It seemed that Fox is trying to deviate away from the original movie and create an entirely different one with the new film. That is why they are probably holding off on the funny side since the previous movie was too much of that. The majority of the audience saw this as one of the biggest fall out of the “Fantastic Four” films before.
So far, Fox is still trying to catch up from its biggest superhero competitor, Marvel. DC is also holding up fast so they are a little bit pressured in the game.
“Fantastic Four” has set high expectations to the fans. It does not have Marvel behind it but Fox still has a tremendous amount of experience in making films. They could probably pull off this one but the fans will never know until they watch it when it premieres on August 7.