History Creator / JoshTrank

However, in the years since the ''[=Fant4stic=]'' debacle, Trank lived up to his promise to work on smaller projects, although the fact that [[CreatorKiller his chances of working on another studio tentpole for a long while are slim to none]] is undeniable. His first new effort, ''Capone'', focuses on notorious gangster UsefulNotes/AlCapone's descent into insanity in his last years of life.

Joshua Benjamin Trank (born February 19, 1984) is an American film director, writer and editor. He has directed three features -- ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'' (2012), ''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fantastic Four]]'' (a.k.a. ''[[Letters2Numbers Fant4stic]]'') (2015), and ''Film/{{Capone}}'' (2020) -- but is most well-known for the first two, with each film representing his meteoric rise and subsequent fall in prominence.

Unfortunately, [[TroubledProduction things went downhill from there]]. Trank found himself overwhelmed by the experience of working on ''[=Fant4stic=]'' and became unresponsive or outright [[HostilityOnTheSet hostile on the set]], at least according to various reports.[[note]]There are many rumors that cannot be confirmed; this makes it hard to discern truth from gossip.[[/note]] Around this time, he announced that he would be stepping down from the ''Star Wars'' spin-off gig in favor of his own smaller projects, though that stopped few from running with the story that he was booted due to his behavior helming ''[=Fant4stic=]''. Even with the film being significantly [[ExecutiveMeddling overhauled by Fox itself]], nobody was satisfied with the final product, least of all the critics and audiences who panned it, and the film [[BoxOfficeBomb lost Fox $80-100 million]]. Trank then [[OldShame distanced himself from the movie]] and quietly disappeared from movie industry talks.

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* BodyHorror

Joshua Benjamin Trank (born February 19, 1984) is an American film director, writer and editor. He has directed three features -- ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'' (2012), ''Film/FantasticFour2015'', and ''Film/{{Capone}}'' (2020) -- but is most well-known for the first two, with each film representing his meteoric rise and subsequent fall in prominence.

''Chronicle'' put Trank's name on the map with its inventive take on the {{found footage|Films}} genre and its ability to make [[NoBudget an inexpensive production]] ''look'' like it was expensive. However, he had actually been generating buzz as early as 2007, with the overnight popularity of his video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOwXIarEpzI "Stabbing at Leia's"]] (also filmed in a found footage style) making for his first big break. He filled the years in between with work including spin-off webisodes for ''Series/TheKillPoint'' and the editing of ''Film/BigFan''.

** Trank has mentioned his interested in a deconstruction approach in his movies; "The deconstruction of myth, the deconstruction of iconic figures, the deconstruction of mythic ideas".

''Chronicle'' put Trank's name on the map with its inventive take on the {{found footage|Films}} genre and its ability to make [[NoBudget an inexpensive production]] ''look'' like it was expensive. However, he had actually been generating buzz as early as 2007, with the overnight popularity of his video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOwXIarEpzI "Stabbing at Leia's"]] (also filmed in found footage style) making for his first big break. He filled the years in between with work including spin-off webisodes for ''Series/TheKillPoint'' and the editing of ''Film/BigFan''.

However, in the years since the ''[=Fant4stic=]'' debacle, Trank lived up to his promise to work on smaller projects, although the fact that [[CreatorKiller his chances of working on another studio tentpole are slim to none]] is undeniable. His first new effort, ''Capone'', focuses on notorious gangster UsefulNotes/AlCapone's descent into insanity in his last years of life.

With the film's success, Trank had promise to be a big-time director, at varying points in time being attached to film adaptations of ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' and ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}''. He was ultimately chosen by producer Simon Kinberg (who produced ''Chronicle'') to go with a reboot of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' film franchise, making it his second collaboration with Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox. Kinberg also convinced Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} that he could handle one of their then-recently-announced ''Franchise/StarWars'' spin-off films (which he executive produced).

''Chronicle'' put Trank's name on the map with its inventive take on the {{found footage|Films}} genre and an ability to make [[NoBudget an inexpensive production]] ''look'' like it was expensive. However, he had actually been generating buzz as early as 2007, with the overnight popularity of his video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOwXIarEpzI "Stabbing at Leia's"]] (also filmed in found footage style) making for his first big break. He filled the years in between with work including spin-off webisodes for ''Series/TheKillPoint'' and the editing of ''Film/BigFan''.

With its inventive take on the {{found footage|Films}} genre and an ability to make [[NoBudget an inexpensive production]] ''look'' like it was expensive, ''Chronicle'' put Trank's name on the map. However, he had actually been generating buzz as early as 2007, with the overnight popularity of his video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOwXIarEpzI "Stabbing at Leia's"]] (also filmed in found footage style) making for his first big break. He filled the years in between with work including spin-off webisodes for ''Series/TheKillPoint'' and the editing of ''Film/BigFan''.

However, in the years since the ''[=Fant4stic=]'' debacle, Trank lived up to his promise to work on smaller projects. His first new effort, ''Capone'', focuses on notorious gangster UsefulNotes/AlCapone's descent into insanity in his last years of life.

Joshua Benjamin Trank (born February 19, 1984) is an American film director. He is most well-known for directing ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'', and -- perhaps more infamously -- its follow-up ''Film/FantasticFour2015'', with each film representing his meteoric rise and subsequent fall in prominence.

''Chronicle'', his directorial debut, put his name on the map with an inventive take on the {{Found Footage|Films}} genre and an ability to make [[NoBudget an inexpensive production]] ''look'' like it was expensive. With the film's success, Trank had promise to be a big-time director, at varying points in time being attached to film adaptations of ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' and ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}''. He was ultimately chosen by producer Simon Kinberg (who produced ''Chronicle'') to go with a reboot of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' film franchise, making it his second collaboration with Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox. Kinberg also convinced Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} that he could handle one of their then-recently-announced ''Franchise/StarWars'' spin-off films (which he executive produced).

Unfortunately, things went downhill from there. Trank found himself overwhelmed by the experience of working on ''[=Fant4stic=]'' and became unresponsive or outright [[HostilityOnTheSet hostile on the set]], at least according to various reports.[[note]]There are so many rumors that cannot be confirmed; this makes it hard to discern truth from gossip.[[/note]] Trank then announced that he would choose not to direct a ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie in favor of his own, smaller projects. Trank's superhero movie was ultimately significantly [[ExecutiveMeddling overhauled by Fox itself]], but nobody was ultimately satisfied with the final product, which was critically panned and also [[BoxOfficeBomb failed at the box office]]. Trank then distanced himself from the movie and quietly disappeared from movie industry talks.

However, in the years since the ''[=Fant4stic=]'' debacle, Trank lived up to his promise to work on smaller projects. His first new effort, ''Film/{{Capone}}'', focuses on notorious gangster UsefulNotes/AlCapone's descent into insanity in his last years of life.

** Trank has mentioned his interested in a deconstruction approach in his movies; "the deconstruction of myth, the deconstruction of iconic figures, the deconstruction of mythic ideas".

* {{Deconstruction}}: Strongly used in both ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'' and ''Film/{{Capone}}'' Trank has mentioned his interested in a deconstruction approach in his movies; "the deconstruction of myth, the deconstruction of iconic figures, the deconstruction of mythic ideas".

* Deconstruction