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Playing pregnant superhero in Fantastic Four was a great honour – Vanessa Kirby

Kirby and Pedro Pascal play Sue Storm/Invisible Woman and Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Evening Standard

The Fantastic Four: First Steps director has a blunt message for fans who criticised the Marvel movie's visual effects: 'I think they're beautiful'

Matt Shakman has a terse response for people who have hit out at the Marvel Phase 6 movie's visual effects.

TechRadar

The comic book history of The Mole Man – the first villain The Fantastic Four ever faced

Fantastic Four: First Steps will introduce Mole Man to the MCU, a character tied to the Fantastic Four’s origin in the comics, but with an anti-hero twist in the new movie

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Early reactions for The Fantastic Four: First Steps call film ‘out of this world’

Early reactions ahead of the film’s July 25 release are promising

The Independent UK

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Has Screened, And ‘Fantastic’ Is Just One Of The Words Being Used To Describe The MCU Movie

Pundits have thoughts on the latest MCU film.

Cinemablend

Early Fantastic Four: The First Steps reactions call it "one of Marvel’s best"

The First Family takes the lead in "quite possibly the best Marvel Studios film ever released"

Total Film

"He's five minutes away from destroying the world or saving it at any moment": Marvel director teases Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby's "hugely important" Fantastic Four couple

Exclusive: Matt Shakman also admits that his real-life "parental anxiety" (and an unfortunate incident with a well) inspired The Fantastic Four: First Steps

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Whiteboard warrior: Marvel is priming Mister Fantastic to be the new leader of the Avengers

The guy who treats collapsing timelines like a crossword puzzle has one extra superpower this time around: he’s played by Pedro Pascal

The Guardian - UK

Ahead Of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, I Have One H.E.R.B.I.E.-Related Request

Let's give it up for the Fantastic Four's robotic pal.

Cinemablend

Matt Shakman addresses Star Trek 4: ‘It changed dramatically’

Before he exited the project in August 2022 to focus on The Fantastic Four: First Steps, director Matt Shakman found the fourth Star Trek movie had "changed dramatically".

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Fantastic Four director tried to replicate a "Spider-Man quality" with Reed Richards' stretching to make it more "dynamic" onscreen: "It's easier to do in comic books"

Exclusive: Matt Shakman says Mister Fantastic's stretching was also inspired by Marvel and DC artist Alex Ross in The Fantastic Four: First Steps – and that it was "challenging" to bring to life

Total Film

Bad news for 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' — this legendary actor has been cut from the film

"The Fantastic Four: First Steps" director Matt Shakman has confirmed they cut an award-winning actor from the upcoming Marvel film.

Tom’s Guide

Fantastic Four director Matt Shakman says Pedro Pascal's Reed Richards will "lead the Avengers", and let's spare a thought for Sam Wilson

A Fantastic ensemble

Total Film

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

John Malkovich's scenes as antagonist Ivan Kragoff/Red Ghost have been cut from the Marvel movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps, as they didn't fit in with the film's plot.

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Fantastic Four: First Steps' Director Explains Why John Malkovich's Character Was Cut, And Why It Was Especially Difficult On A Personal Level

"It was heartbreaking..."

Total Film

John Malkovich's villain the Red Ghost has been cut from The Fantastic Four: First Steps - "It was heartbreaking not to include him," director says, and I'm heartbroken too

John Malkovich's weirdo villain The Red Ghost and his accompanying Super-Apes have been cut from The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and I'm frankly crushed

Total Film

Fantastic Four will see baby Franklin Richards and Galactus put on an unlikely "collision course", says director Matt Shakman: "It's about the tiniest, youngest thing in the world and the oldest, biggest thing in the universe"

Exclusive: Matt Shakman has offered up a little tease as to what Marvel's upcoming Fantastic Four movie is *really* about

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Even a Fantastic Four cast member doesn't know what happens in the movie yet: "I’m so glad I can stand on the red carpet and not worry about giving anything away"

It looks like The Fantastic Four: First Steps is being kept secret from everyone

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Marvel Reveals The Clever Reason Why The Fantastic Four Weren't In the Infinity Saga

Director Matt Shakman explains why Marvel's first family is coming to us from a different universe within the MCU.

Evening Standard

Stars of Fantastic Four: First Steps hit the blue carpet for London premiere of new Marvel blockbuster

Pedro Pascal, Julia Garner and Vanessa Kirby among the all-star cast at the BFI IMAX at Waterloo

Total Film

The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Everything you need to know about the comic run that director Matt Shakman says inspired the film

Writer Jonathan Hickman spearheaded a revolutionary Fantastic Four run that directly informs the new movie

The Mary Sue

The new ‘Fantastic Four’ trailer made me cry???

So make sure to get your tickets now!

Total Film

Fantastic Four: The First Steps drops a new trailer that's all about family – and a Marvel comics-accurate catchphrase

A new Fantastic Four trailer is here

Total Film

Fantastic Four director appears to rule out a Robert Downey Jr. Doctor Doom cameo before Avengers: Doomsday: "Doom is not part of my film"

Our RDJ hopes might be Doomed

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps director finally addresses the Doctor Doom question fans have been obsessing over

It’s a clear sign that Marvel is playing the long game.

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