FANTASTIC FOUR: Marvel Studios Reboot Will Reportedly Be "Up And Running" Sooner Than Expected

FANTASTIC FOUR: Marvel Studios Reboot Will Reportedly Be "Up And Running" Sooner Than Expected

We have another update on when Marvel Studios plans to get cameras rolling on Marvel Studios' Fantastic Four reboot, but does this mean that long-awaited casting announcement is imminent? Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Jan 06, 2024 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Fantastic Four
Source: John Rocha

We'd hoped to end 2023 with some solid Fantastic Four casting news. Instead, Pedro Pascal remains a likely contender to play Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (he's the only actor revealed by the trades to be in talks for the role), and beyond that...well, it depends on who you believe. 

It's looking likely we'll see Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as the Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The Thing. Meanwhile, Antonio Banderas, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Mads Mikkelsen are among those who could take on Marvel's First Family as the reboot's big bads. 

An official casting announcement has to be somewhere on the horizon (we're beginning to lose hope), and a small update about Marvel Studios' Fantastic Four plans has now been revealed by insider Jeff Sneider. 

Talking on John Rocha's podcast, he revealed that the studio's top priorities are finding a director for Spider-Man 4, righting the ship with Captain America: Brave New World, and getting work "up and running" on Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four

In the latter's case, Sneider expects that to be by mid-March; it sounds like he was referring to shooting beginning by then, so here's hoping we're days, and not weeks or months, away from learning who will play the MCU's most famous foursome. 

"I’m not so much looking at the other movies," director Matt Shakman said about his approach to Fantastic Four last year. "I'm looking at the comics themselves. I'm a huge comic book fan. I’ve been a big fan of the Fantastic Four since I was a kid. So going back to Kirby and Lee and Byrne and following all the way up to what's happening, certainly Hickman and Wade and Ryan North, what he's been doing.|

"I'm trying to figure out who these characters are to me and how to bring them to life in the best possible way, and that's really where I've started and how we've approached it."

The Fantastic Four, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, debuted in 1961. The team is comprised of Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Susan Storm (Invisible Woman), Johnny Storm (Human Torch), and Ben Grimm (The Thing). They gained superpowers during a space mission, becoming Marvel's first family of superheroes.

Reed is the brilliant stretchy strategist, Sue has invisibility and force field powers, Johnny controls fire, and while Ben possesses super strength, he's also covered by rock. The team confronts cosmic threats, explores alternate dimensions, and battles iconic foes like Doctor Doom. Their groundbreaking stories revolutionized superhero comics, emphasizing family dynamics and sci-fi adventures.

Director Matt Shakman has worked with both Avatar: The Way of Water co-writer Josh Friedman and WandaVision's Cam Squires on the latest draft of Fantastic Four's screenplay. The movie is currently scheduled to be released in theaters on May 2, 2025.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/6/2024, 10:17 AM
Some of these could happen, I doubt it though. Glad to see you have Pedro as likely contender, everyone is slowly walking back their "confirmed" rumor lol what a shock
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/6/2024, 10:18 AM
I wish they would use a different universe for F4 and mutants, trying to fit everything into it's neat space in the MCU seems like a headache
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 1/6/2024, 1:27 PM
@bobevanz - Maybe the will? Maybe Secret Wars will connect them for a common goal and they can go back to their own timelines. I dont know. I hate multiverse stuff. In the comics it was what turned me off, and it is doing the same thing in the movies. Sigh.
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 1/6/2024, 7:32 PM
@Shivermetimbers - Same. I enjoy some of it. Like I think Loki has handled it well but I feel like the overarching story is getting a little too convoluted. Time travel and multiverse concepts are just too gimmicky.

I still enjoy the MCU. But I have to admit I'd much rather stories be grounded in one cohesive universe.
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 1/7/2024, 12:28 AM
@bobevanz - im starting to think they are playing the long game on this reveal is because the first time we see them, they will be in their f4 suits
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/6/2024, 10:20 AM
Marvel Studios don't sound Dead to Me.

