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This article is about the 2025 film. For the comic book with the same name, see Fantastic Four: First Steps (comic book).
- “Welcome to the family.”
- ―Tagline
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is scheduled to be released on July 25, 2025, and will be the thirty-seventh film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the first film of Phase Six. It was directed by Matt Shakman and the screenplay was written by Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, and Ian Springer. It was produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
Synopsis[]
Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios' "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" introduces Marvel's First Family—Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm/Human Torch and Ben Grimm/The Thing as they face their most daunting challenge yet. Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer. And if Galactus' plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren't bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.[1]
Cast[]
- Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic[1]
- Vanessa Kirby as Susan Storm/Invisible Woman[1]
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/Thing[1]
- Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch[1]
- Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal/Silver Surfer[2]
- Natasha Lyonne as TBA[1]
- Paul Walter Hauser as Harvey Rupert Elder/Mole Man[3]
- Ralph Ineson as Galactus[4]
- John Malkovich as Ivan Kragoff/Red Ghost[5]
- Matthew Wood as H.E.R.B.I.E. (voice)[6]
- Sarah Niles as Lynne Nichols[1]
- Mark Gatiss as Ted Gilbert[7]
- Ada Scott as Franklin Richards[8]
Production[]
Variety reported on July 20, 2019 that Kevin Feige announced that a Fantastic Four film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was in early development, even after four unsuccessful attempts at a successful movie adaptation.[9] The film was officially announced by Marvel Studios with Jon Watts attached to direct.[10]
By April 29, 2022, Jon Watts had exited the project and would no longer direct the film.[11] Matt Shakman was in talks to direct the film, after Watts left the project, which was later confirmed at D23.[12][13]
Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer were hired to write the screenplay for the film. By March 31, 2023, they were replaced by Josh Friedman who began rewriting the film's script.[14][15] In an interview with The Playlist, Matt Shakman revealed that Cameron Squires had co-written the film's script.[16]
Disney announced on June 13, 2023 they had pushed back the film's release date to May 2, 2025, taking over the release date from Avengers: Doomsday. This came in line of the ongoing writers strike in America.[17]
Filming[]
Filming began on July 30, 2024, in London, and wrapped on November 30.[18][19]
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Trivia[]
- Before starring as Steve Rogers/Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Chris Evans played the Johnny Storm/Human Torch in the 2005 film, its sequel Rise of the Silver Surfer, which he reprised for in Deadpool & Wolverine.
- Also, before starring as Erik Killmonger in the MCU for Black Panther, Michael B. Jordan played the same character in the 2015 film.
- This film releases 10 years after the 2015 version by Josh Trank, and twenty years after the 2005 version by Tim Story.
- This marks the very first live-action Fantastic Four movie to be produced by Marvel Studios ever since Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
- This marks the second live-action Fantastic Four movie overall to feature Galactus and Silver Surfer, with the first one being 20th Century Fox and Tim Story's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
- Galactus, unlike in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, has a comic-accurate design instead of being a gigantic cloud.
- The Silver Surfer mantle, unlike in 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, is carried by Shalla-Bal instead of Norrin Radd.
- In the comics, Shalla-Bal is the second Silver Surfer aside from Norrin Radd, who is actually her love interest.
- This is the second film in the MCU where the story entirely takes place outside the MCU Sacred Timeline, with the first being Deadpool & Wolverine.
- Unlike the other MCU movies, this is the first and only MCU movie to use the 60s-inspired Marvel Studios logo, which is based on the Marvel Comics Group logo from 1961 when the Fantastic Four made their comic debut.
- This is the first MCU movie to take place in the 1960s, albeit retro-futuristic, which is a direct homage to the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby era of Fantastic Four comics.
- This is the third MCU movie to be a period piece and not take place in present day, with the first two being Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain Marvel.
- However this film takes place in a completely different universe than the other two, which both took place in the Sacred Timeline.
- This is the fifth film in the MCU to be shot entirely with IMAX cameras, after Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Thunderbolts*.
- Based on early concept art, it was revealed that Emily Blunt had been a candidate to portray Invisible Woman in the film. Her husband John Krasinski had previously portrayed Mr. Fantastic in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.[20]
- The Thing recreates Superman's action comics issue #1 cover, by lifting a car in one of the scenes.
- The film is not an origin story for the Fantastic Four unlike the previous films, and is instead set in a universe where they are already well known by the public.
- This is the second time an MCU film skips an origin story since Spider-Man: Homecoming.[21]
- The Fantastic Four have been a team for four years by the time of the film.[22]
- This film marks the debut of Franklin Richards in live-action.
- He was previously mentioned by John Krasinski's Mr. Fantastic in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
- This is the fourth movie based on the Fantastic Four (but if one counts the 1994 unreleased film, that would make it technically the fifth).
- While Sue Storm is pregnant and gives birth in the film, her actress, Vanessa Kirby, ironically announced her own first real life pregnancy in an event for the film, in June 2025.
- This means Vanessa Kirby will be pregnant on set for Avengers: Doomsday.
- Coincidentally, this is not the first time an actress was pregnant while filming an Avengers movie: Scarlett Johansson was pregnant while filming Avengers: Age of Ultron.
- Pedro Pascal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ralph Ineson, and Matthew Wood had previously appeared in the Star Wars franchise.
- Ralph Ineson had previously played a Ravager in Guardians of the Galaxy.
- Johnny flies while holding The Thing, which mirrors Woody and Buzz Lightyear "falling with style" in Toy Story.
- Chris Evans, the original Human Torch voiced Buzz Lightyear in Lightyear.
- The universe the Fantastic Four are from is Earth-828.[23]
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External links[]
The Fantastic Four: First Steps on Wikipedia- The Fantastic Four: First Steps on IMDb
- Fantastic Four on 𝕏
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps on Instagram
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
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