Alex hydewhite and michael bailey smith in the fantastic four 1994. The next attempt, the 2005 fantastic four film featuring ioan gruffudd. Rise of the silver surfer movie coming out, i thought now would be a good time to look at the original fantastic four movie. The original big screen fantastic four is finally getting its due, 22 years later doomed. In fact, foxs original, unreleased 1994 fantastic four film has found its way to the interwebs again which proved to be surprisingly more watchable and actually more entertaining than foxs most recent outing with the founding family of marvel. For a movie that was never officially released, 1994s the fantastic four is.
The fantastic four is an unreleased 1994 independent superhero film based on the marvel comics superhero team of the same name. Still, copies exist, mostly on the net and at conventions. This is part 1 of the unreleased 1994 fantastic four movie. The inside story behind the unreleased marvel fantastic four movie duration. The animated series, is the third animated television series based on marvel s comic book series of the same name. The controversial unreleased mockflick made for the sole purpose of securing the rights for a planned motion picture to be created adapting. This unreleased 1994 version of the fantastic four may be known as one of the worst. It features the origin of the fantastic four and the teams first battle with the. In 1994, in order to retain the rights to the property, producer roger corman was commissioned to make a fantastic four film with no intent of it ever being released. You can write, the fantastic four 1994 is a good movie, but it can be is a bad movie. No, im not talking about that boring piece of shit from 2005, im talking about the one from 1994 by the legendary b movie. The result was such pure schlock that it was never given a release. This was the second liveaction fantastic four film to be filmed. This unreleased 1994 version of the fantastic four may be known as one of the worst superhero films of all time to some, but to me, without its horribly low budget bringing its values down, this.
Jay underwood, joseph culp, alex hydewhite, michael bailey smith, and rebecca staab in the fantastic four 1994. Marvels unreleased 1994 fantastic four movie is now on youtube. The fantastic four is a 1994 superhero film based on the marvel comics comic fantastic four. While changing stan lees original story somewhat and not finding the heart and soul of it either still this is.
When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are forever changed by cosmic rays. I thought this movie ruled, its better than the stupid mtvized. While many were disappointed by the new fantastic four movie, including the director himself, lets look back to a simpler time before comic book films had become the huge tentpoles they are today. Created to secure to the property, the producers never intended it for release although the director, actors, and other participants were not informed of this fact. Fantastic four 1994 roger corman original movie trailer. Reed richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body and takes the name mr. The series ran for two seasons, with episodes per season, making 26 episodes in total. It was directed by oley sassone, and unreleased by new horizons.
Alex hydewhite and michael bailey smith in the fantastic four 1994 kat. The film was accused of being an ashcan copy, meaning it was only made to keep the license. In 1994, roger corman bmovie legend produced the first, i think, feature length fantastic four film. His girlfriend, sue storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields becoming the invisible girl. It was produced by roger corman famous for his lowbudget productions and bernd eichinger who also produced another fantastic four movie in 2005.
However, the film was never intended to be released, theatrically or otherwise. Fantastic four the 1994 roger corman unreleased liveaction feature film. Its a shame it was never officially released on dvd, because while it isnt a great movie by any standards, its inherent cheesiness makes for some great laughs which is a lot more than i can say about the fantastic four movies of the new. This is from the 1st fantastic four 1994 movie which was never officially released and has been denied existence. The film was based on the popular comic book by marvel comics and featured the origin of the fantastic four and their first battle with the evil doctor doom and a mysterious mole manlike creature. In 1993, shortly before oley sassones the fantastic four was scheduled to premiere in january 1994, marvel studios cofounder avi arad made an eleventhhour purchase of the movie from eichinger and subsequently had all copies destroyed, without even seeing the movie for himself, because he felt its release would damage the fantastic four and. The four of them acquire special powers, and decide to form a superhero group called. Unfollow fantastic four 1994 movie to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The film stars ioan gruffudd, jessica alba, chris evans, michael chiklis, julian mcmahon and kerry washington. Details about fantastic four roger corman 1994 27x40 rare original one sheet movie poster. Disneys fox acquisition could leave the fantastic four.
The untold story of roger cormans the fantastic four. The fantastic four 1994 action, adventure, fantasy, scifi usa. This is from the 1st fantastic four 1994 movie which was never officially released and has been denied. The item pictured above is a rolled single sided original movie poster which measures about 27x40 inches. It was not our original intention to make a b movie, thats for sure, but when the movie was there, we wanted to. The movie was only made so that the film s producer, bernd eichinger, could retain the rights to the marvel comics property. Kat green and ian trigger in the fantastic four 1994. It was produced by lowbudget specialist roger corman and bernd eichinger who also produced another fantastic four movie in 2005. The 1994 fantastic four film is an elusive curiosity. The original big screen fantastic four is finally getting its due, 22 years.
A previous attempt, titled the fantastic four, was a bmovie produced by roger corman that ultimately went unreleased. Her little brother, johnny storm, becomes the human torch with. Pg, 1 h 30 min alex hydewhite, jay underwood, rebecca staab, michael bailey smith director. In the annals of superhero movie history, theres no story quite so involved and weird as that behind the infamous 1994 starring vehicle for marvels first family, the fantastic four. Overview of fantastic four, 1994, directed by oley sassone, with michael bailey smith, george gaynes, ian trigger, at turner classic movies. The fantastic four is an unreleased lowbudget feature film completed in 1994. When dosed with cosmic rays, four intrepid explorers are given incredible powers. Streaming full the fantastic four 1994 first, once you can rate this movie. This is the first liveaction fantastic four movie to be filmed. In 1994, the adaptation, titled the fantastic four, had its trailer released to theaters, and its cast and director went on a promotional tour. The fantastic four 1994 unreleased roger corman video. If this was the strategy it certainly paid off, as eichinger went on to produce the two big budget fantastic four films in 2005 and 2007. Airing began on september 24, 1994, until ending on february 24, 1996.
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