Watch: It’s Clobbering Time In The New Trailer For Josh Trank’s ‘Fantastic Four’

Well, the narrative has certainly changed fast on “Fantastic Four.” Even if the movie is great, which it could be, it now enters theaters—at least for hardcore movie fans in the know—with a cloud hanging over its head given that it was recently reported that director Josh Trank was allegedly fired from his ‘Star Wars’ anthology film because of his unpredictable behavior on the set of 20thCentury Fox’s upcoming super hero film. What the Hollywood Reporter alleges Trank did wasn’t that bad, really, but it’s the sting of reputation—reported to be isolating, indecisive, etc.—that may precede him going forward.

More importantly, baring on “Fantastic Four” itself, it sounds as if Trank butted heads with producer Simon Kinberg, and because of problems on the set, Kinberg and others were brought on to manage the picture to the finish line (though refuting this claim, Kingberg has defended his director often). Does this mean Trank isn’t part of the film any longer? No, DGA rules and the...