Fantastic Four to be remade - AlLREADY ???

According to IESB, 20th Century Fox is looking to start the franchise from scratch and will not bring back any of the stars of the first two films. Sorry boys , that includes Jessica Alba.

The studio is planning to go in a "less bubble gum" direction which is a good thing, but still not be as dark as "The Dark Knight" which is bad, that was still only a 12a after all.

More in the mould of Iron Man seems to be the order of the day but is it too early to be rebooting this franchise? Rise of the silver surfer is still fresh in many peoples minds so why recreate a franchise that is still finding its feet ?
Surely it would make more sense to make a sequel with a darker story and tone with the characters already built in the first two installments. It seems strange the origin of the four could be gone over again already, and even stranger if the cast will be replaced but the film be a sequel.

That said it did not stop the Incredible Hulk being rebooted again last year a mere 5 years after the release of Ang lee's Hulk. As bad as the 4 franchise may be its not on that same scale of rubbish as Ang's arty but boring take on the big green geezer and the reboot was welcome.

So will the studio be pulling off a coup or is it a big mistake ?

Add your thoughts belo.