THE FANTASTIC FOUR Star Joseph Quinn Confirms [SPOILER] Appears; Vanessa Kirby Reveals Pregnancy At CCXPMX 25

THE FANTASTIC FOUR Star Joseph Quinn Confirms [SPOILER] Appears; Vanessa Kirby Reveals Pregnancy At CCXPMX 25

The Fantastic Four: First Steps star Joseph Quinn has confirmed at CCXPMX 25 that the movie will feature another classic comic book villain. Vanessa Kirby, meanwhile, has revealed her real-life pregnancy!

By JoshWilding - Jun 01, 2025 10:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Fantastic Four

We've long suspected that The Fantastic Four: First Steps will include Mole Man, but his presence in the movie has now been confirmed by Human Torch actor, Joseph Quinn. 

It's unclear whether Harvey Elder will appear solely in the rumoured montage of previous battles the team has been involved in or if the villain and his monsters somehow factor into Galactus' attack on Earth. We also don't know who plays him, though Paul Walter Hauser is a likely candidate. 

"It's a certainly a very stacked cast," Quinn told fans at CCXPMX 25. "We've got a lot of fantastic characters in there. There's also Mole Man, who's wonderful in it, but Galactus is the big bad."

"He's the big, evil, planet-gobbling space God. And he's played brilliantly by the wonderful Ralph [Ineson]," Quinn added. "Silver Surfer, played by the wonderful Julia Garner...we're very lucky to work with her. She's excellent in the film. There [are] lots of brilliant characters." 

Mole Man, also known as Harvey Rupert Elder, was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby and first appeared in Fantastic Four #1 in 1961. 

After being ridiculed and rejected by his peers for his theories about there being a legendary land at the Earth's core, Elder ventured into the depths of the Earth and encountered a subterranean race known as the Moloids. He was hailed as their ruler and adopted the moniker "Mole Man."

Pedro Pascal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Vanessa Kirby were also on hand to promote The Fantastic Four: First Steps, but the latter surprised everyone by revealing a real-life pregnancy bump. 

While our congratulations go out to the Mission: Impossible star, some fans have wondered what this means for Avengers: Doomsday. Scarlett Johansson was pregnant while shooting 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Black Widow still had a lead role in the movie, so we've no doubt that Marvel Studios has taken that into account and scheduled accordingly. 

Pascal confirmed at the event that he's returning to London today to continue filming Doomsday, while Kirby is believed to have been among the actors recently in Bahrain. Avengers: Secret Wars, meanwhile, likely won't begin shooting for another year or so. 

Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family—Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they face their most daunting challenge yet.

Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.

Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, and Natasha Lyonne have been cast in mystery roles. Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom is rumoured to appear, though that's surely a given with Avengers: Doomsday on the way.

Director Matt Shakman worked with both Avatar: The Way of Water co-writer Josh Friedman and WandaVision's Cam Squires on The Fantastic Four: First Steps' screenplay, with Eric Pearson (Black Widow) later coming on board for a final polish.

The movie is set to be released in theaters on July 25, 2025.

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DarkeyeZ
DarkeyeZ - 6/1/2025, 10:13 AM
Can't wait for this.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 6/1/2025, 10:40 AM
"Quinn added. "Silver Surfer, played by the wonderful Julia Garner...we're very lucky to work with her. She's excellent in the film."

Ew, man.

Can we not give any praise to the decision to throw Norrin in the trash and replace him with genderswap?

Why don't we make Superwoman, Batwoman, X-Women, male Storm, Gene Grey, Ms. Swamp Thing, and Wonder Man (the Amazonian prince) while we're at it?
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/1/2025, 10:52 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Marvel Studios is UNBEATABLE! Give it up you Lost Big MAGA Loser :)

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SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 6/1/2025, 10:52 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - So, according to you, Peggy Carter was a gender-swapped Captain America in MoM? Surely, you mustn't think that Miles Morales was race-swapped in Into the Spider-Verse...

Damn it, they even gender-swapped Superman in The Flash! How dare they...
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 6/1/2025, 11:08 AM
I can’t wait for the reboot. Hopefully they’ll have a pretty Sue Storm (finally).
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/1/2025, 11:21 AM
@SpiderParker - lol you joke, but that is exactly how his brain works
LebaneseSpidey1
LebaneseSpidey1 - 6/1/2025, 11:28 AM
@SpiderParker -
Buddy have you actually read why BMB created this Miles character. Trust me you want be happy about it. And also we all know this miles guy won’t be as popular as the OG the real Spidey anyway. This MAGA guy is actually right on this issue(FACT).*
But Peggy is not a genderswap because it’s a new character and the most important thing the INTENTION of the writers on creating this new character was: we want to make a new cool female badass character which resonates with the audience that’s it :)
Their is no agenda in it.
That’s it bro just wanted to say that ;D
*p.s. I’m non political so please don’t think that I’m on the left,right,middle or whatelse there is. I just vote for the lesser evil like the silent majority always do.
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 6/1/2025, 12:03 PM
@AllsGood - last time I checked trump won or was I wrong
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/1/2025, 12:25 PM
@AllsNotGood - Even Trump Administration is Diverse and Supports Black Americans.

