The tape that will start Phase 6 of Marvel changes writers, but maintains its release date, Valentine’s Day, and its director.
Since Walt Disney Company bought 21st Century Fox Marvel fans They have been waiting for the return of the Fantastic fourthis time inside Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The team of Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and the Thing formed – together with the X-Men and Deadpool- one of the few groups among comic book superheroes that still remained outside of MCUand we are all looking forward to seeing you interact with the avengers.
The news was confirmed in 2019 when the Marvel CEO Kevin Feigeofficially announced that the studio would be developing a new movie of the Fantastic four. And she is going to be directed by the same man who relaunched Spider-Man at the MCU, Jon Wattsso the production could not start better.
This is all we know about the reboot of ‘The Fantastic Four’.
Release date
Although it has been more than three years since the project was announced, the new film by Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and the Thing it is still in the early stages of development. Even so, the San Diego Comic Con 2022 offered us two very juicy facts: the film would be released on November 6, 2024 and will be in charge of giving the starting signal to the UCM Phase 6. However, it didn’t take long for it to be pushed back to February 14, 2025. Will it be a romantic movie or pure fluke on the busy schedule?
Synopsis
Created in 1961 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in ‘Fantastic Four #1’this group of superheroes is one of the foundations of MarvelTogether with the Avengers and the X-Men. Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm They acquired their superpowers aboard a space rocket that was affected by cosmic radiation. because of the accident Reed acquired elasticity, sue the ability to render himself invisible and manipulate force fields, Johnny could control fire and fly and Ben he looked like a rock monster.
However, the origin story of the Fantastic four is so well known by the fans that Marvel you may prefer to take the already established team and pit it head-on against a supervillain.
The most recurring supervillain of the Fantastic four is he Doctor Doombut at the end of ‘Loki‘ we have already come across an alternative version of another famous enemy of the superhero group. Is about Kang the Conquerora villain capable of traveling through time that we already know we will meet again in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantummania‘.
Distribution
Nothing is known about the new actors of the Fantastic four, although it seems ruled out that any of the actors from the 2005 films, and its sequel, or from the unfortunate 2015 reboot will reappear in the main roles. From here, the casting of the film is a big unknown.
The fans are asking that John Krasinski and Emily Bluntthe main couple of ‘A peaceful place‘, respectively interpret the Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Marvel agreed and krasinski was one of the confirmed cameos of ‘Doctor Strange 2’but blunt he admitted that they were nothing more than good wishes from the fans. On the other hand, other rumors say that Jennifer Lawrence could join ‘The Fantastic Four’. Later, the name of Penn Badgley (‘You’) as Reed Richards and Jodie Cormer (‘Killing Eve’) as Sue Storm.
Of all the speculations, the one that seems most plausible is the appearance of Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror. Majors He has already played an alternate version of the character in ‘Loki‘ and was officially introduced in ‘ant man 3‘like next Thanos. his character, Kangin the comics he has fought the Fantastic four already the avengers On numerous occasions.
Director and scriptwriters
The first name linked to the reboot of the Fantastic four for him Marvel Cinematic Universe It already indicated the importance that the studio is giving to the project and the tone they want to give it. It was about J.on Wattsthe director of all the films of spider-man inside of the MCU who has become famous for knowing how to combine adolescent comedy linked to Peter Parker with the superhero cinema of his alter ego, but in April 2022 we knew the news that watts he got off the movie to take a breather after the three arachnid movies.
The D23 Expo 2022 has allowed us to know the name of the director who will have the difficult task of relaunching what is known as “the first family” marvelite: it’s about the television Matt Shakman (‘The Good Wife’, ‘Game of Thrones’). Attention, because shakeman is not ignorant of MCUsince he was in charge of directing all the episodes of the “brilliant”, “delusional” and “weird” ‘Scarlet Witch and Vision’one of the best series of Marvel in Disney+if not the best.
As for the scriptwriters, in Marvel initially chose Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer but according to The Hollywood Reporterhas been replaced by Josh Friedmannof ‘snowpierce‘. In addition to adapting the film from bong jong ho television, he has also been involved in ‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’.
