Marvel Studios bossKevin Feigehas confirmed some major details regarding the upcoming MCU reboot ofThe Fantastic Four. During a recent interview onThe Official Marvel Podcast, Feige revealed thatSPOILER ALERTFantastic Fourwill be a “period” piece set in the 1960s and hints that it will take place in an alternate universe from the main Earth-616. Check out what Feige had to say about the highly anticipated Marvel outing below…
“Yes, yes, very much so. It is a period. There were a lot of smart people, who noticed that that cityscape didn’t look exactly like the New York that we know, or that existed in the ’60s in our world. Those are smart observations, I’ll say.”
The events ofThe Fantastic Fourtaking place in an alternate universecertainly makes sense and will allow Marvel to introduce established versions of the iconic characters without having to explain why they have been absent all this time. At present, it is unknown how or why The Fantastic Four end up in the main MCU, but it will no doubt have something to do with the arrival of the planet-devouring cosmic entity, Galactus.
Could we start off with a happy-go-lucky version of the foursome who fail to save their own universe and must travel to Earth-616 towarn of the threat of Galactus? We will have to wait until next year to find out…
Kevin Feige Is Excited to Finally Bring The Fantastic Four Into the MCU
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Feige continued, commenting on Marvel’s First Family finally joining the likes of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange on thebig screen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, calling The Fantastic Four “legendary pillars of the Marvel Universe.”
“I’m extremely excited by it because I think those characters are mainstays, are legendary pillars of the Marvel Universe that we’ve never gotten to play with or explore in a significant way outside of Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness and a few fun teases before, in the way that we’re doing it in that film. So I’m extremely excited for that.”
Ebon Moss-Bachrach Is Preparing to Play Fantastic Four’s Thing by ‘Looking at Rocks’
Ebon Moss-Bachrach jokes that he’s prepared to literally rock in his role as Ben Grimm in the upcoming Fantastic Four film.
As well as confirming these major details, Feige has also now confirmed thatThe Fantastic Fourwill go before cameras next month on the day after Comic-Con.
“We start shooting at the end of July. The day after Comic-Con [International: San Diego] is the first day of filming on Fantastic Four.”
Directed by Matt Shakman,The Fantastic Fourstars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, aka Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, aka The Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm, aka The Thing.
The rest of the cast includes Julia Garner as The Silver Surfer,and Ralph Ineson as Galactus, with John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne, and Paul Walter Hausercast in currently unknown roles.
The Fantastic Fouris scheduled to be released on June 08, 2025, as part of Phase Six of the MCU. In the meantime, the franchise continues this month withDeadpool & Wolverine, which is due to land in theaters on August 17, 2025, as part of Phase Five of the MCU.
