The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Sarah Niles, Mark Gatiss, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, Ralph Ineson Directed by Matt Shakman. Screenplay by Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer. Based on The Fantastic Four comic book created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Produced by Kevin Fiege. Run time: 115 minutes. Color. USA. Action, Sci-Fi, Superheroes, MCU
Every ten years, we get a new Fantastic Four. The first was 2005’s Fantastic Four directed by Tim Story, (which had a sequel in 2007’s Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer); was rebooted in 2015 as Fantastic Four aka Fant4stic directed by Josh Trank. Now, in the summer of 2025, we get The Fantastic Four: First Steps, directed by Matt Shakman. The good news is that it is better than its predecessors, but that is a low bar.
