The Fantastic 4: 1st Steps
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‘Fantastic Four' Box Office: ‘First Steps' Pacing for $120M-$125M Launch in Notable Win for Marvel
Outside of 'Deadpool & Wolverine,' the reboot looks to score the best domestic opening for Kevin Feige's superhero studio since 2022's 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.'
While Fox had respectable success with the 2005 and 2007 Fantastic Four movies (which starred Chris Evans as Johnny Storm pre-Captain America), the former studio saw a Josh Trank-directed 2015 reboot completely tank after a full reshoot, grossing only $167M worldwide. This time, it’s different — it’s Feige’s Fantastic Four.
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has revealed the strategic game plan behind setting The Fantastic Four: First Steps on an alternate Earth, providing the clearest road map yet for the conclusion of the Multiverse Saga.
Despite strong performances by Pedro Pascal and others – and for all its "breezy competence and flair" – this retro vision of the future from Marvel doesn't have enough suspense.
It's exactly why we should be welcoming the fact that The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the last MCU movie for an entire year.
First Steps will introduce one of the comic's mightiest characters, who Kevin Feige says has a bright MCU future.
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Matt Shakman ’s take on the Fantastic Four seems to prove that Kevin Feige and Marvel have finally figured out what’s been going wrong with the MCU for so long. Whether or not you’ve read a single Fantastic Four comic book or watched a single FF cartoon or previous movie,
Marvel Studios is taking taking the MCU in a wild direction with The Fantastic Four: First Steps , and the biggest reveal yet is the introduction of Franklin Richards, one of the most powerful characters in Marvel Comics history.
Marvel’s First Family — as embodied by the quartet of stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach — was in attendance at the world premiere for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, held at Los Angeles’ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Monday.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe owes a great debt to Jonathan Hickman's work, especially with 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps" on the horizon.