The John Belushi biopic, which is due to shoot this spring, is one of the projects vying for his attention. Teller is coming off starring in the Sundance hit Whiplash but even before then was emerging as an in-demand actor. Listen to the Soundtrack & Complete List of Songs with Scene Descriptions, Music Samples & Trailer Songs. Fantastic, but that’s if scheduling issues can be worked out. Soundtrack from the movie Fantastic Four. Teller, meanwhile, would play Reed Richards, aka the stretchable Mr. The come-from-behind actor here is Bell, who emerged as the choice for the role of Ben Grimm, aka the forceful rockman named The Thing after initial tests failed to produce a candidate execs could agree on. Mara won the role of Sue Storm, aka Invisible Girl, via a round of screen tests previously reported by THR. (Jordan’s involvement, first revealed last year, initially rankled comic purists since the character, Johnny Storm, is a blonde-haired, white young man but is being re-conceived in this version.) Jordan, who is playing the Human Torch, has been involved with the project for a while as the studio has an option on the actor due to his starring in the found footage sci-fi hit Chronicle, also directed by Trank.

That generated a new round of tests and chemistry reads earlier in February. The project has gone through its fair share of writers but now has a script that execs and filmmakers are happy with. PHOTOS: 18 Breakthrough Stars of 2013: Lorde, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tatiana Maslany and Moreįox has been working furiously on the reboot (slated for release on June 19, 2015), which almost came together with a cast last fall before rewrites delayed it.

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