The filming for Marvel’s ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps‘ has officially begun with the cast in London. On the very first day, X (formerly Twitter) user @UnBoxPHD revealed some images from the set.
The leaked set images show the launch pad for the film, featuring an F4 logo and blue lighting that reflects in the sunlight. The working title for the project is currently ‘BLUE MOON.’
In the image below, you can see the film’s set under construction in a small town.
The film also features the RKO Palace Theatre, originally known as the Broad Street Theatre when it opened in 1912. It underwent several name changes before RKO took ownership in 1937. The theatre likely closed in the late 1960s or early 1970s. You can see the image below.
The first-look footage, which screened in a 4:3 aspect ratio, plays on a retro television. Pedro Pascal‘s Reed Richards is seen teaching in a classroom, asking if the students want to see an explosion. Ebon Moss-Bachrach‘s Ben Grimm appears on the retro dating show “The Dating Game,” but only as a silhouette. At the end, Pascal’s Reed Richards, Moss-Bachrach’s Ben Grimm, Vanessa Kirby‘s Sue Storm, and Joseph Quinn‘s Johnny Storm are shown in astronaut suits entering a retro-futuristic rocket. As the ship takes off, the aspect ratio of the footage changes. Additionally, Ralph Ineson’s Galactus is seen at the end, with part of his comic-accurate face visible behind a building.
During the Comic-Con Hall H panel, the first look at the Baxter Building design was revealed.
Directed by Matt Shakman, the original script for ‘Fantastic Four,’ written by Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer, has undergone a rewrite by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. In the film, Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch, Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, and Ineson as Galactus. Julia Garner is set to portray a female Silver Surfer, with Paul Walter Hauser and John Malkovich in undisclosed roles. Additionally, characters yet to be cast include Mole Man and H.E.R.B.I.E.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, director Shakman says the movie will not be an origin story for the group.
Shakman said, “One of the things we decided early on was not to do an origin story.” Shakman added, “One of the ways we’re making it our own thing is we’re not telling the story of them going up and being changed, and starting our story [there]. There’s a lot of well-known narrative that leads into that moment, right? And then you’re making up your new story starting basically at the end of the first act, and we thought, ‘Well, let’s just start this thing off on a completely new foot.’ So we are beginning after that.”
Produced by Feige, Grant Curtis, and Nick Pepin. The film is scheduled to hit theaters on July 25, 2025.
Source: @UnBoxPHD/X
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