Simon Kinberg Says Fantastic Four Is Not A Disaster

08/03/2015 01:00 pm EDT

Fox's Fantastic Four reboot film will hit theaters this weekend, and skepticism is still running high. Rumors of trouble on the set and fan disappointment with certain departures from the source material have potential audiences bracing for disaster.

Speaking to EW, writer/producer Simon Kinberg stuck up for the film, expressing high hopes for the franchise going forward.

"I am proud of it," he says. "It's not a disaster. It's a good movie. I find Fantastic Four a hard book to adapt. I think the tone is very tricky. It's deceptively simple. Figuring out the comedy and the drama and the powers themselves are hard to fit into a tone that is as grounded as we wanted to make it. But I'm happy with the way that it turned out. I really love this cast, and I want to keep making movies with them."

We'll see if fans are willing to give Kinberg and Twentieth Century Fox's vision for the Fantastic Four a chance.

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