Marvel Studios has revealed the official title of the upcoming The Fantastic Four movie during San Diego Comic-Con 2024 (SDCC). The title is now “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.” A first look was also screened at the action-packed Hall H Comic-Con.
‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ SDCC Footage Description:
According to Discussing Film, the film’s director Matt Shakman wants the Fantastic Four characters’ powers to feel like talking to scientists and animal experts. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” will have a 1960s setting and aesthetic but with a futuristic twist on the time period. Shakman described the New York in the film as “what you’ve seen from the ’60s and something more.” See it 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.
At the Hall H Comic-Con, Pascal said what he’s most enjoyed about joining the MCU is a sense of “new family.”
Moss-Bachrach revealed he is still in the processing putting on the superhero suit of The Thing. “I got a nice text message from Mark Ruffalo. It just demystified the process of motion capture,” he said. The advice? “Make scenes like normal scenes work.”
Directed by 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.
In the first episode of Marvel’s new The Official Marvel Podcast, Marvel President Kevin Feige revealed that ‘The Fantastic Four’ is set in an alternate reality to the main MCU and will be a period piece set in the 1960s.
Produced by Feige, Grant Curtis, and Nick Pepin. The film is scheduled to hit theaters on July 25, 2025.
