Pedro Pascal Unites the ‘Fantastic Four’ Cast for Behind-The-Scenes Image
“Our first mission”, comments the actor playing Reed Richards as filming on the superhero movie gets underway in the UK and the team gathers.
(L to R) Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach star in Marvel Studios' 'The Fantastic Four'. Photo: Pedro Pascal's Instagram Account.
Preview:
- Pedro Pascal gathered his ‘Fantastic Four’ co-stars for a first group pic.
- Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bacharach and Joseph Quinn squeezed into the image with him.
- ‘The Fantastic Four’ will be in theaters one year from today.
While most eyes might be on Marvel’s current effort, the meta-tastic, R-rated ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ looking to score big at this weekend’s box office, there is at least some pointed towards the future, and specifically the company’s attempt to bring iconic “First Family” 'The Fantastic Four' into its Cinematic Universe.
With production about starting now on the movie, we have the first image –– beyond the comic book-styled pic that served as Marvel’s big casting announcement –– of Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, as Pascal gathered them (not in costume, of course) for a group picture to mark the shoot’s kick-off.
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Who are the Fantastic Four?
Marvel's Fantastic Four. Photo courtesy of Pinterest.
Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm/The Human Torch and Ben Grimm/The Thing are key players in the pages of Marvel comics, and introduced in 1961. They are among most anticipated characters (alongside the X-Men) to be included in the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe.
They’re canonically exposed to galactic radiation and end up cursed/blessed (depending on how you view it) with strange abilities. Reed can stretch his body in a variety of ways, Sue can turn invisible and generate forcefields, Johnny’s body becomes engulfed in flame (and he can fly), while Grimm becomes a rock-covered, incredibly strong creature.
And to be clear here, Pascal will be Reed, Kirby’s playing Sue, Quinn is taking the role of Johnny and Moss-Bachrach will be Ben.
They’ve been brought to screens before –– an unauthorized Roger Cormanversion floats around the internet after being traded on bootleg videos years ago, and then there were the Fox efforts, 2005’s ‘Fantastic Four’ and 2007 sequel ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer’. They were followed by the dark, gritty and unsuccessful reboot in 2015.
Who else is in ‘The Fantastic Four’?
Ralph Ineson as Father Brennan in 20th Century Studios' 'The First Omen'. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Alongside the leads, we will see Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal, a female version of The Silver Surfer, Ralph Ineson as powerful planet-gobbling being Galactus and Paul Walter Hauser,John Malkovich and Natasha Lyonne in unspecified roles.
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Who is making ‘The Fantastic Four’?
'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters' director and executive producer Matt Shakman. Photo: Apple TV+.
Matt Shakman, one of the key directors on ‘WandaVision’, is overseeing the new film.
This one has been in development for a long time now, with Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer among those who have worked on drafts of the script. ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ co-writer Josh Friedman is crafting the latest version.
We don’t yet know the story, but the first image and more recent comments from Marvel boss have pointed to them initially existing in a variant universe, and in the past.
Here’s what Kevin Feige said on the Official Marvel Podcast:
“There was another piece of art we released with Johnny Storm flying in the air making a ‘4’ symbol and there was a cityscape in the corner of that image. There were a lot of smart people who noticed that that cityscape didn’t look exactly like the New York that we know, or the New York that existed in the ‘60s in our world. Those are smart observations, I’ll say.”
When will ‘Fantastic Four’ be in theaters?
Disney and Marvel have planted a flag in July 25th, 2025, for ‘The Fantastic Four’, so it’s a good thing filming is now finally underway.
Marvel Studio's 'Fantastic Four.'
Other ‘Fantastic Four' Movies and TV Shows:
- 'Fantastic Four' (1967 - 1968)
- 'The Fantastic Four' (1978)
- 'The Fantastic Four' (1994)
- 'Fantastic Four' (1994 - 1996)
- ‘Fantastic Four' (2005)
- 'Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes' (2006 - 2007)
- ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' (2007)
- ‘Fantastic Four' (2015)
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