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Los Angeles, February 15 (Language) Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Barrach are set to join the cast of Marvel Studios’ “The Fantastic Four”.
The film stars a superhero quartet – Pascal will be played by Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic), Sue Storm (The Invisible Woman) will be played by Kirby, Johnny Storm/Human Torch will be played by Quinn, and Moss-Barach will be played by Harry Potter. Ben Grimm, also known as the Thing, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) following the merger of 20th Century Fox with The Walt Disney Company in 2019.
Matt Shakman of “WandaVision” fame will direct “The Fantastic Four” from a script by Josh Friedman, Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer, Variety reports.
Based on the characters first created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Disney will release “The Fantastic Four” on July 25, 2025.
True to Marvel fashion, details about the story are scarce. According to the comics, the Fantastic Four are astronauts who gain superpowers after being exposed to cosmic rays in space.
Reed can stretch his body to amazing lengths, Sue (Reed’s girlfriend and eventually wife) can turn invisible by manipulating light and create powerful force fields, Johnny (Sue’s brother) can turn his body into fire. which gives him the ability to fly, and Ben (Reed’s best friend) is transformed into a body of giant, orange stones that gives him immense strength.
Previously, Fox had produced three films with the characters: “Fantastic Four” and “Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer”, released in 2005 and 2007 respectively, and starring Ioan Gruffudd as Reed, Starring Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis as Sue. Ben and Chris Evans as Johnny.
In 2015, Fox rebooted the franchise with Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, and Michael B. Jordan, but it performed poorly with both critics and the box office.
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