The head of Marvel, Kevin Feigerecently provided a particular update on the reboot of The Fantastic Four (Fantastic Four) and confirmed that the new film will be set in the 60s, in a different universe than the previous events of the MCU.
The announcement was made during the first episode of The Official Marvel Podcast. In addition, Feige took the opportunity to confirm that filming will begin at the end of July, with a team led by the director Matt Shakman. Filming will begin exactly the day after Comic-Con [Internacional: San Diego]”.
This is what Feige said about the new narrative that the Fantastic Four film will explore:
“There was a promotional poster we released with Johnny Storm flying in the air and forming a four symbol, with a cityscape in the corner of that image. And there were many people who noticed that that city didn’t exactly look like the New York we know, or the one that existed in the 60s in our world. Those are some very, very smart observations.”Feige revealed.
The actors who will play the heroic quartet are made up of Peter Pascal as Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach like Ben Grimm (The Thing).
This is the first time that The Fantastic Four They are presented in the cinema under the seal of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It should be remembered that 20th Century Fox produced its own version in 2005, continued by The Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer. In 2015 he tried to repeat his formula with a reboot, although it did not have the expected success.
In a recent interview with People, Joseph Quinn, 30, commented that he has not yet had the opportunity to speak with the actors who previously played his character, Chris Evans and Michael B. Jordanbut admits that “he has big boots to fill.”
Referring to his predecessors, he said: “They are both brilliant actors and did an incredible job with their portrayal of Johnny. So I think it’s a matter of trying to find something that comes out of me.”
In addition to the protagonists, Ralph Ineson will play Galactus, the central villain of this installment. He is a cosmic entity of immense power, known as the Devourer of Worlds. His main function is to consume planets to quench their life energy, and he first appeared in issue #48 of the comic (1966), created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Other cast members are Julia Garner, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne and Paul Walter Hauser in roles not yet specified. The director in charge, Matt Shakman (In search of the murderer), assured that the next adaptation will be “different in many ways.”
“I wish I could say more. But we’re doing things very differently from a story point of view, from a cinematic approach that really fits the material. But I think it will be different from anything you’ve seen before, and certainly different from anything you’ve seen in the MCU before.“, he stressed.
Marvel has been working on this project since 2019, after acquiring the rights to the characters through its deal with Fox. Feige confirmed the film at San Diego Comic-Con shortly after. Anticipation increased with the brief appearance of John Krasinski as an alternate version of Reed Richards in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesswho was quickly killed.
