Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four” cast has officially assembled in person as the comic book tentpole gets underway. Pedro Pascal shared a photo on Instagram of the core foursome together with the following message to fans: “Our first mission together.” It would appear that Marvel unsurprisingly has a multi-film plan in store for this cast.
Directed by “WandaVision” helmer Matt Shakman, “The Fantastic Four” is set to star Pascal as Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (aka the Thing). The supporting cast includes Ralph Ineson, Paul Walter Hauser, Natasha Lyonne and Julia Garner.
Production on “The Fantastic Four” had long been eyed for a late July start in London. The movie has a script by Josh Friedman, Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer. While plot details remain under wraps, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige did reveal on “The Official Marvel Podcast” last month that “The Fantastic Four” would be a 1960s period piece set in New York City.
“There was another piece of art we released with Johnny Storm flying in the air making a 4 symbol and there was a cityscape in the corner of that image,” Feige said at the time. “There were a lot of smart people who noticed that that cityscape didn’t look exactly like the New York that we know, or the New York that existed in the ‘60s in our world. Those are smart observations, I’ll say.”
Joseph Quinn was making the press rounds in June in support of his role in “A Quiet Place: Day One” and told several media outlets that the four “Fantastic” actors had not yet all been in the same room. He said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that “with the story of the Fantastic Four, it feels like we want to get this right.”
“There are aspects of it that are very different to other Marvel films,” Quinn teased about the script. “That felt very compelling to me. And again, going back to who’s involved, Matt [Shakman], of course, the director, I think is brilliant, and the cast, and I’ve read it, and the script is brilliant. It’s really brilliant. I’m delighted to have this opportunity.”
“Superhero movies are movies about people,” he continued. “And if we’re invested in the people and the characters and the peril and the spectacle, then that’s why people go to the theaters to watch films. We’re not just in a penny; we’re in for a pound with this one. We’re going to go for it.”
“The Fantastic Four” is set for release in theaters on July 25, 2025.
From Variety US