Your NOTHING like Trump.
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 6/1/2025, 12:41 PM
@AllsGood - diverse unlike you who posts the same comment on every page
dragon316
dragon316 - 6/1/2025, 1:42 PM
@TheNewYorker - she is pretty looking but someone who looks close reed age gap not 20 younger be nice compared to pedro she look like someone 20 and Pedro is 40-50
Patient2670
Patient2670 - 6/1/2025, 2:17 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Wow, An actor praises his co-worker and this is how you react. "Ew, man." If I didn't believe that most of what you say is an act, crying out for attention, I might think you'd make for an interesting psychological case study.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/1/2025, 2:52 PM
@LebaneseSpidey1 - He meant Peggy Carter as Captain Britain in Doctor Strange: In The Multiverse of Madness (or as Captain America in the comics, What If...?, Exiles, etc)
Mandalorian47
Mandalorian47 - 6/1/2025, 10:17 AM
So is malkovich or hauser mole man ?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 6/1/2025, 10:41 AM
@Mandalorian47 -

Yes. 🙂

Most people say Hauser is Mole Man.

And most people say Malkovich is a different character.
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/1/2025, 12:17 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Malkovich might be Red Ghost.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/1/2025, 2:53 PM
@Mandalorian47 - Hoping beyond hope that it's Danny DeVito.
LuquePL
LuquePL - 6/1/2025, 10:26 AM
Well Pedro do his job for real with baby ?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 6/1/2025, 10:41 AM
@LuquePL -

What do you mean?
Cap1
Cap1 - 6/1/2025, 10:26 AM
Being pregnant in the marketing tour for a movie where you’re character’s pregnant is such a flex
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 6/1/2025, 10:42 AM
@Cap1 -

Kinda cringe that anyone would fall for it, especially since so much of the movie looks crap and unworthy of spending $5-100 at a theater.
Cap1
Cap1 - 6/1/2025, 10:46 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - ah yes, creating a fake human child to promote the new Fantastic Four movie. This is what’s gonna tip it into the billions, ur right
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/1/2025, 11:23 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - omg it never ends
Rpendo
Rpendo - 6/1/2025, 1:50 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - no one likes you and you should feel badly about being the kind of person you are.

Touch grass, virgin.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/1/2025, 10:29 AM
Lolz, desperate marvel once again by voiding this movie of surprises and announcing mole man. Well, as if the GA will give attention.

And that baby bump will be another lame reason by the marvel tards on why doomsday failed 😅 "we lost another girl boss because kirby was pregnant and had a limited role"
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 6/1/2025, 11:27 AM
@vectorsigma - you’re a tool bag.
Rpendo
Rpendo - 6/1/2025, 1:53 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - did seeing that make you feel funny feelings downstairs, virgin?
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/1/2025, 10:35 AM
The Fantastic Four: First Steps star Joseph Quinn has confirmed.

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MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 6/1/2025, 10:45 AM
@AllsGood -

Ew. No.

He also praised fake non canon fan film Shalla.

Millions are walking away from this dreck for Pedro Richards and Shalla alone.

Millions of others are walking away because of those two, and Johnny, Thing, Susan, and other mistakes made by the woke activist filmmakers.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/1/2025, 10:59 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea -

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AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 6/1/2025, 12:04 PM
@AllsGood - confirmed what exactly
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 6/1/2025, 12:05 PM
@AllsGood - you don't believe in diversity because you post the same GIFs. There was a reason you got kicked off this site doubled
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/1/2025, 12:29 PM
@AllsNotGood - WAKE UP! Even Trumps Administration is Diverse and defends black Americans.

Your NOTHING like President Trump.
Patient2670
Patient2670 - 6/1/2025, 2:31 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Shalla actually is canon, just not what you wanted. Pedro is currently one of the most in demand actors working. Judging by all the attention this film is getting (both negative and positive), nobody has walked away from it. In particular, you. You're so heavily invested in this movie, it's like you put money into it yourself. You're even making sure Josh gets paid, every time you click to comment. So, once again, your attempts to boycott people and things, is actually profiting them. Keep up the good work.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/1/2025, 10:44 AM
Marvel Studios Long Overdue.

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vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/1/2025, 10:46 AM
@AllsGood - will be fodder only in this movie unfortunately
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 6/1/2025, 10:49 AM
@AllsGood -

More overdue:

A great Fantastic Four movie.

Too bad woke Marxist liberal activists refuse to even try to make one.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/1/2025, 10:55 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea -
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Batmangina
Batmangina - 6/1/2025, 11:01 AM
@AllsGood - Jack Kirby when FF is released:

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AllsGood
AllsGood - 6/1/2025, 11:03 AM
@vectorsigma -
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