"Talking on John Rocha's podcast, he revealed that the studio's top priorities are finding a director for Spider-Man 4, righting the ship with Captain America: Brave New World, and getting work "up and running" on Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four."
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/6/2024, 10:42 AM
@AllsGood - The MCU



And if they have anymore duds

AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/6/2024, 10:50 AM
@marvel72 -
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/6/2024, 10:53 AM
@AllsGood - I don't want it fail, I want it to be good again, like phases 1-3 but 90% of the current MCU is bad and people aren't interested anymore.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/6/2024, 5:10 PM
@AllsGood - John Rocha is a Campea lackey with zero actual sources.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 1/6/2024, 10:26 AM
I hope the bar isn't low because that last reboot of F4 dropped the bar to the floor.
StSteven
StSteven - 1/6/2024, 5:56 PM
@lazlodaytona - More accurately I would say that it dropped the bar to a weak spot on the floor where it fell through the floor, through the ceiling of the apartment below it, and on down through the next 4 apartments until it landed in a dumpster full of dirty diapers and broken glass in the basement (I was just watching “Home Alone 2” last night with the family so it’s still fresh in my mind 😉)..
CaptainCheese
CaptainCheese - 1/6/2024, 10:36 AM
Fantastic Four and X-men are the only characters the MCU fans want to see. It's the only thing that will save Disney from it's tailspin crash. Stop "F" tier character shows and films. No one wants to see them. The reason Guardians worked back in the day was you had a solid roll of films. And you had a director and writer that knew the characters inside and out.
ElvenKingSlayer
ElvenKingSlayer - 1/8/2024, 12:54 PM
@CaptainCheese - And with the right people it can be done again. Sure some characters are better than others but I've read some runs with Dardevil, Spider-man, Batman that were really bad. Not because of the characters but because of the people involved. Same thing with movies. Not all Batman movies are great. Stop trying to simplify things. The solution will never be "A" tier characters.
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 1/6/2024, 1:06 PM
This is a bullshit article.
Casting HASN'T been finalized, march won't be the beginning of shooting and F4 won't make that release date.

These scoopers can go and fakk themselves.
Articles on rumors & scoopers are worthless.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 1/6/2024, 2:01 PM
There is literally nothing new in this piece of "news," some or the quotes are stale and now being recycled, and the casting is pure rumor. I am one of the hundreds of suckers because I clicked.
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 1/6/2024, 3:29 PM
I wonder what we’ll see first. A Spawn movie or a FF movie.
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 1/6/2024, 4:20 PM
I just can’t see Pedro as Mr Fantastic
Usernametaken
Usernametaken - 1/6/2024, 7:15 PM
going back to Kirby and Lee and Byrne and following all the way up to what's happening, certainly Hickman and Wade and Ryan North, what he's been doing.

For the past 17 years, a good chunk of the MCU was lifted from Millar's Ultimate comics, so it's crazy that he is NEVER named.



MotherFuckerJon
MotherFuckerJon - 1/6/2024, 8:28 PM
This feels rushed and it feels like there is a lot of executive interference going on here. I hope I'm wrong and we get the Fantastic Four movie we deserve. They are slated to shoot in a couple of months and we still have no cast, that concerns me.
BeNice123
BeNice123 - 1/6/2024, 8:42 PM
Its being rushed again! And the actors dont go well with the characters. Someone needs to take a step back and make sure they know what the [frick] theyre doing!!!
Nolanite
Nolanite - 1/6/2024, 9:21 PM
The MCU is one huge pile of shit all packed into one small bag. Alot of characters existing in one bag yet are left hanging with plot holes,and no chance to reprise their roles.
Nolanite out
Kozmik
Kozmik - 1/7/2024, 12:11 AM
Gotta admit that using the comics as a basis for the movie is a lot more unlikely than it needs to be.
hainesy
hainesy - 1/7/2024, 10:12 AM
I think they need to skip the FF origin and just cover it with a flashback or opening credits montage. We need a move with they are in uniform for most of it. I also love the idea of it being set in the 60s and then jumping to modern times via an incursion or something.
Thanos4Lyfe
Thanos4Lyfe - 1/7/2024, 2:23 PM
I'm for taking the whole idea of everything and balling it up and shoving it up any Disney executive's butthole. Unpopular opinion : EVERYTHING post Endgame is absolute garbage except SM-NWH and What If. Yeah, that includes Loki. He didn't truly deserve such an arc. Every single good thing he did was to right a bad thing he had already done. Loki died at the hand of Thanos. He only "attempted" and I use that term loosely, to kill Thanos because he had screwed up taking the Tesseract on Asgard. The Loki we got in the series was not the same obviously. A variant that who knows what all he had done. And became the "God of Stories" (lol) sacrificing his life for the wrongs of someone else. More like "Loki.. the product of an egotistical writer".

Oh, and GotG3 was mid at best. Haha

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