Summary

Kevin Feige confirms several details about
The Fantastic Four
reboot including its game-changing setting.
Excited Feige considers The Fantastic Four to be legendary pillars of the Marvel Universe.

The Fantastic Four
is scheduled to be released on July 25, 2025, as part of Phase Six of the MCU.

Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feigehas confirmed some major details regarding the upcoming MCU reboot ofThe Fantastic Four. During a recent interview on The Official Marvel Podcast, Feige revealed that SPOILER ALERTFantastic Four will be a “period” piece set in the 1960s and hints that it will take place in an alternate universe from the main Earth-616. Check out what Feige had to say about the highly anticipated Marvel outing below…

“Yes, yes, very much so. It is a period. There were a lot of smart people, who noticed that that cityscape didn’t look exactly like the New York that we know, or that existed in the ’60s in our world. Those are smart observations, I’ll say.”

The events of The Fantastic Four taking place in an alternate universe certainly makes sense and will allow Marvel to introduce established versions of the iconic characters without having to explain why they have been absent all this time. At present, it is unknown how or why The Fantastic Four end up in the main MCU, but it will no doubt have something to do with the arrival of the planet-devouring cosmic entity, Galactus.

Could we start off with a happy-go-lucky version of the foursome who fail to save their own universe and must travel to Earth-616 to warn of the threat of Galactus? We will have to wait until next year to find out…

Kevin Feige Is Excited to Finally Bring The Fantastic Four Into the MCU
Fantastic Four (2025) Release Date July 25, 2025 Format Theatrical Studio Marvel Studios Franchise Marvel Expand

Feige continued, commenting on Marvel’s First Family finally joining the likes of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange on the big screen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, calling The Fantastic Four “legendary pillars of the Marvel Universe.”

“I’m extremely excited by it because I think those characters are mainstays, are legendary pillars of the Marvel Universe that we’ve never gotten to play with or explore in a significant way outside of Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness and a few fun teases before, in the way that we’re doing it in that film. So I’m extremely excited for that.”

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As well as confirming these major details, Feige has also now confirmed that The Fantastic Four will go before cameras next month on the day after Comic-Con.

“We start shooting at the end of July. The day after Comic-Con [International: San Diego] is the first day of filming on Fantastic Four.”

Directed by Matt Shakman, The Fantastic Four stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, aka Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, aka The Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm, aka The Thing.

The rest of the cast includes Julia Garner as The Silver Surfer, and Ralph Ineson as Galactus, with John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne, and Paul Walter Hauser cast in currently unknown roles.

The Fantastic Four
is scheduled to be released on July 25, 2025, as part of Phase Six of the MCU. In the meantime, the franchise continues this month with
Deadpool & Wolverine
, which is due to land in theaters on July 26, 2024, as part of Phase Five of the MCU.