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The Fantastic 4
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Director: Matt Shakman
Writer(s): Josh Friedman
Cameron Squires
Expected Release: July 25, 2025
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The Fantastic 4 is the upcoming thirty-seventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the second film of Phase Six.

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On December 14, 2017, The Walt Disney Company announced plans to acquire 21st Century Fox. The acquisition would provide Disney with the opportunity to reunite the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Deadpool with the Marvel family under one roof. The deal was completed on March 20, 2019.

On July 20, 2019, at San Diego Comic Con 2019, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that numerous projects, including a Fantastic Four reboot were in development.

On December 10, 2020, at the Disney Investors Day event, Kevin Feige revealed that a Fantastic Four film was in the works, with Spider-Man director Jon Watts set to direct.

On April 29, 2022, it was announced that Watts has exited from the film as Deadline stated that he just needs a break from the superhero realm after completing the Spider-Man films.[1]

On August 24, 2022, it was reported that Michael McCullers and Shane McGoey would write the screenplay.[2]

On August 26, 2022, Deadline reported that Matt Shakman was in talks to direct the film, after Watts left the project.[3]

On October 11, 2022, The Hollywood Reporter reported that the film would be delayed from November 8, 2024 to February 14, 2025.

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  • A sequel to the 2015 film Fantastic Four was planned to be released, but was cancelled after its failure at the box office.
  • Matthew Vaughn who produced Fantastic Four expressed interest in directing a new version of Fantastic Four himself as an apology saying, "One of my favorites is the Fantastic Four, so maybe one day I'll try and rectify the mistake."
  • In June 2017, Seth Grahame-Smith who reworked on Fantastic Four was writing a new film in the franchise that would shift the focus to Franklin and Valeria Richards, the children of original Fantastic Four leaders Reed Richards and Sue Storm, instead of being another reboot which would have taking inspiration from the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic books, the screenplay also included original Fantastic Four members the Thing and the Human Torch and was described as "kid-centric" with a tone closer to The Incredibles than Josh Trank's darker film. The basis of the screenplay came from a separate script that Carter Blanchard had adapted from the children's book Kindergarten Heroes by Mark Millar who previously consulted with Fox on their Marvel-based films.
  • Tommy Wiseau, Joss Whedon and Peyton Reed were considered to direct the film.
  • Due to his work on Pixar's The Incredibles, fans wanted Brad Bird to direct the film.
  • Chris Rock made a campaign for J.J. Abrams to direct the film.
  • Peyton Reed who directed Ant-Man and its sequels Ant-Man and the Wasp and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, who at one point was going to direct Fantastic Four, expressed interest in directing the reboot.
  • This will be the fourth Fantastic Four film to be released in theaters and the fifth film overall.
  • Marvel Studios regained the film rights to Fantastic Four after Disney bought most of 21st Century Fox's film and TV assets, including franchises.
  • Kevin Feige announced that a Fantastic Four reboot which will be set in the MCU.
  • Fans wanted director Brad Bird to direct the film because of his Incredibles superhero films, which were focused on a superhero family based on the Fantastic Four.
  • John Krasinski has wanted to play Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic after seeing a fanart of himself as the character along with his wife Emily Blunt as Susan Storm/Invisible Woman.
  • Grant Anstine campaigned for the role of Johnny Storm/Human Torch.
  • Dylan Sprouse wants to play Johnny Storm/Human Torch.
  • Jaime King and Sunny Mabrey have both expressed in playing Sue Storm (The Invisible Woman).
  • Marvel fans have been campaigning for years to have John Krasinski and Emily Blunt play Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic and Susan Storm/Invisible Woman, as they are married in real life and already have solid power couple chemistry onscreen. Krasinski has reportedly wanted to play Mister Fantastic after seeing a fanart of he and his wife as the characters, but in an interview with Blunt, she claimed that Marvel Studios have not contacted either of them about Fantastic 4. Even if they did, she is not a fan of superhero films. Fans have also campaigned to have Zac Efron play Johnny Storm/Human Torch.
  • Kevin Feige announced that a Fantastic Four reboot, which will be set in the MCU, is in development as part of Phase 4 alongside sequels including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels and reboots of Blade and X-Men.
  • Kevin Feige officially announced on December 10, 2020 that the movie is in development and will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • Michael Chiklis who played The Thing in both Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer tells Marvel to not make the reboot dark and brooding, try to make it that, you will fail.
  • Jon Watts was originally announced as the director in December 2020 but stepped down in April 2022 to take a break from superhero projects for a while.
  • Bryce Dallas Howard had denied the rumour that she was up to for the role of Susan Storm/The Invisible Woman after a fan asked her to sign his Invisible Woman Funko Pop and also to direct the reboot.
  • On the same day of the film's release day announcement, Kevin Feige confirmed that the film would not be an origin story, a decision compared to that of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
  • Matt Shakman left Untitled Star Trek: Beyond Sequel to direct this film.
  • Mason Gooding was campaigned and then later took his name off the list to play Johnny Storm/The Human Torch.
  • Diego Luna denied reports that he was up for Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic saying that he's busy on other projects.
  • John Krasinski appears in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic.
  • Countless names were suggested by fans to play the Fantastic Four, including:
    • Reed Richards - Jake Gyllenhaal, Adam Driver, Matt Smith, Penn Badgley, William Jackson Harper, John David Washington, Jamie Dorman, John Cho, Tom Ellis, Dev Patel, Christopher Abbott, Henry Cavill, Regé-Jean Page and Daniel Craig
    • Sue Storm - Emma Stone, Margot Robbie, Melissa Benoist, Lily James, Jodie Comer, Eiza González, Natalia Dyer, Jennifer Lawrence, Aja Naomi King, Victoria Pedretti, Amanda Seyfried, Phillipa Soo, Melissa Fumero, Claire Foy, Sarah Snook, Katerine Waterston, Saoirse Ronan and Bryce Dallas Howard
    • Johnny Storm - Jack Quaid, Joe Keery, Zac Efron, Ross Lynch, Paul Mescal, Austin Butler, Jordan Fisher, Matthew Daddario, Michael Provost, Brandon Butler, Lucas Hedges and LaKeith Stanfield
    • Ben Grimm - Daveed Diggs, Alan Ritchson, John Cena, Jason Segel, Channing Tatum, Jason Biggs, Sacha Baron Cohen Liev Schreiber, Justin Bartha, Ed Skrein, David Krumholtz and Jon Bernthal.
  • Adam Driver was linked for either Mr. Fantastic or Doctor Doom but passed on the part.
  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach is the 27th actor to played a different character in the MCU after portraying David Lieberman on The Punisher.
  • Pedro Pascal and Joseph Quinn are the 13th and 14th Game of Thrones actors in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, after:
  • Both Pedro Pascal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach appeared on Star Wars shows on Disney+ with Pascal as Din Djarin / The Mandalorian on both The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett and Moss-Bachrach as Arvel Skeen on Andor.
  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach is the first jewish actor to played The Thing who's also jewish.
  • Both Vanessa Kirby and Joseph Quinn are the first non american actors to play both The Invisible Woman and The Human Torch who are american characters in the comics.
  • Joseph Quinn is the second Stranger Things actor to joined the MCU after David Harbour who appear in Black Widow.
  • Both Pedro Pascal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach appeared on Star Wars shows on Disney+ with Pascal as Din Djarin / The Mandalorian on both The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett and Moss-Bachrach as Arvel Skeen on Andor.
  • The first-live action appearance of H.E.R.B.I.E. He appeared in Fantastic Four, but his scenes were cut.
  • David Krumholtz campaigned to play Ben Grimm/The Thing.
  • The movie will be released 20 years after Fantastic Four (2005) and 10 years after Fantastic Four (2015).
  • Pedro Pascal and Joseph Quinn have appeared on separate seasons on Game of Thrones (2011) and have worked together in Gladiator 2 (2024). Ironic, Quinn beat out his co-star Paul Mescal who turned down the role of Johnny Storm/The Human Torch.
  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach is the first Jewish actor to played The Thing who's also Jewish.
  • Pedro Pascal dropped out of Weapons to worked on the movie.
  • Mason Gooding was campaigned and then later took his name off the list to play Johnny Storm/The Human Torch.

