Summary
The Fantastic Four: First Stepswill bring along the perfect replacement for Avengers Tower in theMarvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel’s First Family is coming home, withThe Fantastic Four: First Steps' castappearing together at San Diego Comic-Con to celebrate the movie’s filming start, as well as to share thenew title and first footage from the Fantastic Four reboot. Marvel has also revealed the first look at the team’s home.
On Twitter,@F4Updatehas sharedthe first look at the Fantastic Four’s Baxter Building, which comes from a map handed out atSan Diego Comic-Con.
The Baxter Building has appeared before in both movie versions of the Fantastic Four. However, both in the 2000s team with Chris Evans' Johnny Storm and the controversial 2015 Fantastic Four reboot, the Baxter Building looked like a normal building, while theMCU’s first Fantastic Four moviebrings along a much sleeker retro-futuristic design for it. The Baxter Building should take over Avengers Tower’s spot as the MCU’s focal location for heroes.
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The Fantastic Four’s Preview Also Teases A New Marvel Villain
The MCU Has Already Announced Major Fantastic Four Villains
The little map Marvel handed out has also teased the possible arrival of Mole Man to the MCU. The character is one of the Fantastic Four’s classic villains, being the first villain that the Fantastic Four ever fought in Marvel Comics. Mole Man was teased by the map’s inclusion of Subterranea, which is the underground kingdom the villain rules over and has several different characters as its residents.
The Subterranea reveal adds to the speculation that Mole Man will appear in the movie. Previously, actor Paul Walter Houser had been rumored to play Mole Man inThe Fantastic Four: First Steps, perhaps being a villain the team faces early in the movie before the main threat arrives. The villain of the Fantastic Four reboot will be Galactus, with the world-devouring giant being played by Ralph Ineson.
Besides Galactus,Ozark’s Julia Garner will play the Shalla-Bal version of Silver Surfer. Another villain who could play a role in the Fantastic Four reboot is the team’s biggest foe, Victor von Doom. Marvel has announced thatRobert Downey Jr. will play Doctor Doomin the MCU’s upcoming Avengers movies. Downey’s MCU return could start with a tease inThe Fantastic Four: First Steps, with Doctor Doom either playing a small role in the film or appearing in its post-credits scene, setting upAvengers: Doomsday.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Cast
The Fantastic 4: First Steps features Marvel’s First Family navigating their dual roles as superheroes and family members in a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world. They defend Earth from a formidable space god, Galactus, and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer, testing their familial bonds and heroic resolve.
