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The superhero team Fantastic Four featured in Marvel Comics publication has appeared in four live-action films since its inception. The plots deal with four main characters, known formally as Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm, and how they adapt to the superpowers they attain.

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Constantin Film bought the film rights for the characters in 1986. A low-budget film was produced in 1992 by New Horizon Studios owned by Roger Corman. In 2004, after Constantin sub-licensed the film rights to 20th Century Fox, a second Fantastic Four film entered production. Fantastic Four was released in 2005 and the sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was released in 2007. Both films received mixed to negative reviews from critics, yet earned a combined US$635 million worldwide at the box office. Due to 20th Century Fox's disappointment with the box-office return of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, a potential third Fantastic Four film and a Silver Surfer spin-off film were canceled.

A reboot of the series, Fantastic Four , directed by Josh Trank, was released in 2015 and received largely negative reviews from both critics and audiences, as well as from Trank himself, and became a box office bomb. A sequel was scheduled to be released in 2017, but was canceled.

In March 2019, Marvel Studios regained the film rights to the Fantastic Four and associated characters, along with the X-Men and Deadpool after Disney acquired 21st Century Fox. The Fantastic Four: First Steps , part of Phase Six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), is currently filming for a scheduled release on July 25, 2025.

After the acquisition, the 20th Century Fox-produced Fantastic Four films were rebranded as "Marvel Legacy" films on Disney+ alongside other non-MCU Marvel films. [1] They were then retitled "Fantastic Adventures" in July 2023, alongside two Fantastic Four animated series. [2]

Films

The Fantastic Four (1994, unreleased)

The plot follows four astronauts on an experimental spacecraft who are bombarded with a comet's cosmic rays, whereby they acquire extraordinary abilities.

Bernd Eichinger of Constantin Film acquired the film rights of the Fantastic Four from Marvel Comics in 1986. [3] To maintain the rights, Eichinger hired Roger Corman in 1992 to produce a low-budget film. The 1994 adaptation The Fantastic Four had its trailer released to theaters, while the cast and director went on a promotional tour; however the film was never officially released. Some accused the film of being an ashcan copy, made only to retain the license. [4] Stan Lee and Eichinger stated that the actors had no idea of the situation, instead believing they were creating a proper release. [5] Marvel Comics paid in exchange for the film's negative, so 20th Century Fox could go ahead with the big-budget adaptation. While released neither to theaters nor home-video, bootleg copies did surface.

Tim Story films (2005–2007)

Fantastic Four (2005)

The story features Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm and Victor Von Doom getting hit by a space storm after boarding a space station. As a result of the radiation from the storm, they gain new abilities and powers that they have to deal with in their own ways.

Chris Columbus was hired by 20th Century Fox to write and direct the film in 1995. In 1997, Peter Segal was attached to a script which had been written by Columbus and Michael France. Segal later left the project in the same year. Phillip Morton worked on the script, and Sam Hamm did rewrites in 1998. The following year, Raja Gosnell signed on as director. [6] The film was announced in August 2000 as being aimed for a July 4, 2001, release date. Gosnell decided to leave the project to film Scooby-Doo . Peyton Reed served as replacement in April 2001. [6] Reed contemplated making the film as a period piece set in the early 1960s during the space race. [3] He later dropped out from the film. In April 2004, Tim Story was hired to direct and principal photography began in August in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with re-shoots carried on until May 2005. [7] [8] Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis and Julian McMahon, the film was released on July 8, 2005.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

The story, both inspired by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four comic-book storyline "The Galactus Trilogy" and Warren Ellis's comic-book Ultimate Extinction , features the Silver Surfer, whose cosmic energy has been affecting the planet Earth and leaving craters around the planet. Set against an impending wedding between Reed and Susan, the U.S. Army recruits the Fantastic Four to help stop the Silver Surfer, and separately gain help from Doom. [9]

With Fantastic Four grossing $333.5 million worldwide, 20th Century Fox hired director Tim Story and screenwriter Mark Frost in December 2005 to return to work for the sequel. [10] Don Payne was also hired to write the screenplay. [11] Principal photography began on August 28, 2006, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [12] The film was released on June 15, 2007.

Due to 20th Century Fox's disappointment in the box-office performance of the film, a potential third Fantastic Four film and a Silver Surfer spin-off film were canceled. [13]

Fantastic Four (2015)

The story, loosely based on the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic-books, features four people teleporting to an alternate universe, which alters their physical form and grants them new abilities. They must learn to harness their abilities and work together as a team to save the Earth from a familiar enemy. [14]

In August 2009, the development for the reboot of the Fantastic Four film franchise was announced by 20th Century Fox. [15] In July 2012, Josh Trank was hired to direct. [16] Michael Green, Jeremy Slater, Seth Grahame-Smith and Simon Kinberg were hired to write the screenplay with Slater and Kinberg receiving credit. [17] [18] [19] Casting began in January 2014 with the announcement of the cast occurred in the following months. [20] [21] [22] [23] Principal photography began in May 2014 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and ended in August the same year. [24] [25] Starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell, the film was released on August 7, 2015. [26] The film was a box office bomb, received overwhelmingly negative reviews, and is often considered to be one of the worst superhero films ever made. [27] [28] A sequel was originally planned for 2017, but was removed from the studio's schedule in November 2015. [29] This was also the last Fantastic Four film produced by Fox before 20th Century Fox was sold to Disney and the rights reverted to Marvel Studios.

