Summary
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige shares new details aboutThe Fantastic Four. The movie is one of the most anticipated projects in theMarvel Cinematic Universe. WithThe Fantastic Fourpart of theMCU’s 2025 movie slate, filming needs to begin soon. After many rumors about when the reboot of Marvel’s First Family would enter production, as well as if it would be set in the 1960s and/or an alternate universe, Feige chimes in with reveals and a tease.
OnThe Official Marvel Podcast,Kevin Feige confirmed thatThe Fantastic Fourwill begin filming on July 29 and that the movie is indeed a period piece. Feige also played coy about the movie’s alternate universe rumors. San Diego Comic-Con 2024 ends on July 28, meaningThe Fantastic Fourstarts filming on July 29. After Marvel released official concept art and a poster for the movie, fans were certain that the film took place in the 1960s. Feige has confirmed those rumors but only teasedThe Fantastic Four’s possible multiverse story. Check out the full quotes below:
“We start filming at the end of July… The day after [San Diego] Comic-Con is the first day of filming on Fantastic Four.”
“Yes, yes, very much so. It is a period.”
“There were a lot of smart people, who noticed that that cityscape didn’t look exactly like the New York that we know, or the New York that existed in the ’60s in our world. And those are smart observations, I’ll say.”
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The New York City inThe Fantastic Fourposter is retro-futuristic, and it would not fit in with what we know of the MCU’s past. As such, whileThe Fantastic Fourwill take place in the 1960s, it will most likely be somewhere else in the multiverse, not Earth-616. Besides the cityscape on the movie’s poster,The Fantastic Fourmultiverse theory also finds ground in the film’s Silver Surfer casting.
Instead of bringing in Norrin Radd, the most popular version of the character,The Fantastic Fourcast Julia Garner as the Shalla-Bal version of Silver Surfer. In the comics, the character was only the Silver Surfer in a series that took place on an alternate Earth, which adds to the list of hints the MCU movie could be exploring the multiverse.The Fantastic Fourbeing set in a new universe would be for the best, as it would explain why the team has never appeared before and would expand the MCU’s Multiverse Saga. With Feige’s tease, it becomes very likely.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Cast
The Fantastic 4: First Steps features Marvel’s First Family navigating their dual roles as superheroes and family members in a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world. They defend Earth from a formidable space god, Galactus, and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer, testing their familial bonds and heroic resolve.
