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DOOMED! The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s The Fantastic Four

As most of you probably know, 2005’s Fantastic Four wasn’t the first time a feature film of the famous Marvel comic series had been made, it just happened to be the first one that got a theatrical release. Back in 1994, famed B-Movie filmmaker Roger Corman produced a version which never saw the light of day at the time, and has since gone on to boast a cult following.

 

In an effort to tell the full story of the film’s troubled production and release, director Marty Langford has put together the documentary DOOMED!: The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s “The Fantastic Four,” for which you can see the trailer below.

 

here are 336 names in the end crawl credits of the 1994 film, ‘The Fantastic Four’. And though owners of the bootleg version of the film may appreciate them, the artists and craftspeople who created the movie have never been properly recognized.

 

And that’s too bad.

 

‘The Fantastic Four’ has never been viewed legally by anyone in the world, other than those directly involved in the production. The negative presumably sits, to this day, on some shelf in some facility, both gathering dust and fated to become it.

 

So – what are we going to do about that?

 

For starters, we have interview commitments from EVERY principal cast and crew member. And based on the pre-interviews we’ve conducted, this documentary is going to be explosive!

 

-When did the cast and crew discover the film would be shelved?
-What changed from script to production based on character rights (just who *is* The Jeweler?), budget, and time constraints?
-How much control did Marvel wield over the movie? Before it was made and after it was shelved?
-Is a legitimate release still possible?
-Who are today’s A-list actors who auditioned but didn’t make the cut?

For the first time in over 20 years, the TRUE account of this controversial cult classic will be revealed!