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Movie Review – The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

July 24, 2025 by Robert Kojder

The Fantastic Four: First Steps, 2025. Directed by Matt Shakman. Starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, Paul Walter Hauser, Natasha Lyonne, Sarah Niles, Mark Gatiss, Matthew Wood, Ada Scott, Maisie Shakman, Alex Hyde-White, Rebecca Staab, Michael Bailey Smith, Jay Underwood, and Mark Weinman. SYNOPSIS: Forced to balance their […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder, Top Stories Tagged With: Ada Scott, Alex Hyde-White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, fantastic four, Jay Underwood, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Maisie Shakman, Mark Gatiss, Mark Weinman, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Matt Shakman, Matthew Wood, Michael Bailey Smith, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, Pedro Pascal, Ralph Ineson, Rebecca Staab, Sarah Niles, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Vanessa Kirby

John Malkovich’s Red Ghost cut from The Fantastic Four: First Steps

July 17, 2025 by Matt Rodgers

Despite making a brief appearance in the first teaser trailer, it has emerged that John Malkovich’s role in Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps has been cut from the finished film.  During an in-depth career retrospective and with director Matt Shakman, the filmmaker told Variety that it was “heartbreaking not to include him in […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: fantastic four, John Malkovich, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Matt Shakman, The Fantastic Four: First Steps

The Fantastic Four: First Steps gets a new trailer and posters as tickets go on sale

June 4, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

With tickets now on sale for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, a new trailer has landed online for Marvel Studios’ Phase Six-launching film which gives us another look at Marvel’s First Family in action as they prepare to take on the powerful, ravenous space god Galactus and his herald, Silver Surfer; check it out below […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, John Malkovich, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Matt Shakman, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, Pedro Pascal, Ralph Ineson, Sarah Niles, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Vanessa Kirby

Marvel casts Julia Garner as the Silver Surfer in The Fantastic Four

April 4, 2024 by Ricky Church

Marvel has found its Silver Surfer. Per Deadline, the studio has cast Julia Garner (Ozark) as the cosmic entity known as the Silver Surfer in The Fantastic Four. Garner will make her MCU debut as Shalla-Bal, one of the different versions of the Silver Surfer from Marvel Comics. She’ll star alongside Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church, Top Stories Tagged With: Julia Garner, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Matt Shakman, Pedro Pascal, The Fantastic Four, Vanessa Kirby

Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four cast revealed: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn

February 14, 2024 by EJ Moreno

Marvel has found its first family. In a Valentine’s Day treat to fans, we have confirmation and the first teaser image for the upcoming Fantastic Four. With an extra retro-themed Valentine’s Day card, the cast reveal gives us a look at Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Top Stories Tagged With: Disney, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, fantastic four, Joseph Quinn, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Matt Shakman, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby

Why Has Marvel Struggled to Cast the MCU’s Fantastic Four?

September 17, 2023 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno looks at Marvel Studios’ efforts to cast the MCU’s Fantastic Four… For months, we’ve seen rumors surrounding the casting of the Fantastic Four. Ignoring the film’s struggles with its writers and even more possible director shakeups, finding the members of Marvel’s First Family seems quite daunting. Adam Driver and Margot Robbie were set […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Movies Tagged With: Adam Driver, Daveed Diggs, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse Of Madness, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Emily Blunt, fantastic four, jake gyllenhaal, John Krasinski, Joseph Quinn, Margot Robbie, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Matt Shakman, Matt Smith, Paul Mescal, Vanessa Kirby

Pedro Pascal enters final talks to play Reed Richards in Marvel’s Fantastic Four

November 15, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Has Marvel finally found its Mr. Fantastic? Deadline is reporting that Marvel Studios has its eyes set on Pedro Pascal for the role of Reed Richards. Per Deadline, “scheduling is still being worked out, but multiple sources close to the negotiations are saying it’s headed in the right direction.” Matt Shakman is set to helm […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: fantastic four, Marvel Studios, Matt Shakman, Pedro Pascal

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters director on bringing Kurt Russell into the world of Godzilla

October 12, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Mixing Kurt Russell into the world of kaiju seems like a no-brainer for some, so showrunner and executive producer Matt Shakman felt it was a good combo for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. In the upcoming series, Kurt Russell will play army officer Lee Shaw in the scenes set in the modern day. His son, Wyatt […]

Filed Under: News, Television Tagged With: Godzilla, Kurt Russell, Matt Shakman, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, MonsterVerse, Wyatt Russell

Adam Driver reportedly turned down leading role in Fantastic Four

July 30, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Marvel Studios has spent some time getting their Fantastic Four film ready. This latest news gives us insight into what is taking so long. A new report from Jeff Sneider on John Rocha’s The Hot Mic podcast puts the long-rumored inclusion of Adam Driver as Reed Richards into question. We first noted Driver’s possible inclusion […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Adam Driver, fantastic four, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Matt Shakman, reed richards

Rumored Fantastic Four cast includes Adam Driver, Margot Robbie, and Daveed Diggs

May 28, 2023 by EJ Moreno

The Fantastic Four are heading to the MCU soon, but we still don’t know who will play the iconic team. That is until now… Scoopers are all abuzz with some casting rumors as we head near production. It seems like Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios have found their Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Adam Driver, Daveed Diggs, fantastic four, Margot Robbie, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Matt Shakman, Paul Mescal

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