To say the Fantastic Four haven’t had much luck at the box office is putting it mildly — there have been three attempts so far at translating Marvel’s First Family to screen, the first of them so cheap and rushed that it entered bad movie infamy and its existence eventually became a plot point on Arrested Development. But now that Disney solidly owns the property, they can establish some quality control and push out the first non-embarrassing F4 adaption in history.
Today they announced all the roles have been cast, and they’re all people from your favorite shows and movies! Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian, The Last Of Us) will lead charge as Reed, Vanessa Kirby (Mission Impossible: Fallout) has been cast as Sue, Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things) is Johnny, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear) will play The Thing. Here’s an artist’s rendering of what that should look like:
Based on elements of the drawing, we don’t expect the basic elements of their origin to change much. The Fantastic Four were a team of astronauts: science genius Reed Richards, his girlfriend Sue Storm, her brother Johnny Storm, and their friend Ben Grimm. One unlucky day they were bombarded with cosmic radiation — or maybe it was lucky after all, because when they returned to Earth they discovered they now had superpowers.
Reed can stretch his body (this is believed to be the reason why Marvel wouldn’t let Ms. Marvel stretch HER body; they didn’t want two stretchy people). Sue can turn invisible and cast shields, Johnny can shoot and manipulate fire, and Ben mutated into The Thing, a gruff rocky indestructible humanoid. Shortly afterward, this dictator in an iron mask named Dr. Doom started bothering the Earth and they had a reason to start using their powers.
Marvel’s Fantastic Four is currently scheduled to open in theaters July 25, 2025.
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