A prop mask ofThe Thing made for the 2005Fantastic Fourmovie is currently for sale on eBay. The movie prop currently has a buy it now price of C $5,999.99 (approx. US $4,500) after being discounted from C $7,999.99 with an additional C $140.00 (approx. US $104.62) for shipping.
According to the auction’s item description “this is a Head from the movieFantastic Fourby Tim Story. The head has eyes that are not fixed directly to the mask” and is sold by Entertain_Me, a movie memorabilia dealer based in Canada. Those wanting to live out Thing-centric fantasies or simply enjoy the lingering scent of Michael Chiklis are but a single transaction away from happiness.
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The 2005 movie adaptation of Marvel’sFantastic Fourstarred Chiklis (The Shield) as The Thing, with Ioan Gruffudd as Mr. Fantastic, Jessica Alba as The Invisible Woman and futureCaptain America Chris Evansas The Human Torch. Reviews were not kind to the film, withFantastic Fourearning a critics rating of 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, but the film was a financial success, earning a global box office of around $330,579,000. A sequel followed in 2007,Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surferwhich while considered a success didn’t earn as much as its predecessor and plans for third film in the series were cancelled.
Josh Trank attempted a franchise reboot in 2015, butFANT4STICwas reviewed even worse than the 2005 movie, standing at a low 9% Rotten Tomatoes critics rating. That would’ve been fine had the film made bank like its predecessor, but it didn’t. Trank was vocal about his displeasure with the cut that was released, taking to Twitter to blame studio interference and has since disowned the film. Currently another reboot ofFantastic Fourintended to be part of Marvel Cinematic Universe is in development but no details are known beyond that.
