VOTD: ‘Fantastic Four’ / ‘Interstellar’ Trailer Mashup
Though Tuesday’s teaser was the first we’d seen of Fox’sFantastic Four, we (and the rest of the Internet) couldn’t help but notice it felt awfully familiar. The somber voiceover contemplating human nature and man’s place in the universe, the shots of all-American cornfields and high-tech labs, the furrowed brows of serious scientists doing serious science… it all felt straight out ofChristopher Nolan’sInterstellar.
And indeed, a newFantastic Four Interstellartrailer mashup making the rounds shows that the two films might not be very different at all. Give or take a Dylan Thomas poem, theFantastic Fourteaser may as well be anotherInterstellarpromo. Watch the video after the jump.
YouTube userGunsAndJR(viaLive for Films) put together theFantastic Four Interstellartrailer mashup. It turns outMatthew McConaughey’s voiceover goes perfectly with the Fantastic Four footage.
We wouldn’t have guessed theFantastic Fourtrailer would look so much likeInterstellar, but in retrospect maybe it makes sense. Both films are about scientists whose lives are irrevocably changed after they decide to explore another corner of the universe. And Trank has spoken about wanting to do a"hard sci-fi take"on the premise, rather than making just another comic book movie.
There are worse marketing campaigns to steal from thanInterstellar’s, and besides,Interstellarisn’t the only movie theFantastic Fourteaser resembles. It also brings to mind those oldX-Menpromos with voiceovers by Patrick Stewart. Which also makes sense, since they’re both Marvel Comics properties set up at Fox.
If you want to compare, here’s the originalInterstellarteaser with the Matthew McConaughey monologue:
And if you’d rather just bask in the Fox-Marvel universe, here’s thatFantastic Fourtrailer again:
Fantastic FouropensAugust 7.Josh Trankdirects, andMichael B. Jordan,Miles Teller,Kate Mara,Jamie Bell, andToby Kebbellstar.
