The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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This article is about the 2025 film. For the comic book with the same name, seeFantastic Four: First Steps (comic book).
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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Eric Pearson
Jeff Kaplan
Ian SpringerStory by
Jeff Kaplan
Ian Springer
Kat WoodStarring
Vanessa Kirby
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Joseph Quinn
Julia Garner
Natasha Lyonne
Paul Walter Hauser
Ralph InesonMusic by
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Tim RocheStudio(s)
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- “Welcome to the family.”
- ―Tagline
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is an upcoming American superhero film based on theMarvel Comics superhero team of thesame name. It is scheduled to be released onJuly 25,2025, and will be the thirty-seventh film of theMarvel 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 andBen 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 calledGalactus 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 asReed Richards/Mr. Fantastic[1]
- Vanessa Kirby asSusan Storm/Invisible Woman[1]
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach asBen Grimm/Thing[1]
- Joseph Quinn asJohnny Storm/Human Torch[1]
- Julia Garner asShalla-Bal/Silver Surfer[2]
- Natasha Lyonne as TBA[1]
- Paul Walter Hauser asHarvey Rupert Elder/Mole Man[3]
- Ralph Ineson asGalactus[4]
- Matthew Wood asH.E.R.B.I.E. (voice)[5]
- Sarah Niles as Lynne Nichols[1]
- Mark Gatiss as Ted Gilbert[6]
- Ada Scott asFranklin Richards[7]
Production[]
Variety reported onJuly 20,2019 thatKevin Feige announced that aFantastic Four film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was in early development, even after four unsuccessful attempts at a successful movie adaptation.[8] The film was officially announced byMarvel Studios withJon Watts attached to direct.[9]
By April 29, 2022, Jon Watts had exited the project and would no longer direct the film.[10] Matt Shakman was in talks to direct the film, after Watts left the project, which was later confirmed at D23.[11][12]
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.[13][14] In an interview withThe Playlist, Matt Shakman revealed that Cameron Squires had co-written the film's script.[15]
Disney announced on June 13, 2023 they had pushed back the film's release date toMay 2,2025, taking over the release date fromAvengers: Doomsday. This came in line of the ongoing writers strike in America.[16]
In July 2025, Shakman confirmed thatJohn Malkovich was cut from the final cut of the film. He was intended to appear in an early sequence of the film chronicling the Fantastic Four's early years as superheroes.[17]
Filming[]
Filming began on July 30, 2024, inLondon, and wrapped on November 30.[18][19]
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- Before starring asSteve Rogers/Captain America in theMarvel Cinematic Universe,Chris Evans played theJohnny Storm/Human Torch in the2005 film, its sequelRise of the Silver Surfer, which he reprised for inDeadpool & Wolverine.
- Also, before starring asErik Killmonger in the MCU forBlack Panther,Michael B. Jordan played the same character in the2015 film.
- This film releases 10 years after the2015 version by Josh Trank, and twenty years after the2005 version by Tim Story.
- This marks the very first live-action Fantastic Four movie to be produced byMarvel Studios ever since Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
- This marks the second live-action Fantastic Four movie overall to featureGalactus andSilver Surfer, with the first one being 20th Century Fox and Tim Story'sFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
- Galactus, unlike inFantastic 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 byShalla-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 MCUSacred Timeline, with the first beingDeadpool & 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 theMarvel 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 theStan Lee andJack Kirby era ofFantastic Four comics.
- This is the third MCU movie to be a period piece and not take place in present day, with the first two beingCaptain America: The First Avenger andCaptain Marvel.
- However this film takes place in a completely different universe than the other two, which both took place in theSacred Timeline.
- This is the fifth film in the MCU to be shot entirely with IMAX cameras, afterAvengers: Infinity War,Avengers: Endgame,Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, andThunderbolts*.
- Based on early concept art, it was revealed thatEmily Blunt had been a candidate to portrayInvisible Woman in the film. Her husbandJohn Krasinski had previously portrayedMr. Fantastic inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.[20]
- TheThing 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 theFantastic 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 sinceSpider-Man: Homecoming.[21]
- TheFantastic Four have been a team for four years by the time of the film.[22]
- This film marks the debut ofFranklin Richards in live-action.
- He was previously mentioned byJohn Krasinski'sMr. Fantastic inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
- This is the fourth movie based on the Fantastic Four (but if one counts the1994 unreleased film, that would make it technically the fifth).
- WhileSue 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 forAvengers: Doomsday.
- Coincidentally, this is not the first time an actress was pregnant while filming an Avengers movie:Scarlett Johansson was pregnant while filmingAvengers: Age of Ultron.
- Pedro Pascal,Ebon Moss-Bachrach,Ralph Ineson, andMatthew Wood had previously appeared in theStar Wars franchise.
- Ralph Ineson had previously played aRavager inGuardians of the Galaxy.
- Johnny flies while holding The Thing, which mirrorsWoody andBuzz Lightyear "falling with style" inToy Story.
- Chris Evans, the original Human Torch voiced Buzz Lightyear inLightyear.
- The universe theFantastic Four are from isEarth-828.[23]
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