JOSH TRANK

In older science fiction stories, they had to rely on storytelling as opposed to spectacle. The old run of the 'Twilight Zone,' the star was the writing and the storytelling, and the characters and the twists and the cleverness in the setup and payoff and execution.

Filmmakers have to really find a unique take on something if they're going to explore an already-explored genre of movies.

There are as many great superhero movies as there are comedies and dramas and cartoons. People just want to see good movies.

To me the most important thing is a good story, though I know how cliche that sounds.

By the way, I have had zero press training.

Most superheroes are painted with a specific moral objective that makes them who they are. And that moral objective influences everything they do, so there's an expectation for what you're going to see out of a certain character.

I don't read Twitter.

Because videogames are so inherently influenced by movies, to take a movie and literally create a videogame out of it, you're immediately setting limitations and expectations on what that game can be.

I feel like we're going to see a lot more movies that mix documentary style with fiction, more along the lines of 'District 9.'

I grew up in the '90s, and I loved Nirvana.

I'm a believer in just open, free-form creativity, and you never know the surprises that life has in store, and that, purely on a creative level, there's no such thing as rules.

I'm a believer that you shouldn't really talk about the drawing until you're done with the drawing.

I'm a big, big movie fan; really, I've seen everything. I really mean that, too.

We live in a time where there's a required instant gratification from audiences. That's a fun challenge in terms of putting together this teaser, picking and choosing how much you're actually giving away.

I knew that this was going to be questioned and it was going to come under skepticism as to why I left 'Star Wars'.

If I was painting a picture, I wouldn't want to take a picture of a single paint stroke. I'd rather show people what it looks like when it's done.

You can't have the word 'fantasy' or 'fantastical' without a contrast. It has to stem from a grounded experience.

I love how 'Misfits' is a drama-comedy.

I ended up losing weight and going through a lot of stuff, but yeah, that is so much of my life and my past. I'm glad that I went through that because I don't think I would be where I am now if I hadn't gone through it. It spills over in most of my love for movies and being alone.

'Fast Times At Ridgemont High' is one of my favorite movies; it's a film that's a human comedy, it's a drama, and the characters all, in a way, fit the teenage archetypes, but they don't become stereotypes because each of the actors brought their own presence and their own personality to the screen.

I was told about 'Misfits' when we were in prep for 'Chronicle', and I wanted to watch it badly because I'm a fan of that kind of stuff. But I stopped myself because I was very careful about not getting too much contemporary influence.

'Bowling For Columbine' and 'Gus Van Sant's Elephant' really intrigued me. With 'Bowling For Columbine', I think Michael Moore just gave the perfect exploration of both the mass media interpretation of the event and going into the minds of these kids. These were messed-up kids who had hit a point of no return.

You can't just keep telling a story the same way over and over again. And I think it only helps the world to be more honest with young kids, to show them the world that they go walk outside and see.

I was made fun of by a lot of other kids in such a way that I didn't feel like I was human.

Before we even approached this movie, the 'Fantastic Four' on its own is very unique.