Execs Say Fantastic Four Comic Cancellation Was Unrelated To The Movie

Execs Say ‘Fantastic Four’ Comic Cancellation Was Unrelated To The Movie

By Germain Lussier/Nov. 18, 2014 5:30 am EST

Turns out, as you might have expected, that’s 100% not the case. The Chairman and CEO of Fox, Jim Gianopulos, said as much in a recent interview and you can read his quotes about the Fantastic Four cancellation conspiracy below.

The official Fantastic Four cancellation conspiracy quote come from a longer roundtable discussion with several high powered studio heads done by the Hollywood Reporter. Comic Book, however, noticed this quote. When asked if the Fantastic Four comics were cancelled because of the movie, Gianopulos said the following:

And then to add even more truth to that statement, the CEO of Disney Alan Horn (Disney owns Marvel, so basically he’s in charge of Marvel) added:

No, I don’t think so. I don’t know how that decision came about. The comic was not a huge seller. The Fantastic Four is a very established group of characters, and the film is awesome. Yeah, I think…I don’t know how that played into their decision, but it wasn’t…the book wasn’t selling as well as others.

Now can you trust these two powerful men? I think so. If Marvel really pulled a vindictive move like that, you’d imagine Gianopulos would have been honest about it. And Horn’s almost oblivious reaction to the insinuation is telling as well.

Fully independent decision, by the way, I didn’t even know about it. I mean, honestly, we don’t even [shrugs his shoulders].

So, that pretty much puts a fork in any Fantastic Four cancellation conspirary. Now, if Fantastic Four is so “awesome,” like Gianopulos says, when are we going to get a peek? Maybe Night at the Museum 3 next month?