Fantastic Four movie: Dr. Doom announced!

[Klaus]

20th Century Fox has announced Julian McMahon (Charmed, Nip/Tuck) as Victor Von Doom in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie.

Fantastic Four will be directed by Tim Story. Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic), Jessica Alba (Susan Storm/Invisible Girl), Michael Chicklis (Ben Grimm/The Thing) and Chris Evans (Johnny Storm/Human Torch) round out the cast. The movie, written by Simon Kinberg, will premiere on July 1st, 2005. It is said to mix classic adventures and the recent Ultimate revamp.

 

[Rugger]

Um....color me not impressed.

Lemme re-word that: Who?

:sniffle: I was hoping for...I dunno...someone more...DOOM-y

-Rugger
"I SniffleForDoom!"

 

[Kai Lord]

:sniffle: I was hoping for...I dunno...someone more...DOOM-y

Yeah, like Kevin Dubrow from Quiet Riot!

 

[Mouseferatu]

Hmm... I'd read that they were in talks, not that he'd been cast already.

For what it's worth, I've seen him on both Profiler and Nip/Tuck (though I don't watch much of the latter). He's a decent actor, at least.

 

[JimAde]

Julian McMahon is great. I liked him in Charmed. If they write Doom as an understated, controlling genius with a dry sense of humor, McMahon will be perfect.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Um....color me not impressed.

Lemme re-word that: Who?

:sniffle: I was hoping for...I dunno...someone more...DOOM-y

-Rugger
"I SniffleForDoom!"

I agree. I look at that guy and I don't see the greatest comic villan of all time. I just don't see him as Doctor Doom. But I didn't see Michael Keaton as Batman either so hopefully I will be suprised.

P.S. In the Ultimate FF he is armored right? I just want to make sure this isn't going to be a different Doom than the classic.

 

[Desdichado]

Kai Lord, that's one of the funniest things I've read all day. And now I'll have "Bang Your Head" stuck in my head. At least until I get in the car in half an hour to go home.

 

[Ranger REG]

Julian McMahon is great. I liked him in Charmed. If they write Doom as an understated, controlling genius with a dry sense of humor, McMahon will be perfect.

I agree. And yes, I've seen him in Charmed, but he's older now.

OBTW, of all the Batmans, no one can do obsession than Michael Keaton. I don't see it in Val Kilmer and I definitely don't see it in George Clooney. However, Christian Bale may be a good contender, albeit a younger version. Probably because of his stint in American Psycho and as a heavy opposite Samuel L Jackson's Shaft.

 

[Nightfall]

Agreed,

Bale was awesome in American Psycho and that's why I think he'll make a FAR better Batman than the two after Keaton.

 

[Abraxas]

Well, this certainly lowers my expectations, so I'll probably enjoy it more than I expect.