THERE’S a charming quality to the opening scenes of Fantastic Four (12A), as child inventor Reed Richards (Miles Teller) bonds with bullied kid Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) as they attempt to build a machine capable of teleportation. 

It’s been so long since anyone has really mentioned it that we were almost beginning to forget that this year, the Fantastic Four franchise is being relaunched.

Lord of the Rings star Sean Astin is planning to make his directing debut on a Marvel comics adaptation of the Fantastic Four - but he’s still waiting for studio bosses to give him the go-ahead.