The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Why watch

Starlit Cine editors

• Best for fans of Marvel superhero films; directed by Matt Shakman.
• Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby and Ebon Moss-Bachrach play the Fantastic Four.
• Shorter than many films of its kind, about 1 hour 54 minutes.

Synopsis

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a 2025 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Fantastic Four. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 37th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the second reboot of the Fantastic Four film series. The film was directed by Matt Shakman from a screenplay by Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, and the team of Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer. It features an ensemble cast including Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn as the titular team, alongside Julia Garner, Sarah Niles, Mark Gatiss, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ralph Ineson. The film is set in the 1960s of a retro-futuristic world which the Fantastic Four must protect from the planet-devouring cosmic being Galactus (Ineson).

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Director & cast

• M

  Matt Shakman

  Director

• P

  Pedro Pascal

  Reed Richards

• V

  Vanessa Kirby

  Sue Storm

• E

  Ebon Moss-Bachrach

  Ben Grimm

• J

  Joseph Quinn

  Johnny Storm

• R

  Ralph Ineson

  Galactus

• J

  Julia Garner

  Silver Surfer

• P

  Paul Walter Hauser

• J

  John Malkovich