Has the Fantastic Four reboot found its Victor von Doom? It sounds that way...
It looks like 20th Century Fox have landed their Doctor Doom for Josh Trank's Fantastic Four movie. According to Variety, Toby Kebbell will play the young Victor von Doom in the reboot of the Fantastic Four film franchise, and it's just a matter of the deal getting done. This would probably qualify as Mr. Kebbell's most high profile role, Doctor Doom is a big fish in the Marvel pond...even if he has to do some of his villainy from behind a full face mask.
This puts to death those rumors that Fox was considering gender-swapping the Doctor Doom role or that the production was in such trouble that the studio was considering a near ground-up fresh start. If and when the deal is finalized, Kebbell will join Miles Teller as Reed "Mr. Fantastic" Richards, Kate Mara as Susan "The Invisible Girl" Storm, Michael B. Jordan as Johnny "The Human Torch" Storm, and Jamie Bell as Ben "The Thing" Grimm.
Unlike so many other superhero franchises populating the big screen, the Fantastic Four come with built in villainous cred with Doctor Doom. Victor von Doom is not only the Fantastic Four's greatest villain, he's also one of the greatest baddies in all of comics. His striking appearance, tragic origin, and intolerance for incompetence and failure all manifested in another famous masked villain, Darth Vader. Hopefully, Mr. Kebbell is up to the task!
The Fantastic Four opens on June 19, 2015, with Fantastic Four 2coming on July 14th, 2017. No word yet on whether Mr. Kebbell's Doctor Doom will appear in multiple films. He can next be seen in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
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