Marvel's Lost Fantastic Four: Inside the infamous 1994 film that vanished before its release
An unreleased 1994 film, titled The Fantastic Four, has become a cult favorite among the hardcore Marvel fandom, with many fans curious about the story behind this obscure first attempt at bringing Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's iconic comics to the big screen.
The 1994 film starred Alex Hyde-White as Reed Richards, Rebecca Staub as Sue Storm, Jau Underwood as Johnny Storm and Michael Bailey-Smith as Ben Grimm, all of whom will cameo in First Steps.
Marvel had Jack Kirby's granddaughter and the cast of the unreleased 1994 Fantastic Four movie invited to the premiere of the new movie. That's really good. pic.twitter.com/JUYB95sCvH
While the 1994 film has never been officially released in any capacity, bootleg versions can be downloaded from the internet or viewed on YouTube and Dailymotion.
The first Fantastic Four film was never released
The 1994 Fantastic Four film was produced on a low budget, with the film being intended as an ashcan copy that would allow film producer Bernd Eichinger to retain the movie rights to the Marvel comics characters.
Eichinger collaborated with Roger Corman and New Horizons Pictures to produce the feature on a low budget in order to get things underway before Eichinger lost the film rights.
Bernd Eichinger's ulterior motives would end up preventing the 1994 film's release, catching the cast and crew unawares.
Director Oley Sassone and the cast had been hard at work trying to get the word out about their film, with the actors even hiring a publicist at their own expense.
Eventually, a film premiere was planned to take place at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, the proceeds of which would go to the charities Children Miracle's Network and the Ronald McDonald House.
However, all these plans were unceremoniously undone when Eichinger abruptly cancelled the premiere, sent everyone cease and desist letter, and sought to confiscate the negatives.
There are conflicting accounts on who stopped the film's release
Reflecting on the events, Stan Lee claimed that Eichinger had never planned to release the movie in the first place. Eichinger himself has disputed Lee's account, claiming that producer Avi Arad had talked him out of releasing the film.
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