Marvel Cinematic Universe (2022–present)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

An alternate version of Reed Richards appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), played by actor John Krasinski, a popular fancasting choice for the character. This version of the character, originating from Earth-838, is both a founding member of his reality's Fantastic Four team, as well as a council member on the Illuminati alongside other superpowered individuals, who observe and apprehend potential threats to the wider Multiverse. He is initially present at the trial of the displaced Stephen Strange from "Earth-616" (Benedict Cumberbatch), whom he warns for potentially causing an incursion as his reality's Strange did. However, before he and his colleagues could decide on Strange's consequences, they would be confronted by the corrupted Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch from 616-Strange's reality, who possessed a body of her own variant to infiltrate their headquarters. In spite of Richards' attempts to reason with Wanda without resorting to physical conflict, he is killed alongside most of his associates via shredding after Wanda coldly muses that someone will be alive to raise his children. [30] [31] Additionally, the Earth-838 Christine Palmer is mentioned to be a member of the Baxter Foundation as a Multiverse analyst and researcher.

Prior to the film's release, Disney and Marvel Studios had attempted to retain secrecy surrounding both the inclusion of Mister Fantastic and Krasinski's involvement in the film. However, his appearance in the film alongside the other then-unrevealed Illuminati members would be leaked just prior to the film's wide release on May 6, 2022, through the circulation of footage and pictures depicting his character. [32]

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

Chris Evans reprised his role as the incarnation of Johnny Storm from the Tim Story films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). He was sent to the Void by the Time Variance Authority and became part of a Resistance group against Cassandra Nova. In the movie, A mysterious figure comes across Deadpool and Wolverine when the two are fighting each other in the Void. He was anticipated by Deadpool to be Steve Rogers (who Evans portrayed in the MCU), only to reveal himself as Johnny Storm. After a brief stand-off with Pyro, Storm is captured alongside Deadpool and Wolverine. Upon their arrival to Cassandra Nova's lair, Deadpool repeats Storm's supposed insults towards Nova. When Johnny protests these claims, Cassandra swiftly kills Storm by removing his skin and muscles, with his body falling apart nearly instantly. Throughout the film, Wolverine holds Storm's death over Deadpool's head, but in the film's post-credit scene, Wade reveals that he only quoted Johnny's insults verbatim.

Additionally, the Fantasti-Car appears ridden by Toad. Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) from Johnny Storm's universe was mentioned in the film to have studied the multiverse and learned about the Void.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

Disney's CEO Bob Iger stated that they plan to integrate the Fantastic Four into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) [33] after purchasing Fox Studios in a $71.3 billion deal, officially completed in March 2019. [34] At the 2019 Marvel Studios San Diego Comic-Con presentation, Kevin Feige announced a Fantastic Four film set in the MCU. [35] [36] By December 2020, Jon Watts was attached to direct the film; Watts previously helmed the Spider-Man films set in the MCU. [37] In April 2022, Watts stepped down as director to take a break from directing superhero films. [38] Later in July, Feige revealed that the reboot will not have an origin story. [39] In August, Matt Shakman was in early talks to direct the film, [40] which was confirmed in September during the Disney event D23. The same month, Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer were hired as writers for the film. [41] By March 2023, Josh Friedman was hired to rewrite the script. [42] In February 2024, it was announced that the film would star Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Susan Storm, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm. [43] In April 2024, it was announced that Julia Garner would portray Shalla-Bal / Silver Surfer in the film. [44] In May 2024, Ralph Ineson was announced to play Galactus. [45] John Malkovich, Paul Walter Hauser, and Natasha Lyonne were also announced to play currently unknown characters. [46] In late June, Feige confirmed that the film will be a period piece set in the 1960s and in an alternate universe rather than the main MCU continuity. [47] Principal photography began in London in late July 2024. [48]

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 25, 2025, as part of Phase Six of the MCU.

During Marvel's Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con in 2024, Michael Giacchino was announced to be composing the score for the film. [49] [50]

Avengers: Doomsday (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027)

At San Diego Comic-Con in July 2024, Pascal, Kirby, Quinn, and Moss-Bachrach were confirmed to be reprising their roles in the films Avengers: Doomsday (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027), starring alongside Downey as Doom.

Cast and characters

List indicators

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.

