Everything You Need to Know About Fantastic Four: The First Steps Movie (2025)

By Amy Renner Oct. 24, 2025

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Who's Involved:

Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Vanessa Kirby, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Feige, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, John Malkovich, Julia Garner, Matt Shakman, Ralph Ineson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer

Release Date:

Friday, July 25, 2025 In Theaters (Nationwide)
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Disney+

Age Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned ^MPA
for action/violence and some language

Runtime: N/A

Language: English

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Fantastic Four: The First Steps Plot: What's it about?

Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel's First Family—Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they face their most daunting challenge yet. Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus' plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.

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Fantastic Four: The First Steps Cast List & Characters

Pedro Pascal ... role: Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic)

Avengers: Doomsday, Avengers: Secret Wars

Vanessa Kirby ... role: Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman)

Avengers: Doomsday, Avengers: Secret Wars

Joseph Quinn ... role: Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch)

Avengers: Doomsday, Avengers: Secret Wars

Ebon Moss-Bachrach ... role: Ben Grimm (aka the Thing)

Avengers: Doomsday, Avengers: Secret Wars

Julia Garner ... role: Silver Surfer

Weapons, Wolf Man

Paul Walter Hauser

Resident Evil, Americana

John Malkovich

Wild Horse Nine, In The Hand Of Dante

Ralph Ineson ... role: Galactus

Nosferatu, The First Omen

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Fantastic Four: The First Steps Crew and Production Team

A look at the Fantastic Four: The First Steps behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Matt Shakman previously directed Cut Bank, The Last Orbit and Untitled Planet of the Apes Movie.

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Fantastic Four: The First Steps Production and Filming

Key Facts

The veteran TV director Matt Shakman is in talks to helm the Fantastic Four reboot for Marvel Studios (Hollywood Reporter, 8/27/2022).
Jon Watts exited as the director of Fantastic Four (5/3/2022).

Fantastic Four: The First Steps Filming Timeline

June 2025 — Fantastic Four: The First Steps entered Completed status.

Awaiting release by the distributor; a release date may or may not be available.
March 2025 — The film entered Post-Production status.

Filming completed; footage being edited; music being composed and recorded; sound and visual effects being added.
May 2024 — The film entered Pre-Production status.

Key cast and crew being hired; budget and production schedule finalized; shooting script approved.
September 2022 — The film entered Pre-Production status.
December 2020 — The film entered Development status.

Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight'.

Fantastic Four: The First Steps Release Date: When was the film released?

Fantastic Four: The First Steps was released nationwide on Friday, July 25, 2025. 15 other films are opening on the same date, including The Home, Monster Island and Star People.