Despite last week's news that Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past) was being brought on to do a significant rewrite of the script, 20th Century Fox is still movie full-steam ahead on its Fantastic Four reboot. Josh Trank (Chronicle) remains onboard to direct and Matthew Vaughn is producing the pic alongside Kinberg, and now word has surfaced that Fox is preparing to offer test deals to a number of actors that will read for the lead roles. Names like Elizabeth Olsen and Allison Williams have been bandied about over the past year, but this new crop of actors includes Game of Thrones and House of Cards alums along with a couple of other actors who have been mentioned with regards to the project for some time. Hit the jump to find out who Fox is looking at to play the titular Fantastic Four. The film is slated to hit theaters on March 6, 2015. According to Variety, Kit Harington (Game of Thrones), Jack O'Connell (300: Rise of an Empire), and Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now) are in line to get test offers for Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic, while Saoirse Ronan (Hanna), Kate Mara (House of Cards), and Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) are poised to test for Sue Storm aka the Invisible Girl. Teller has been rumored for the role of Richards for a few months now but Trank denied the casting at the time, so it's interesting to see his name pop up here once again. Michael B. ...
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