Fox Wants Bruce Willis To Play Ben Grimm In Its Latest FANTASTIC FOUR??

I am – Hercules!! ComicBookMovie.com says its Fox sources indicate the studio wants to pursue Bruce Willis to play The Thing in its 2012 “Fantastic Four” reboot. If that sounds like an enormous star-power upgrade, it is only being entertained because the current plan is reportedly to give Ben Grimm the Hulk treatment and turn him to computer graphics. So no super-suit for Willis (who also went tights-free for “Unbreakable”). I deem this a wily move. Recall that Willis was willing to do voice-over work on the first two “Look Who’s Talking” movies between his “Die Hard” about two decades ago. The CGI guarantees that we’ll finally get a movie Thing taller than the Invisible Girl. Others reportedly being mulled for roles include Alice Eve (“She’s Out Of My League”) as Sue Storm, Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“The Tudors”) as Reed Richards, Kevin Pennington (“90210”) as Johnny Storm and Stephen Moyer (“True Blood”) as Victor Von Doom. As previously indicated, ComicBook.com indicates James McTeigue (“Ninja Assassin”), Joe Carnahan (“The A-Team”), and David Yates (the last two and next two Harry Potter movies) are being considered to direct. I can’t imagine any of them doing a worse job than Tim Story did on the last two “Four” films. Find all of CBM’s story on the matter here. Follow Herc on Twitter!! Follow Evil Herc on Twitter!!