Just two years ago a young filmmaker named Josh Trank merged the genres of superhero adventure and found footage – the cinematic equivalent of mixing peanut butter and motor oil that had been used to kill cockroaches – and came away with the marvelous Chronicle. That movie’s unexpected success resulted in Trank becoming attached to several high-profile comic book blockbusters in development, including a Venom feature for Sony Pictures. But the assignment that ultimately claimed his allegiance was the Fantastic Four reboot that has been gestating at 20th Century most likely since the box office grosses for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Screen came trickling in seven years ago.

Only in recent weeks has the project began to gain steam (which is odd given that it has a locked-in released for summer 2015) with the crucial roles being cast and rumors about the rejiggered origin story leaking to the media. One particular question on the minds of longtime fans of Marvel’s First Family is whether the atmosphere of Trank’s FF epic will stay true to the lighthearted fare of the original comics or will the classic characters be presented in a slightly shaded approach common to today’s tentpole franchise heroics.

The reboot’s screenwriter and producer Simon Kinberg gave the answer recently at this year’s Wondercon. Continue below to see what he had to say.

It’s being reported that Fox has found the actor they want to play the villain in their upcoming Fantastic Four reboot, Victor von Doom, who’s of course better known as Doctor Doom. Julian McMahon played the character in the 2005 movie of the same name and its 2007 sequel, Rise of the Silver Surfer.

According to Variety Toby Kebbell has been chosen for the role, and a deal is currently being negotiated. Kebbell would join a cast that features Miles Teller as Mr. Fantastic, Kate Mara as The Invisible Woman, Michael B. Jordan as The Human Torch, and Jamie Bell as The Thing.

It appears that Fox may have finally found their cast for the Fantastic Four reboot.

According to reports Michael B. Jordan is set to play the Johnny Storm/The Human Torch, Jamie Bell is in negotiations to play Ben Grimm/The Thing, Kate Mara has closed a deal to play Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, and Miles Teller has an offer to play Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic.

Jordan has been rumored to be up for the role for some time now, while both Mara and Teller have been among the names said to be testing for roles. Bell has not been mentioned before, but came into play later when Fox resumed screen testing.

The months-long stand-off between independent film world titan Harvey Weinstein and South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho (The Host) over the length of the director’s preferred cut of his English-language debut Snowpiercer has finally been resolved.

The film’s planned U.S. theatrical release had been held up for quite some time as Weinstein had made known his intentions to substantially shorten the running time of Snowpiercer by around 20 minutes, a strategy the Oscar-winning producer and distributor believed would help its chances at finding a wider audience Stateside. Rumors had been floated that the re-cut version would feature added narration written by famed comics scribe and novelist Neil Gaiman (Sandman) to help bridge narrative gaps that would have been created by the loss of several scenes crucial to the story.

AMC has released a teaser trailer for one of their upcoming new original series, titled Turn.

The show is set during the American Revolutionary War, and follows a group of friends who join together to become America’s first spies. It stars Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, Defiance, The Adventures of Tintin), and the pilot episode is directed by Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist, Rise of the Planet of the Apes).

You can check out the first trailer and read a description below.