They’ve beaten genius, metal dictators and the wielder of the power cosmic, disgruntled men who reside in the Earth’s inner core, and shape-shifting aliens from the planet Skrull. But how’s this for a stretch? The biggest challenge Mr. Fantastic and Co. will ever face isn’t a villain at all…but a kid?
It’s the kind of thing that might make you want to turn invisible.
But not Jessica Alba. Asked what she’d like to see in “Fantastic Four 3,” the sexy 26-year-old actress said she doesn’t want new powers or gadgets. She wants to be a mom.
“[I'd like to see] little Franklin running around,” she told MTV News.
The son of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, Franklin Richards is one of the most powerful heroes in the “Marvel” galaxy, an Omega-Level mutant able to manipulate reality itself. Unlike most mutants, Franklin develops his powers early due to the cosmic radiation passed on from his parents.
An appearance from Franklin in the next “Fantastic Four” movie might be too much to hope for, given the fact that it would actually be positively awesome. In the original comic origin story, Franklin’s powers are released prematurely by the villain Annihilus, and when they become too much to control Mr. Fantastic chooses to put his son in a coma.
Because of Annihilus, the story would almost certainly take the foursome through the “Negative Zone,” a fictional, parallel dimension in the Marvel Universe. Or, perhaps, the story could focus on Nathaniel Richards, father to Reed and grandfather to Franklin, who kidnaps his grandson and raises him in the future in one memorable comic arc.
Would you like to see Franklin Richards in the next “Fantastic Four”? If so, what story-line do you hope they concentrate on? Sound off below.
August 2nd, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Ugh … they want to make another one?
August 2nd, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Fun fact: In “X2: X-Men United”, when Mystique is breaking into the computer, you can see a folder marked “Franklin Richards”.
August 3rd, 2007 at 5:26 am
Wow! This is exciting!
August 4th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Why not do it right and include the Power Pack, too? After all, they’re Franklin’s super team.
August 4th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Souns cool as long as its PG-!3 and i rather they focus on the story where the son has to be put in a coma. The other story canbe followed some other time. (if it has to be followed).
August 5th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Having Franklin romping around the Baxter Building would be a great boost for “FF3″. Maybe his little sister, Val, too (of course her ungodly godfather, Von Doom, would be there too). Reed, Sue, Ben and Johnny traveling to the N-Zone is a perfect plot OR having to clear their names after being impersonated by the Skrulls. And isn’t it time the Torch’s flame got extinguished by Crystal the exquisite elemental? Comic fans and critics tend to slam this franchise but audiences know that the FF is not suppose to be tragic or significant social parallel. They’re just a blast and the perfect summer flicks. Here’s to the next one (”Fantastic Four: N-Zone”?)
August 5th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
i would really love to see the sub-marine on the thrird cause on rise of the silver surfer dr doom drowns on the sea… but maybe at the end of the fantastic four 3 sue tells richard that she is expecting a child and you see frankiln on the fourth one
August 6th, 2007 at 8:51 am
I second the Sub-Mariner plot, that could be very interesting!
August 6th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Someone might want to let Jessica know that the next FF movie will be going directly to DVD, if it’s made at all.
Is she seriously this deluded?
Oh…yeah…I forgot. She still thinks she’s cast for her acting ability.
August 6th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
I think they should introduce the black-bolt and his gang. THE IMMORTALS. that would be too cool.
those were cool characters and the dog was the bomb.
a few more to mention:
THE AVENGERS
THOR
HULK
SUB-MARINER
IRONMAN
CAPTAIN AMERICA
BLACK PANTHER
FALCON
LUKE CAGE
DR. STRANGE
THE VISION
August 6th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
they should start out a couple years down the road.franklin is already running around.torch meets crystal.the surfer comes back and says galactus wants the kid.show galactus this time.have the inhumans run into him on his way to earth.end it as glactus gets the kid or the 4 save the day.i thought the first 2 movies were alot of fun,and i would like to see more.my only problem w/the second movie was it was 2 short,and show galactus this time!!!!
August 6th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Whoever doesn’t want to see another one, shut up. No one gives a damn and you complaining isn’t going to help. Try being positive, you may like the change.
Sound kind of awesome, but they’d have to do it really well otherwise it’d really, really suck. And they should do it when he’s older like bk.sith said.
August 8th, 2007 at 5:50 am
No one gives a freaking damn to what unpositive people want to say.Thank you Jess. And by the way, if you don’t like the movie or whatever, why the HELL are you on this webpage?!
August 16th, 2007 at 9:54 am
bring galactus back for the third one and leave franklin for a fourth
August 19th, 2007 at 10:38 am
I would love to see the Negative Zone and Annihilus. The Birth of Franklin is an important chapter in FF history.
August 19th, 2007 at 10:42 am
The Birth of Franklin would be a great story. Sue about to die in childbirth, a desperate Reed venturing into the Negative Zone to fight Annihilus for the Cosmic Control Rod to save his wife and unborn Son. And the Zone itself. I think it would be a great movie. And Like T C said an important part of FF history.
September 22nd, 2007 at 11:55 pm
It would definately be awesome if little Franklin was in the next installement of F4. It will add some of the fun domestic spice of life to the movie. Its always cool to see a family of superheroes!!!
October 5th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
gfi want susan to fly and have a baby and get new powers
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:06 pm
I think it’d be a nice way, It would be cool to see a family of superhero’s running around, but the colma part, for Franklin, dosen’t sound too good. I think they should have Franklin. It would be interesting to see.
October 30th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
I am not English so their can be writting faults.
The puppetmaster get his powers and dr doom come back when the silver surfer too come back to show his still allive.
The puppetmaster watch the news and see the silver surfer and doom. He makes glay puppets of them and control them too rob banks because he don’t have much money. Mister fantastic makes little machines in the costumes of the fantastic four so the puppet master don’t can control the fantastic four. the fantastic four going too stop the silver surfer and doctor doom their is a great battle but doom and the surfer escapes. the puppet master see this and want too kill the fantastic four. The fantastic four must stop the puppet master.
At the end the puppet master is in prisson but he takes a little hidden piece of glay and then the movie ends. Something like that.
November 10th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
reed is planning to go a planet to find if their is life but something goes wrong and the space ship turns into a time machine and the reed,sue,johnny and ben meet franklin richards
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:24 am
10 reasons why I think Subby should be next. for the folowing reasons
(you probably know all of the following but emphasizing it it systematically may stimulate you.)
1. He has a following as a Hero like much Silver Surfer who started as a villian.
2. He is a mutant like the X-men
3. An attack on manhattan by Atlantis would be unique and visualy stimulating. Think of the huge sea creature like in Subby first Sliver age appearance FF#4.
4. the Drama of the Torch leaving the team and discovering Subby in a homeless shelter suffering from amsesia. (just like in the original return of subby in FF#4) would be most entertaining
5. SInce Captain America movie is in the works his Golden age buddy subby could be introduced slyly.
6. He has been a part of Marvel comics since the begining.
Marvel comics NUMBER 1 1939
7. Gay guys will like watching a wet buffed guy parading around in speedos.
8. He has interacial appeal part atlantiam part human.
9. He Charms Sue storm to stray from her boring techno geek husband using his Royal position as Price, You know every girls fantasy is to be a princess.
10. The battle of the elements Fire and Water. Classic and visualy stimulating.Fire and Water = Steam. Steaming sequel.