If you’re looking forward to the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot, here is what we know so far, and when it’s coming out as part of the 2025 movie schedule.
When it comes to Marvel Cinematic Universe upcoming movies, there are truly so many amazing things happening, and now, a new Fantastic Four film is happening.
It’s been attempted before, but despite the IP not having a super great track record with films, we’re getting yet another adaptation, titled The Fantastic Four: First Steps. This is what we know so far.
What Is The Fantastic Four: First Steps Release Date?
The Fantastic Four: First Steps has a release date of July 25, 2025, according to Marvel. We are officially less than six months away, as of updating this in February 2025. I’m so excited!!
Check Out The Fantastic Four: First Steps Trailer
IT’S HERE!!!! After years of speculation, months of filming, and casting announcements up the wazoo, we finally have the trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps. We get our first look at the team that we have so desperately craved to see, as well as them preparing to head to space and – oh, is that Galactus? I am so excited. Check it out above!
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Cast
This cast is about to be dynamite. Here is who will be playing who in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, starting off with the main team:
Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards
Pedro Pascal will play Reed Richards, the leader of the group in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The actor has received praise for his role in The Last of Us on HBO, but has appeared in a variety of other movies and shows like Game of Thrones, Narcos and more.
Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm
Vanessa Kirby will portray Sue Storm in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The actress has appeared in Napoleon, The Crow, Hobbs & Shaw, The Mission: Impossible film franchise and more.
The actress even had the chance to speak about her time as the character in an interview with Entertainment Tonight in September 2024 and how much she loved playing Sue Storm:
It’s quite surreal. I’m loving [Sue]. I love her so much. I love her in the comics, I’m honored to play her. I love Ebon, Joe, and Pedro. We’re having a great time.
From the trailer, she already looks the part of Sue – I can’t wait to see her pull this off.
Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm
Joseph Quinn will play Johnny Storm. The actor gained fame for his portrayal of Stranger Things Season 4 all-star, Eddie Munson, and also had a role in A Quiet Place: Day One.
Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm
Ebon Moss-Bachrach is confirmed to appear as Ben Grimm, otherwise known as “the Thing” in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The actor is primarily known for his role in The Bear cast, but also held a minor role in the No Hard Feelings cast in 2023.
Julia Garner as Silver Surfer
Julia Garner will play the Shalla-Bal version of Silver Surfer in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The actress is primarily known for her role in the hit Netflix series, Ozark, as well as starring in the miniseries, Inventing Anna.
In an interview with Comicbook in January 2025, Garner even spoke about how exciting making the movie was and that she’s eager to just be a “little part” of the huge MCU:
I mean, just how big it is. It’s a big universe, and I feel so grateful I get to be a little part of it to be honest.
Silver Surfer is a pretty instrumental piece of the F4 IP, so I’m eager to see how she plays it.
Ralph Ineson as Galactus
Ralph Ineson will play Galactus, a famous Marvel villain who can eat the life force of planets and will be the main antagonist of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Ineson is known for his roles in movies like The Witch (one of the best A24 horror movies), The First Omen and more.
Paul Walter Hauser
Casted in an undisclosed role is Paul Walter Hause. Hauser appeared in the smash hit, Inside Out 2, as well as TV shows like The Afterparty, Black Bird, Cobra Kai and more.
John Malkovich
John Malkovich will have a role that is still underwraps right now. Malkovich has appeared in films such as Being John Malkovich, In the Line of Fire, Places of the Heart, Ripley’s Game, Of Mice and Men, Dangerous Liaisons and more.
Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Lyonne will be in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Like a few others here, her character name is not known just yet. Lyonne has appeared in several movies and TV shows. She was a part of the Orange is the New Black cast, and starred in Poker Face, a critically acclaimed television show on Peacock.
Sarah Niles
It’s also been confirmed from Marvel that Sarah Niles will have a role in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Her character has not been confirmed yet. She’s appeared in shows such as Ted Lasso and Catastrophe, as well as I May Destroy You, Riches and more.
RUMORED – Robert Downey Jr. As Doctor Doom
The legendary MCU veteran made headlines back in July 2024 when it was confirmed Robert Downey Jr. would return but as a different character – one that’s Doctor Doom. But there’s been a rumor going around that he could come back as early as The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
An industry insider, @MyTimeToShineH said on Twitter (via GameRant) that Downey Jr. might appear in the upcoming film, but keep in mind that this is only a rumor, and we have nothing else to go off of just yet.
Talk about a stacked cast. I’m so eager to see what all of them have to bring to the table.
What Is The Fantastic Four: First Steps Going To Be About?
Thanks to the release of the trailer, we finally have some idea of what The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be about:
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Will Follow The Team To Space To Take On Galactus
According to the logline from Marvel, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is going to be a truly out-of-this-world fight – literally.
Set in the 1960s in a “retro-futaristic world,” the movie will follow Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, The Thing and Human Torch as they balance their bond as a family and the need to “defend Earth” from a space god known as Galactus who intends to devour the entire Earth, as well as his “enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.”
I mean, my god. Talk about big stakes – and I am here for it.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Will Not Be An ‘Origin Story’
Fantastic Four is not going to be an origin story. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kevin Feige confirmed in an interview with the outlet in 2022 that the studio was taking the story in a different direction, and we wouldn’t be given an origin story like in many other superhero movies. Feige said:
A lot of people know this origin. A lot of people know the basics. How do we take that and bring something that they've never seen before? We've set a very high bar for ourselves with bringing that to the screen.
The Fantastic Four: First Times Will Take Place In A World Without Heroes
As confirmed in an interview with CinemaBlend at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, director Matt Shakman confirmed that this world we are about to see with the new heroes is in a world that doesn’t have other heroes in it:
The great thing about this is we're building a new universe where there are no other heroes. It's (just) The Fantastic Four.
That’s awesome and also terrifying and I can’t wait to see it.
The Movie Will Be A Part Of Phase Six
The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be a part of Phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
For those who don’t know, Phase 5 began with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and is going to end with Thunderbolts*, which releases in May 2025.
However, with that, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is going to begin the last phase of what Kevin Feige has called “The Multiverse Saga.”
Matt Shakman Directed
Matt Shakman directed the upcoming reboot of Fantastic Four, as we already know from the previous sections.
I’m sure that Marvel fans have heard of Matt Shakman. While he’s directed episodes of shows such as the hilarious The Great, as well as It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Fargo, and Game of Thrones, he is known for one big role in the MCU and that’s his work on the legendary Marvel TV show, WandaVision.
Shakman directed and produced the series that went on to score several nominations at the 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards, and made the powerful Scarlet Witch even more beloved than she already was. I have faith he’ll bring the classic characters to justice.
Michael Giacchino Will Score For The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Confirmed at D23 2024 is that Michael Giacchino will be back to score The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
Giacchino has been responsible for some of the best scores that the MCU has had to offer. These include the scores for Doctor Strange, all three Spider-Man films in the MCU, and Thor: Love and Thunder. He’s also done scores for several Disney films before, as well as movies like Society of the Snow, The Batman, Jojo Rabbit and many more.
Can July 2025 get here quicker? I’m dying waiting over here! I’ll just continue to watch all the latest and greatest Marvel movies until then – or at least wait until another trailer drops.
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