This is interesting. Looks like Fox has gone with Tim Story, the director of Barbershop, to direct the upcoming Fantastic Four movie. I have no idea if he'll be able to pull it off. But then, I'm insanely skeptical about a Fantastic Four movie working on any level whatsoever. It barely works in the comics, and is only working now because Mark Waid is writing the current series and the Millar/Bendis team is handling the Ultimate version. I can't imagine a screen version being anything less than awful.
That being said, I find it interesting that they chose to go with a director who made an engaging, small little comedy-drama that was almost completely character centered. If he brings that understanding of character to the FF, it just might work. The problem, though, is that some comics, just by virtue of the visuals of the characters themselves, probably can't ever be ported to movies without looking silly and campy, no matter how good the story is. I think that the FF is in that category, and I don't know that Story would be able to get past that.
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