No comic book franchise has ever had so many failed attempts at jumping to the silver screen than The Fantastic Four. Will The Fantastic Four: First Steps break that curse? With a cast led by Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic, gorgeous visuals, a '60s vibe, and a bit of humor, it might just be a hit. You can tell by the first teaser that they are leaning into the family theme pretty heavily. The Fantastic Four: First Steps is, of course, an origin story, and is the 37th movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It will also be the first of the MCU's "phase six," in case anyone is keeping up with that. We'll meet Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic, Sue Storm, aka the Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch, and Ben Grimm, aka The Thing when the movie opens on July 25th, 2025. -via Nag on the Lake
Newest 2 Comments
It's weird that I'm just noticing this now, but out of all the superheroes ever, my least favorites are these ones. My favorites are more like the latest teevee versions of Daredevil and Jessica Jones, and the movie version of Wolverine. The characters in the Sandman books and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen books, and maybe the Tom Strong comic books. The Fantastic Four's powers are not really desirable. They're like the unfortunate B-grade freakish power people in the Wild Cards book series. Ben, especially. I remember talking with my stepbrother at the barbershop after school, about what Ben's private parts might look like under his breechcloth-thing, and what it must be like for him to use a toilet, and what exactly would come out? Rocks? The stretchy woman in The Incredibles is nice, but the Incredibles is fun and funny. The Fantastic Four are trying to be serious. It's hard to identify with them. And the Invisible Girl is always being captured, and then Johnny and Ben have a stupid argument over who gets to rescue her.
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)
I swear I must be the only one who liked the Tim Story FF movies. I don’t get it.
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)