It's become obvious in recent weeks that it will take a miracle for Blade to meet its November 7, 2025 release date. Disney has also confirmed that only three MCU movies will be released a year moving forward, meaning 2025 will likely belong to Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and The Fantastic Four.
The latter hasn't even started shooting yet, leading to fears among fans that the reboot will slip from July and take Blade's place in November.
Now, though, we have a positive update from Human Torch actor Joseph Quinn. "I can’t say anything, they will come for the people I care about," he began before adding, "Gladiator is finished, that’s done. It was an amazing experience and we are about to start 'Fantastic Four' in the end of July."
His A Quiet Place: Day One co-star Lupita Nyong'o (Black Panther) was also on hand and, when Quinn was asked whether she could join him in The Fantastic Four, he replied, "We would be lucky to have her."
To that, Nyong'o joked, "I gave him the 10 commandments of Marvel."
"I’ve met Ebon [Moss-Bachrach] very briefly, Vanessa I have lots of mutual friends with," Quinn recently said of his co-stars. He already knows Pedro Pascal because they've worked on Ridley Scott's Gladiator sequel together, but there's one cast member, in particular, he's thrilled to share the screen with: John Malkovich.
"He’s one of my all-timers," he acknowledged, before later revealing that he'd been for a costume fitting and started training for his superhero transformation into the Fantastic Four's heartthrob.
"I’m eating stuff and lifting things. I’m working with someone great - if you’d cast someone as a personal trainer, you’d cast him, he’s a rhinoceros of a man," Quinn noted. "He’s very good at his job, he gets me to do the things I don’t want to do. You can’t think. You just have to go with it."
Check out the full interview with the MCU's Johnny Storm 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.