(Left) Pedro Pascal as Maxwell “Max Lord” Lorenzano in ‘Wonder Woman 1984.’ Photo: Warner Bros. (Center Left) Vanessa Kirby at the Netflix Original Series world premiere of ‘The Crown.’ November 1st 2016. London UK. (Center Right) Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Rochard “Richie” Jerimovich in ‘The Bear.’ Photo: Courtesy of FX. (Right) Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson in ‘Stranger Things.’ Photo Courtesy of Netflix © 2022.
Preview:
- Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach are the new Fantastic Four
- Their casting is not much of a surprise given rumors.
- Matt Shakman is directing the movie.
Happy Valentine’s Day from Marvel! The studio has decided to set fans hearts at rest after months (in some cases years) of casting rumours and officially announced the cast for its ‘Fantastic Four’ movie –– at least, the introduction of the famous super-team into the MCU.
In a new tweet featuring illustrated versions of the cast in character, the studio revealed that ‘The Last of Us’/‘Mandalorian’ star Pedro Pascal, ‘The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby, ‘Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn and ‘The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach have nabbed the lead roles. None of them are particularly big surprises, as their names have cropped up in the swirling rumor storm.
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Who are the Fantastic Four?
Marvel’s Fantastic Four. Photo courtesy of Pinterest.
Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm/The Human Torch and Ben Grimm/The Thing are key players in the pages of Marvel, known as the “First Family”, and introduced in 1961. They are among most anticipated characters (alongside the X-Men) to be included in the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe.
They’re canonically exposed to galactic radiation and end up cursed/blessed (depending on how you view it) with strange abilities. Reed can stretch his body in a variety of ways, Sue can turn invisible and generate forcefields, Johnny’s body becomes engulfed in flame (and he can fly), while Grimm becomes a rock-covered, incredibly strong creature.
And to be clear here, Pascal will be Reed, Kirby’s playing Sue, Quinn is taking the role of Johnny and Moss-Bachrach will be Ben.
They’ve been brought to screens before –– an unauthorized Roger Cormanversion floats around the internet after being traded on bootleg videos years ago, and then there were the Fox efforts, 2005’s ‘Fantastic Four’ and 2007 sequel ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer’. They were followed by the dark, gritty and unsuccessful reboot in 2015.
Who is making the ‘Fantastic Four’ movie?
‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ director and executive producer Matt Shakman. Photo: Apple TV+.
Matt Shakman, one of the key directors on ‘WandaVision’, is overseeing the new film.
This one has been in development for a long time now, with Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer among those who have worked on drafts of the script. ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ co-writer Josh Friedman is crafting the latest version.
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When will ‘Fantastic Four’ be in theaters?
Disney and Marvel have decided to switch the release dates around for ‘Fantastic Four’ and ‘Thunderbolts’.
‘Fantastic Four’ is moving back a few months to July 25th, 2025, while ‘Thunderbolts’ inherits its old date of May 2nd, 2025.
Marvel Studio’s ‘Fantastic Four.’