'Fantastic Four' Casting News: Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Miles Teller, Jamie Bell Cast in Reboot
- Yara Simón
- Feb 20, 2014 12:48 PM EST
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The new "Fantastic Four" movie superheroes have been revealed. Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Miles Teller and Jamie Bell have all signed on for the most recent film adaptation of the iconic comic book franchise.
In November it was revealed that the Fox franchise's reboot was moved back three months, from March 2015 to June 2015, and that it was still testing for the lead roles, reported Variety.
Jordan has been attached to play Johnny Storm/The Human Torch for a while, and Kate Mara just signed a deal to play Sue Storm, who is also known as The Invisible Woman. According to Variety, Bell is expected to play Ben Grimm/The Thing, though there is no offer yet. Teller has been offered the role of Dr. Reed Richards/ Mr. Fantastic, but that still needs to be finalized.
Fox had been considering Teller and "House of Cards" star Mara since November.
Johnny Storm and Sue Storm are brother and sister in the comic books, and were played by Jessica Alba and Chris Evans in the last film adaptation, which many fans considered a disappointment.
The movie has been in development since 2009. Josh Trank will direct, and Simon Kinberg has worked on the script.
HitFix writer Drew McWeeny believes the cast is being built around "Fruitvale Station" actor Michael B. Jordan. "Jordan's got charisma to spare...," he writes. "He's certainly got a history with Miles Teller, who will play Reed Richards," wrote McWeeny.
Jordan spoke to Access Hollywood about playing a black superhero.
"It's not just about that role - I think times are changing. It's 2014," he said. "Comic books in general were established when we didn't have civil rights, for the most part. So there weren't a lot of comic book characters who were geared towards us, period. We weren't the market that comic books were made for in the beginning. But as times change and things move on, I think us as a people need to evolve as well in our thinking and not be so narrow-minded."
The movie is set to start filming in March and has a June 19, 2015 release date.
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