The Reel Rejects - MOVIE NEWS: Spider Man Director QUITS Fantastic Four! JOHN KRASINSKI Replacing Jon Watts?!

Episode Date: April 30, 2022

Well, this was a surprise! MCU's Spider-Man Director has officially moved on from Marvel's upcoming reboot of the Fantastic 4 sparking TONS of rumors as to who might be stepping in to helm the introduction of Marvel's First Family... could it be Jon Krasinski?!? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-reel-rejects/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's happening there? Reject Nation. I'm James. This is my co-host Mason. Oh, good time. How you doing? Red hot comic book movie news. Shooting up your butthole. I don't know. I think we can say it. Maybe we'll see. Hey guys, we got some bad news, but maybe okay news. Maybe whatever news. For a lot of people, it's really bad news. And I wanted to talk about it today. It's involving director John Watts. This story broke yesterday. Our today. of the time of filming it enter the twilight so time travels fast videos in advance yeah so I wanted to talk about how Spider-Man director John Watts has quit the Fantastic Four movie something else came out online

that I wanted to touch on about John Krasinski replacing John Watts at in the director's seat that's gonna be fun John Watts did put out a statement saying making three Spider-Man films was an incredible and life-changing experience for me I'm I'm eternally grateful to have been part, I'm worried I got a booger in my nose, do I? Don't turn, turn to face me. I'm eternally grateful to have been a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for seven years. I'm hopeful we'll work together again. It's interesting to put it that way.

I'm hopeful we'll work together again. So nothing else in the pipeline, nothing about another Spider-Man for work. And I can't wait to see the amazing, oh my God, Spider-Man Easter, Amazing Vision. Oh, my God, Wanda Vision, Easter, for Fantastic Four brought to life. A multiverse of quotes right here. And then Kevin Feigy said something else. Oh, yeah, Kevin Feigy. Collaborating with John on the Spider-Man films has been a true pleasure.

We were looking forward to continuing our work with him to bring the Fantastic Four into the MCU, but understand and are supportive of his reasons for stepping away. We are optimistic that we will have the opportunity to work together again at some point down the road. See, sometimes when you put this stuff in writing, I get so curious to know, what is the tone of this? What is the body language of this? John and the Spider-Man films has been a true pleasure. Well, you know, like they're both saying, you know, hopefully down the road will work together again.

So it doesn't sound like they've ended on bad blood. In fact, Deadline, this is not a quote here, but Deadline did say in their article, nothing sinister. Oh my God, Sinister sick. Nothing sinister here. Watts just needs a break from the superhero realm after completing the Spidey trilogy with Tom Holland and Zendaya.

I totally get that. Like the Russo brothers, they had to stop after end game. John Watts, you know, The first thing I think he did before he got this movie was like the movie Cockcar, which is like a small thriller. He does have another movie in the works, I believe, with Apple Studios that's supposed to star George Clooney and Brad Pitt. And it's going to be even bigger than Spider-Man.

Nickens Crossover, every celebrity is going to be in it. When you commit like 10 years of your life to filming one specific story, I completely understand when someone's goes, you know what? Maybe I don't want to take on the pressure, revitalizing, fantastic, for a franchise that just does not seem to do well when translating from comic book to film. I believe Marvel Studios can do it. It's just there is more pressure on it

to start that process all over again to go from, I just redid Spider-Man, it went great, it's one of the biggest movies ever. Maybe I should take a break for a while and leave on a bit of a high note to start with Fantastic Four. I could just imagine what the pressure would feel like to go, the last couple franchises didn't do so well.

This one has to work. This one has to be good. Finally in the MC area. This needs to be perfect at all cause. And then knowing the filming process of how No Way Home went down too, every film usually has constant rewrites, but they go in with a whole different variable of rewrites, which is like, we don't know the end of game.

