Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has appeared as a guest on the first edition of the Official Marvel Podcast. While there were few talking points beyond his excitement for Deadpool & Wolverine, we do have a significant update on The Fantastic Four.
After praising filmmaker Matt Shakman (WandaVision), Feige revealed, "We start shooting at the end of July. The day after Comic-Con [International: San Diego] is the first day of filming on Fantastic Four."
Does that close the door on Marvel's First Family assembling in Hall H? Seeing as Feige also confirmed that production is set to take place in London, we wouldn't bank on anything more than a video message...assuming Marvel Studios event attends the event!
Elsewhere in the interview, the executive confirmed that The Fantastic Four takes place in an alternate-reality 1960s.
"Yes, yes, very much so. It is a period," he revealed. "There were a lot of smart people, who noticed that that cityscape didn't look exactly like the New York that we know, or that existed in the '60s in our world. Those are smart observations, I'll say."
"I'm extremely excited by it because I think [the Fantastic Four] are mainstays, are legendary pillars of the Marvel Universe that we've never gotten to play with or explore in a significant way outside of Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness and a few fun teases before, in the way that we're doing it in that film," Feige added. "So I'm extremely excited for that."
Asked which upcoming MCU projects he's most excited about, Feige namedropped The Fantastic Four and the next two Avengers movies. He also said Wonder Man is "extremely different than anything we've done before."
You can listen to the full interview with Feige in the player below.
Marvel Studios has announced that Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/The Thing) will lead The Fantastic Four cast. Julia Garner has also joined the reboot as Shalla-Bal/Silver Surfer.
Recent additions to the cast include Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, and Natasha Lyonne in mystery roles, along with Ralph Ineson as the villainous Galactus.
Director Matt Shakman worked with both Avatar: The Way of Water co-writer Josh Friedman and WandaVision's Cam Squires on The Fantastic Four's screenplay, with Eric Pearson (Black Widow) recently coming on board for a final polish.
The movie is set to be released in theaters on July 25, 2025.