'The Fantastic Four' Main Villain Revealed: Doctor Doom's Origin And Name, He Is Not Victor Von Dom
"The Fantastic Four" reboot is set to release next year. Reports claim that the refreshed version of the film is going to have a younger team of superheroes and very different villain. Toby Kebbell, who plays the iconic villain Doctor Doom, said that his character has no resemblance to the comic book and everything from its origin to his characteristics has been changed.
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In his interview to Collider, while promoting the Blue Ray and DVD release of "The Planet of the Apes," Tony revealed major details about his character. "He's Victor Domashev, not Victor Von Doom in our story. The Doom in ours -- I'm a programmer, very anti-social programmer," said the actor.
Doctor Doom is one of the greatest villains of Marvel Universe. He considers himself superior to the human race and wants to doom the humanity. The son of Gypsy Witch Cynthia Von Doom, is the arch enemy of Fantastic Four in the comic books. He is a science prodigy and someone who knows numerous magic tricks.
However, it seems that the director of the new "Fantastic Four" is going ahead with his own version of Doctor Doom, which according to Entertainment Weekly could be a major risk. According to Tony, director Josh Trank is bringing a very "realistic, "lo-fi" version to the film. It is speculated that "The Fantastic Four" would be close to reality and not something, which would be unrealistic and imaginary.
It is still not known what would happen to Doctor Doom's sorcerer powers. If Tony plans to take the realistic take, then there could be serious alterations in Doctor Doom's powers. Moreover, it is unclear whether Victor Domashev would witness the "incident" when Fantastic Four would get their powers, according to Movie Web report. He may also not rule the fictional Eastern European country of Latveria like the character in the comics.
"Fantastic Four" is all set to release in August 2015. Simon Kinberg and Jeremy Slater have written the screenplay. The cast of the film includes Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell. The film would be released in 2D and 3D versions.