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Marvel Cinematic Universe
Phase 1 Iron Man | The Incredible Hulk | Iron Man 2 | Thor | Captain America: The First Avenger | The Avengers
Phase 2 Iron Man 3 | Thor: The Dark World | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers: Age of Ultron | Ant-Man
Phase 3 Captain America: Civil War | Doctor Strange | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Spider-Man: Homecoming | Thor: Ragnarok | Black Panther | Avengers: Infinity War
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Captain Marvel | Avengers: Endgame | Spider-Man: Far From Home
Phase 4 WandaVision | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Loki Season 1 | Black Widow | What If...? Season 1
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Eternals | Hawkeye | Spider-Man: No Way Home
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Ms. Marvel | Thor: Love and Thunder | I Am Groot
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | Werewolf by Night | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Phase 5 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Secret Invasion
Loki Season 2 | The Marvels | Echo | Deadpool 3
One-Shots The Consultant | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer | Item 47 | Agent Carter
All Hail the King
Pre-Production Other
Fantastic Four
Released Films Fantastic Four | Rise of the Silver Surfer
Related Films The Fantastic Four (1994) | Fantastic Four (2015)
Marvel Cinematic Universe Fantastic Four (2024)
Cancelled Films Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Sequel | Fantastic Four 2 | Doctor Doom
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