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Sam Hamm (born November 19, 1955) is an American screenwriter, perhaps best known for writing the screenplay for Tim Burton's Batman and an unused screenplay for the sequel. As a result of his work, he was invited to write for the Batman comic. The result was Batman: Blind Justice, which introduced Bruce Wayne's mentor, Henri Ducard, who later appeared in Batman Begins. Hamm's other screen credits include Never Cry Wolf and Monkeybone. He also wrote unused drafts for Planet of the Apes and Watchmen adaptations.
In the near future, brilliant but socially awkward scientist Reed Richards secures funding from billionaire Raymond Pace for a Mars mission. Alongside Reed’s pilot and best friend Ben Grimm, Pace’s representative Sue Storm, and her reckless younger brother Johnny, they travel to an orbital station. There, Reed’s partner Victor Vandam has developed self-replicating nanotech—which he has secretly tested on himself. When Victor sabotages the station to steal the technology, a catastrophic explosion exposes the four to the nanoagents. They miraculously survive but gain extraordinary abilities: Reed can stretch his body, Sue can turn invisible and project force fields, Johnny can engulf himself in flames, and Ben is transformed into a monstrous, rock-skinned creature. Meanwhile, Victor’s body is overtaken by the rogue nanotech, turning him into the metallic megalomaniac Dr. Doom. As Doom threatens to consume New York City, the four must embrace their new identities—Reed as Mr. Fantastic, Sue as the Invisible Woman, Johnny as the Human Torch, and Ben as the Thing—to stop him. Along the way, Ben finds acceptance from a blind sculptor, Alicia Masters, while Reed and Sue discover love amidst the chaos.
