The fantastic 4: story, release date, casting, trailers… all about the Marvel film

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While phase 5 of the famous Marvel cinematographic universe ended last April with the surprising Thunderboltsthe next MCU cinema part is already at our door with the highly anticipated The fantastic 4: first steps And its slowly retro SF adventure.

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A crucial film for the studio, which has the heavy task of starting the ambitious phase 6 while reviving the general interest for the superheroic escapades signed Marvel. Release date, history, casting, images … Here is everything you need to know about The fantastic 4: first steps.

The story of the film

Appeared for the first time in the pages of Marvel comics in 1961, the superhero team created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby was nicknamed the “First Marvel family”. It features a group of scientists exposed to cosmic rays and have become so many superheroes. The team of fantastic 4 is thus made up of Reed Richards/Fantastic Monsieur, Jane Storm/The Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm/The Human Torch and Ben Grimm/The thing.

After a series B failed in the 1990s, two films produced by the 20th Century Fox in the 2000s and a chaotic reboot in 2015, The Fantastic 4 Finally joined the Disney fold in 2019 and has been waiting since its official entry into the MCU. It is the 37th opus of the franchise and will officially launch phase 6 which must bring us until the end of 2027.

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This new film, titled The fantastic 4: first stepsis located on a retro-futuristic parallel land inspired by the 1960s, therefore different from that which we know in the MCU. The fantastic 4 will have to protect their world from the cosmic being devouring Galactus planets and his herald, the silver surfer. Superheroes will be forced “To reconcile their role of heroes with the strength of their family”as stipulates the official synopsis.

Which is in control of 4 Fantastic ?

Announced in development since July 2019, the film experienced a lot of upheavals during its manufacture. Jon Watts (Spider-Man: Homecoming) was first announced to the realization before being replaced in 2022 by Matt Shakman (the series Wandavision,, Succession,, Monarch And The Boys).

The film is co -written by Peter Cameron (Moon Knight,, Carnival Row), Josh Friedman (The War of the Worlds,, Avatar, the waterway) and Eric Pearson (Thunderbolts,, Thor: Ragnarok). The film is produced by the unbeatable Kevin Feige, as well as Mitchell Bell, Grant Curtis, Louis d’Esposito and Tim Lewis.

In the long lists of technical roles, we note the presence of Jess Hall (Wandavision,, Monarch) as director of photography, and especially the brilliant Michael Giacchino (Star Trek,, The Batman,, Up there) to music.

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What release date for The Fantastic 4 ?

The last strike in Hollywood shifted the filming of the film, which was to start at the end of 2023, then in early 2024. This was finally launched on July 30, 2024 at the English studio in Pinewood, under the Blue Moon working title.

The fantastic 4: first steps was also shot in the Dorset region of England, in the Middleton mines in the Derbyshire, at the Oviedo Congress Palace in Spain, as well as at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The shooting ended at the end of November 2024.

Originally planned to go out on the screens in November 2024, in February 2025, then again in May 2025, the film will finally arrive in French theaters on July 23, 2025, then two days later in the United States. It was announced that The film will have a duration of 2 h 10 min.

Who is in the casting of the film?

The famous superhero team is embodied by equally prestigious actors. Thus, Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) is Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby (Impossible mission) is Jane Storm, Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things) is Johnny Storm and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear) embodies the thing.

Around this central cast, we will find in particular Ralph Ineson (Game of Thrones) as an incarnation of the Galactus massif, and his herald the silver surfer in a female version played by Julia Garner (Ozark).

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