Jon Snow And Hanna Are On The Wishlist For The Fantastic Four Reboot

Some very interesting names are being thrown into the ring for the next Fantastic Four feature film. Some very interesting names, indeed. 

It’s been a while since we heard anything on the Fantastic Four front. Strange when you consider Fox gave it a March 6, 2015 release date, an already bloated year for genre films. Chronicle‘s Josh Trank is directing, Simon Kinberg is working on the script but no actors have been cast. Names like Allison Williams and Michael B. Jordan were floated but nothing confirmed.

Here’s the latest Variety has to offer:

Sources tell Variety that Kit Harington, Jack O’Connell and Miles Teller are in line to get test offers to read for the role of Richards while Saoirse Ronan, Kate Mara and Margot Robbie (sources now saying Robbie will not be testing) are being tested for Storm. Michael B. Jordan is the only actor currently being mentioned as a possibility to play Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch, but that could change.

I’m not sure I actually see any of those names in those roles to be honest but they are interesting choices. Especially when you consider they’re trying to skew toward younger stars to build the franchise around again. Ronan in particular is a very popular choice lately for high-profile gigs – Star Wars: Episode VII and The Avengers sequel to name a few. Variety adds, “No names have yet been mentioned for the role of the villain or Ben Grimm, aka the Thing.”

Any thoughts on these actors or who you’d like to see play The Thing?

(via io9)

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Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."

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