The Fantastic Four will not arrive until Phase 6 of the MCU, but that hasn’t stopped the subject of Marvel’s First Family’s arrival being a constant subject of debate on social media. Most of those conversations revolve around who could be playing the latest iteration of the characters, and while we have not heard anything official on the matter yet, Kevin Feige has suggested that it will not be long before more details about the highly anticipated movie will arrive. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly about all things Marvel, Feige said:

“Well, we talked a little bit about Secret Wars. We talked about Kang Dynasty as related to Quantumania. The only other one in terms of me personally and my 23-year history is the Fantastic Four. We sort of talked about mutants and that whole aspect to the Marvel world, but Fantastic Four is the foundation for everything that came after in the comics. There’s certainly been versions of it [on screen], but never inhabiting the storytelling of the MCU. And that’s something that is really exciting for us. People will start to hear more about that soon. We plan on that being a big pillar of the MCU going forward, just the way they’ve been in the comics for 50 or 60 years.”

There is a long way to go before the Fantastic Four movie arrives in cinemas, but that doesn’t mean the characters will not make a surprise appearance somewhere else before that movie is released. With many movies and TV shows to come in the next two years, there are plenty of opportunities for Reed Richards and more to make their first true appearance in the MCU.
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The Fantastic Four Will Not Deviate Much From Its Source Material

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There is a never-ending debate about whether Marvel movies should make changes to the characters and stories as they were originally published in Marvel Comics. In the cast of the Fantastic Four, Marvel producer Stephen Broussard recently told Screen Rant that the movie will be staying true to the original comics. He said:

“That’s a good question. I wouldn’t presume to know everything about that film; I’m not necessarily working on it. But one of the founding principles of Marvel, going back to Iron Man and the casting of Tony that I think has resonated through today, is to embrace the source material and these comics that have been around forever. They’re older than me, and I’m guessing they’re older than you too. They’ve been around for a while for a reason, [so we] lean into that. I think the world has changed a little bit, people understand that now. But in 2005, maybe there was a reticence to fully embrace what it was. In everything; in the embodiment of Galactus and things like that. Whatever form the story takes, whatever characters do or do not appear, that founding principle will be embraced and will welcome them into the MCU.”