The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Phase 6’sThe Fantastic Four : First Stepsmight eventually revivify an iconicMarvelcover that previousFantastic Fourmovies have forfend . Matt Shakman ’s upcomingThe Fantastic Four : First Stepswill enter a brand - raw live - natural action iteration of Marvel ’s First Family , born in an MCU timeline different from the Avengers ' Earth-616 . Pedro Pascal ’s Reed Richards , Vanessa Kirby ’s Sue Storm , Ebon Moss - Bachrach ’s Ben Grimm , and Joseph Quinn ’s Johnny Storm will be an active superhero squad in their own existence before they meet the rest of MCU heroes , possibly inAvengers : DoomsdayandAvengers : Secret Wars .
Given thatThe Fantastic Four : First Steps ' titular team will get a existence of their own in their debut movie , they ’re probable to receive their own rogue art gallery as well . A population far away from the MCU ’s Avengers pop the question countless possible action for an extensive backstory that does n’t interfere withMCU ’s chronological Earth-616 history . Although the MCU ’s Fantastic Four will likely end up crossing over with Earth-616 ’s hero sandwich alongside character from other timeline , their dwelling house universe might be fill up with unique takes on Marvel characters who have and have not appeared in the MCU ’s main persistence .
The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Mole Man Lair Set Tease Suggests The FF Will Fight Multiple Villains
Mole Man Will Probably Appear In The Fantastic Four: First Steps As A Secondary Antagonist
In December 2024 , explorers discovered what appear to be a set for Mole Man ’s underground den inThe Fantastic Four : First Steps . Paul Walter Hauser has also been cast off in a closed book persona , which suggests thatMole Man might debut inThe Fantastic Four : First footmark , possibly as a secondary antagonist . The Fantastic Four : First Stepsalready has two confirmed antagonists : Ralph Ineson ’s Galactus and Julia Garner ’s Silver Surfer , who might serve as Doctor Doom ’s revelatory Herald before siding with the heroes . Robert Downey Jr. ’s Doctor Doom could also appear inThe Fantastic Four , as he will beAvengers : Doomsday ’s primary scoundrel soon afterwards .
Tim Blake Nelson , who plays Samuel Sterns a.k.a . The Leader inThe Incredible HulkandCaptain America : Brave New World , toy a live - action version of Harvey Elder a.k.a . the Mole Man in Fox’sFant4stic .
Taking reward of its independent timeline , The Fantastic Four : First Steps ' sixties - enliven universecould feature a wide change of classic Fantastic Four villains such as Wizard , Terrax , Annihilus , Psycho - Man , and of course , Mole Man . Either in an opening montage or throughout the motion picture , the MCU ’s Fantastic Four could face and vote out minor villains like Mole Manas they taste to bar Galactus from devouring their humanity . The Fantastic Four could also coiffure their differences aside with these baddie for protect their Earth together .
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Could Recreate The Team’s First Comic Book Cover
The MCU’s Fantastic Four Could Pay Homage To Their Comic Book Debut In Phase 6
In Marvel’sFantastic Four # 1 , see 1961 , Marvel ’s First Family assembles for the first meter in the comics to break the rampage monster Giganto , which was released in New York by the Mole Man to fend the Fantastic Four off from his dominion . The Fantastic Four struggle to contain Giganto at first , but they manage to stop the wildcat and track down Mole Man at his den in Monster Island . If Mole Man appears inThe Fantastic Four : First Steps , he could loose Giganto upon the MCU ’s Fantastic Four , who could recreate their iconicFantastic Four # 1cover in live - action .
Marvel Studios will explore a new macrocosm in The Fantastic Four : First Steps , but a raw theory suggest the MCU has already hint at this new world .
The Fantastic Four : First Steps ' sovereign timeline can well introduce emplacement like Giganto ’s Monster Island and Mole Man ’s lair a.k.a . " Subterranea " , as their macrocosm would n’t contradict any information shew by previous MCU installments . The Fantastic Four : First Stepscan also reimagine MCU events and characters for the same reason . For representative , the Phase 6 pic could reveal that the Deviants were n’t wiped out by the Eternals , allowing Mole Man to enroll deviate mutates like Giganto .
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Is Already Different From Previous Movies In One Key Way
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Is The Least Grounded Live-Action FF Adaptation
Despite their wildly different takes on the source material , all previousFantastic Fourmovieshave ground Marvel ’s First Family in naive realism , to deviate degrees . All live - actionFantastic Fouradaptations have put a potent focus on the titulary heroes ' origin story and former days as a superhero team , with Doctor Doom as a chief opponent . The Fantastic Four : First Stepspromises to hit the ground running with the Fantastic Four confront villain as sinful as Galactus and Silver Surfer — all with a retrofuturistic setting .
The Fantastic Four : First Stepswill sign the first time the Devourer of Worlds will have an anthropomorphous appearing faithful to the comics
SinceThe Fantastic Four : First Stepsseemingly wo n’t spend too long establishing the team ’s descent stories , the Phase 6 cinema will have more room for a broad variety of amusing - accurate baddie . While Fox’sFantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surferintroduced Galactus ' first hot - activity adaptation , The Fantastic Four : First Stepswill mark the first fourth dimension the Devourer of Worlds will have an anthropomorphic appearing faithful to the funnies . This is a good sign thatThe Fantastic Four : First Stepswill also feature characters like Mole Man and Giganto .
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