We have a lot of moving parts and pieces. We have to remove plot lines. We've got to put stuff that again. We've got actors we don't have access to. All sorts of craziness from the past. So to go through the upheaval battle of putting one of those together again but from scratch that sounds that does sound daunting and i get why you want to re-center yourself and just go back to yeah this is why i love filmmaking and i think the two if you look at the

progress of the mc u spider-man films it took until the third one i think a lot of people would agree for john watson's voice as a director to really start to feel like it's informing how the movie is shaped and is moving and you know the committee is involved with all of them but the third one easily felt like the one most authored by him and i feel like the fantastic four movie probably put a director in a position where they have to, again, because of all that baggage from the past, because of people's collective memory of all that, it doesn't seem like you would have as much room to be free and to, you know, really indulge your cinematic instincts and expertise, whereas, you know, too, I think it's got to be enriching, I think, for any filmmaker

who's just spent a decade doing a character as big as this. Also having to answer for the past of that character and years and years worth of legacy, I think you need to leave and go collect some other inspirations and stretch your legs. out a little differently and then yeah come back and i mean he he did no way home if he wants to come back they'll make it happen yeah yeah yeah because just the the ability to slap from the director of spider man no way home on any trailer means money oh of course of course of course yeah that's great point now let's talk about who could possibly replace him a lot of people felt from the beginning that it ought to have been paid and read the one who helmed the ant-man films and i do think paid

and read would be a fantastic choice all puns intended however there was a tweet by the greatest leaker of Look at Toby McGuire's Dick. That's his main claim to fame. John Gambia, he put this out here, and Twitter's running away with it. He says, I'll say it. I'll say it. Finger wave. John Krasinski has agreed to direct Fantastic Four, and that's the real reason why.

We didn't say why. Real reason John Watt stepped down. Fagie promised him another juicy MC. you film later, if he agreed to go along with the BS, I just need a break excuse. I mean, I believe you, I need a I would have a war break. I absolutely believe. Now, before proceeding forward,

a little bit later, he did say, I thought it was clear, but since a couple people are asking, this is not a report, this is my guess. Fair enough, however. I mean, the way you phrase that is a little unclear.

Inside information and being like, that's the real reason why because it's one thing if like i say that shit but it's another thing when someone who does have more industry insider information did do something with some photos for a previous film and then had to go here's why i think it's fake and probably fake yeah yeah yeah he didn't try taking this tweet down oh my god can't be actually deleted the tweet if he deleted the tweet does that mean it was actually something real is he's trying to cover his tracks what is going on here god champion what is going on here odds are probably doesn't know even though when I go online I'm like a lot of people are going

I bet John Camp you actually know something and he's and now he's just trying to like cover it you know well this is the great thing about all these leaks and the Andrew Garfield stuff and yada yada yada is now I feel like up until anything comes out it can be anyone's game you know someone could be guessing properly someone could actually know somebody could just be throwing out a theory I mean I think it's funny that he led with all say it because that just implies that it's either going to be a hot take or a piece of info he was sitting on yeah instead of just like I'm accustomed to hearing John put his opinion out there and speculating, so I don't feel like I'll say it really is necessary if that's what you're doing and you don't want people to be

confused by that. Yeah. But yeah, I mean, it's a decent theory. And hey, if John Watts really didn't want to leave, that seems like the absolute most gracious way to be like, yeah, sure, John, take it over because no one's going to be happy that I stayed if they hear you wanted to do it. Maybe. I mean, I think John Watts would have been fantastic. But Krasinski, who, He's done like his most notable directing gigs is like his most popular ones are horror films. I think maybe the theory comes in a mind of John Krasinski would star in it as Mr. Fantastic only if he could direct it, you know, which I would be cool with. I'd be excited.

I mean, I'll be honest, you know. A lot of people want John Krasnicki to direct this and there's nothing I've seen in a quiet place that makes me go. That's fantastic for. And granted, I don't know the other films he's done. So for me, I only have to go off of a quiet. hit place. Yeah. I'm sure he'd do just a really fine job. Either way, regardless, I want John Krasinski as Mr. Fantastic. Make it happen. Make it happen, Marl. Cowards. Don't be a bitch.

The way you've done John Watts dirty. Yeah. Yeah. You shibed him in the back. That's right. You threw him overboard. Grew him under that bus. Yeah, you jerks. You're a bunch of jerks, Marble. Signed him on in 2020. I need a break. Why would a director want to break? Especially after working on this for over a year and being involved in the biggest whirlwind of media frenzy over a movie in a long time. B.S. There's no way he would want to break. Money talks, baby. Guys, who would you want to take over for directing Fantastic Four? Mel Gibson?

Edgar Wright. No, I'm pretty sure Mel Gibson. Definitely Mel Gibson. Get him to play Mr. Fantastic. That'd be great. Or Dr. Doom. doctor both actually be a good doctor doom he would be a good doctor doom that's the calderly doctor doom all right see you guys