Watch the trailer for Doomed! the inside story about Roger Corman's Fantastic Four movie right here.
There are some superhero stories that just need to be told, and this is one of them. The short version is this: in 1994, Roger Corman made a Fantastic Fourmovie on an incredibly small budget. It was never officially released, but soon made the bootleg rounds at conventions (and later, on the internet). In honor of the 20th anniversary of this lost superhero flick comes Doomed, directed by Marty Langford, which endeavors to uncover the truth about The Fantastic Four. Watch the trailer here!
Interviews for Doomedinclude virtually all the key players in the cast: Alex Hyde-White (Reed Richards), Rebecca Staab (Susan Storm), Jay Underwood (Johnny Storm), Carl Ciarfalio (The Thing), Michael Bailey Smith (Ben Grimm), Kat Green (Alicia Masters), Joseph Culp (Doctor Doom), director Oley Sassone (and other members of the crew), and Roger Corman himself!
Now, we're gonna let you in on a little secret. This Fantastic Four movie is actually much closer to the spirit of the comics than the two FF flicks released by 20th Century Fox in the early part of the 21st century. If you can find yourself a copy (and if you look, you can), and can forgive some dreadful production values, you'll find yourself watching an FF story with a great cast, some accurate costumes, and a faithful backstory. It's not for everyone, but then again...what is? With any luck, if Doomedis a success, we'll finally get some kind of an official release of Corman's Fantastic Four!
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