More Shocking Details Emerge About Josh Trank's Behavior on Fantastic Four Set

Fantastic Four director Josh Trank is having the worst nightmare of his career right now as shocking new details about his about his behavior on the set of Fantastic Four have emerged.

The Hollywood Reporter has done some digging into the whole Fantastic Fourdrama, and they've learned some shocking new details thanks to several sources who were around during the filming of one of the worst-rated superhero movie ever made.

Last Thursday, Trank responded to the negative reviews with a now-deleted Tweet, saying that he had created a "fantastic version" of the movie which we would "probably never see". Though the Tweet was erased, it reportedly cost the studio $10 million in terms of box office receipts. Of course, Fox wasn't too happy about Trank's mess, and is now going after him, forcing Trank to lawyer up.

Here are some details that emerged:

• "Multiple sources associated with the project say the director did not produce material that would have opened the way to a salvageable film."

• Several people within the production say he resisted help from the studio. "He holed up in a tent and cut himself off from everybody. He built a black tent around his monitor. He was extremely withdrawn." Between setups, "he would go to his trailer and he wouldn't interact with anybody."

• "Several sources say Fox stood by Trank as he pushed a gloomy tone on young stars Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara and Jamie Bell."

• "During takes, he would be telling [castmembers] when to blink and when to breathe. He kept pushing them to make the performance as flat as possible."

• "Trank and his dogs allegedly caused more than $100,000 worth of damage to a rented house in Baton Rouge that he and his wife occupied while the film was shooting there."

• "Sources say now that after landlord Martin Padial moved to evict Trank, photographs of the landlord's family that were in the house were defaced." He made a complaint to the local sheriff's department and even filed a civil suit.

• A crew member on the film said the movie was "ill-conceived, made for the wrong reasons and there was no vision behind the property. Say what you will about Marvel but they have a vision."

• The studio was "afraid of losing the rights so they pressed forward and didn't surround [Trank] with help or fire him. They buried their heads in the sand."

• There was some talk of firing Trank before the movie started shooting, but Fox put their complete faith in him "because he had directed the studio's 2012 found-footage hero movie Chronicle."

• Based on that, "insiders say Fox executives thought they had found an ‘in-house director,' a young talent who could become another J.J. Abrams." Well, that dream is dead!

• The problems eventually escalated to the point of no return. An inside source said, "How do you ask someone to take over half of a movie shot by someone else? You either hire somebody desperate for work or you [start over], write off pretty much the whole budget and lose the cast."

The report goes on to talk about the studio's chaotic struggle to come up with an ending for the movie, shooting Teller against a green screen and using doubles for the other characters because none of the other actors were available when they filmed it. According to sources, Trank was there to re-shoot the ending "but was neutralized by a committee."

One central source involved in the development had this to say:

"To me, it is a classic indictment of the entire system. Give Josh Trank a $20 million movie. Groom him. But they don't make those movies anymore… Nobody should escape scrutiny on this one. Everyone should take a good look in the mirror, myself included. Even I probably did the movie for the wrong reasons."

No wonder we heard news that Trank was fired from directing the second Star Wars Anthology film. You can read our review of Josh Trank's Fantastic Four here.