Years active 2007–present Movies Fantastic Four, Chronicle Parents Richard Trank | Role Film director Name Josh Trank | |
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Full Name Joshua Benjamin Trank Occupation Film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor Spouse Krystin Ver Linden (m. 2013) Similar People Michael B Jordan, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell Profiles | ||
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Joshua Benjamin "Josh" Trank (born February 19, 1984) is an American film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is known for directing the 2012 science fiction film Chronicle and the 2015 superhero film Fantastic Four, both of which feature Michael B. Jordan in a starring role.
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- Did fox ruin josh trank s fantastic four collider
- Josh trank s fantastic four the controversies behind the movie part 1
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Josh trank s fantastic four the controversies behind the movie part 1
Career
During an interview with Kevin Smith on the podcast Fatman on Batman, Trank discussed the origins of his career at length. He attributed his YouTube video "Stabbing at Leia's 22nd Birthday", which became very popular overnight after its release, as a significant breakthrough point for his career. Following this, Trank worked on the 2007 Spike TV drama The Kill Point as a writer, director and editor. In 2009, Trank edited the independent film Big Fan, starring Patton Oswalt. He was also credited as a co-producer and had a small acting role in the film.
In 2011, Trank directed his first feature film, Chronicle. It was released on February 3, 2012 by 20th Century Fox and has grossed over $125 million worldwide. Chronicle, made for a budget of $12 million, was received positively by critics, earning an 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes. With Chronicle released at the age of 27, Trank became the youngest director to open a film at number one at the US box office. He is followed by Steven Spielberg (28, with Jaws) and James Cameron (30, with The Terminator). After the release of Chronicle, Trank was linked to Sony's Spider-Man spin-off, Venom, Warner Bros.'s The Red Star, and Sony's film adaptation of the video game Shadow of the Colossus; however, Trank turned down those film projects.
Trank directed the 2015 reboot of Fantastic Four, which was released in August 2015. The movie was critically panned. It received a 9% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 27 out of 100 rating from Metacritic. Trank became the subject of controversy when he posted and quickly deleted a message on Twitter prior to the release of the film before, apparently blaming the poor reviews on changes imposed by the studio. Equally dissatisfied with the final film, actor Toby Kebbell, who worked with Trank on the film, supported Trank's claim.
In June 2014, it was announced that Trank would direct a stand-alone Star Wars film, but left the project less than a year later. Trank indicated this was a personal decision, but several outlets stated that he was dismissed from the project due to issues during production of Fantastic Four, primarily a lack of communication with the film's producers, and that Lucasfilm had decided to pursue another director. Trank told the Los Angeles Times in an interview that the reason he left the film was because he wanted to do something original and smaller-scale, due to the amount of online scrutiny he received during the filming of Fantastic Four.
As reported in late October 2016, Trank wrote and will direct his original Al Capone biopic, Fonzo, with Tom Hardy set to star. Fonzo is scheduled to be released in 2018.
Personal life
Trank was born in Los Angeles. In early October 2013, he married screenwriter Krystin Ver Linden. His father, Richard Trank, is a documentary filmmaker and Academy Award winner. He is Jewish.