Fantastic Four (2005 film) encounter the Silver Surfer. The sequel had a mixed but overall better reception than its predecessor. When plans for a sequel to "Rise of the Silver Surfer" fell through, 20th Century Fox rebooted the series with the critically panned "Fantastic Four" (2015). Fantastic Four (2005 film) Fantastic Four (stylized as Fantastic 4) is a 2005 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics team of the same name. It was directed by Tim Story, and released by 20th Century Fox. The film stars Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon and Kerry Washington. This was the second live-action
Fantastic (comics) Fantastic (comics) Fantastic was a weekly British comic book magazine published by Odhams Press under the Power Comics imprint. It first appeared on 18 February 1967, and with its 52nd issue on 10 February 1968 it merged with its sister title "Terrific". The 89th and final issue of "Fantastic" appeared on 7 September 1968, after which it was merged into "Smash!". "Fantastic" was different from the earlier Power Comics such as "Smash!" and "Pow!", which were essentially traditional "Beano"-style British comic papers supplemented by a small amount of material reprinted from Marvel Comics. In contrast, "Fantastic" (and later "Terrific" as