“Unearthed Secrets: The Shocking Truth Behind the Unreleased ‘Fantastic Four’ Movie That Could Have Changed Superhero History”
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1994’s Fantastic Four was an example of a film being made not for quality storytelling or entertainment, but solely to retain the rights to the characters for future use.
Sure, those directly involved in the production wanted to make the best possible film they could with the little money they had.
But the rights-holding producer knew full well that a bad movie was going to be made because of the budget (or lack thereof).
In the 1990s (and beyond), pirated copies of the film made their way into VCRs around the world. It isn’t hard to find pirated copies of the film online if you know where to look.