Pedro 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) will portray the superhero quartet, which are the first characters that Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created for Marvel Comics.
Disney rescheduled the release dates of “The Fantastic Four” (now scheduled for July 25, 2025) and “Thunderbolts” (now scheduled for May 2, 2025) in conjunction with the casting announcement.
These two are among the four Marvel tentpoles that are scheduled to debut in 2025, the other two being “Blade” in November and “Captain America: Brave New World” in February. In addition, four Marvel films, including “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty,” are slated for release in 2026. This is an increase over 2024, when Marvel will only release “Deadpool & Wolverine” in theatres on July 26.
The group will be appearing in the fourth major motion picture based on the Fantastic Four, who made their comic book debut in 1961 and are referred to as “Marvel’s first family.”
When 20th Century Studios released “Fantastic Four” in 2005 and “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” in 2007, they acquired the rights to the property. The two flicks, which starred Jessica Alba and Chris Evans before he became Captain America, took in more than $630 million at the box office worldwide.
Another unreleased 1994 movie about the team can be seen on YouTube, but that’s a different subject.
The first “Fantastic Four” movie since Disney acquired the rights to Fox assets in 2019 will be this one. The upcoming Marvel movie “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which debuted with a Super Bowl teaser that broke all previous records on Sunday, is likewise centred around characters who were previously owned by 20th Century Studios.
The casting news was accompanied by a poster depicting the Four relaxing in a living room, evoking thoughts of a 1960s film noir, even though Marvel refuses to comment on the plot of the upcoming movie. The poster also has a little robot called “H.E.R.B.I.E.” (who is unrelated to this reporter) that is supposed to hunt down the planet-eating antagonist Galactus.
July 25, 2025, is when “The Fantastic Four” is supposed to open in theatres.
