Chronicle Director Josh Trank Responds To Fantastic Four Rumor I Know As Much As You Guys Know

‘Chronicle’ Director Josh Trank Responds To ‘Fantastic Four’ Rumor: “I Know As Much As You Guys Know”

By Angie Han/Jan. 27, 2012 3:30 pm EST

Trank’s comments don’t rule out the possibility that the studio really does plan to offer him the gig, but if that’s the case, it seems they haven’t made their intentions clear to the young filmmaker quite yet.

I know as much as you guys know. I’m totally serious. I know as much as you… I saw that leak online and I was like, ‘Um, okay, I’m trying to finish Chronicle right now.’ This is weird. There’s nothing to say, ‘Chronicle’ is exactly the kind of superhero movie that I wanted to make and, going forward, I want to have some original ideas and different things I’m working on.

Trank’s Chronicle, a found-footage film centered around three teens (Michael B. Jordan, Dane DeHaan, and Alex Russell) who gain mysterious powers, opens February 3.