of half of the titular superhero team, Sue and Johnny. The voiceover itself is highly reminiscent of Patrick Stewart’s past V.O. work from the X-Men series, and at first I thought it might actually be him.
The trailer confidently includes a title card reminding us that the film comes “From the studio that brought you X-Men: Days of Future Past,” and while I know that there’s been no official word on an X-Men/FF crossover just yet, meshing the two franchises together, tone-wise at least, won’t be an issue.
Published: Jan 27, 2015 03:50 pm