Character The Fantastic Four 20th Century Fox releases Marvel Cinematic Universe
Tim Story films Fantastic Four Phase Four Phase Five Phase Six
Fantastic Four Fantastic Four:
Rise of the Silver Surfer 		Doctor Strange
in the Multiverse of Madness 		Deadpool & Wolverine The Fantastic Four:
First Steps 		Avengers:
Doomsday 		Avengers:
Secret Wars
199420052007201520222024202520262027
Reed Richards
Mister Fantastic 		Alex Hyde-White Ioan Gruffudd Miles Teller
Owen Judge Y 		John Krasinski [a] Mentioned Pedro Pascal
Sue Storm
Invisible Woman 		Rebecca Staab
Mercedes McNab Y 		Jessica Alba Kate Mara Mentioned Vanessa Kirby
Johnny Storm
Human Torch 		Jay Underwood
Phillip Van Dyke Y 		Chris Evans Michael B. Jordan Chris Evans [b] Joseph Quinn
Ben Grimm
The Thing 		Carl Ciarfalio
Michael Bailey Smith 		Michael Chiklis Jamie Bell
Evan Hannemann Y 		Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Victor von Doom
Doctor Doom 		Joseph Culp Julian McMahon Toby Kebbell TBA Robert Downey Jr.
Alicia Masters Kat Green Kerry Washington
Norrin Radd & Shalla-Bal
Silver Surfer 		Laurence Fishburne V
Doug Jones 		Julia Garner [c]
Galactus Appeared Ralph Ineson

Crew

OccupationFilm
The Fantastic Four Fantastic Four Fantastic Four:
Rise of the Silver Surfer 		Fantastic Four The Fantastic Four: First Steps
19942005200720152025
DirectorOley Sassone Tim Story Josh Trank Matt Shakman
Producer(s)Steven Rabiner Bernd Eichinger
Avi Arad
Ralph Winter 		Matthew Vaughn
Simon Kinberg
Gregory Goodman
Hutch Parker
Robert Kulzer		Kevin Feige
Executive producer(s) Roger Corman
Bernd Eichinger
Glenn Garland
Jan Kikumoto		 Stan Lee
Kevin Feige
Chris Columbus
Mark Radcliffe
Michael Barnathan 		Stan Lee Louis D'Esposito
Grant Curtis
Nick Pepin
Christopher Ford
Jon Watts
Matt Shakman
Jamie Christopher
Writer(s)Craig J. Nevius
Kevin Rock		 Michael France
Mark Frost 		Screenplay by
Don Payne
Mark Frost
Story by
John Turman
Mark Frost		 Jeremy Slater
Simon Kinberg
Josh Trank		 Josh Friedman
Cameron Squires
Eric Pearson
Peter Cameron
Composer(s)David Wurst
Eric Wurst		 John Ottman Marco Beltrami
Philip Glass 		Michael Giacchino
Director of photographyMark Parry Oliver Wood Larry BlanfordMatthew Jensen Jess Hall
Editor(s)Glenn Garland William Hoy William Hoy
Peter S. Elliot		Elliot Greenberg
Stephen E. Rivkin		TBA
Production Designer(s)Mick StrawnBill BoesKirk M. PetruccelliChris Seagers Kasra Farahani
Costume Designer(s)Reve RichardsJosé I. FernandezMary Vogt George L. Little Alexandra Byrne

Home media

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released Fantastic Four (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Fantastic Four (2015) on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download. [52] The films were also released on DVD and Blu-ray box sets:

TitleFormatRelease dateFilmsReference
Fantastic Four 2-Movie CollectionDVDOctober 2, 2007Fantastic Four (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer [53]
The Ultimate Heroes CollectionOctober 16, 2007 Daredevil , Elektra , Fantastic Four (2005), X-Men [54]
Marvel HeroesMay 13, 2008Daredevil, Elektra, Fantastic Four (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, X-Men, X2 , X-Men: The Last Stand [55]
Blu-ray 3-PackBlu-rayNovember 18, 2008Daredevil, Fantastic Four (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer [56]
20th Century Fox Triple FeatureDVDJune 1, 2010Daredevil, Fantastic Four (2005), X-Men [57]
October 5, 2010Daredevil, Elektra, Fantastic Four (2005) [58]
20th Century Fox Double FeatureFantastic Four (2005), X-Men [59]
Fantastic Four / Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver SurferBlu-rayMay 15, 2012Fantastic Four (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer [60]
Fantastic Four Double FeatureBlu-ray/Digital HD, DVDMarch 8, 2016 [61] [62]

Reception

Box office performance

FilmU.S. release dateBox office grossProduction budgetRef.
North AmericaOther territoriesWorldwide
The Fantastic Four (1994)$1 million
Fantastic Four (2005)July 8, 2005$154,696,080$178,839,854$333,535,934$87.5–100 million [63]
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)June 15, 2007$131,921,738$169,991,393$301,913,131$120–130 million [64]
Fantastic Four (2015)August 7, 2015$56,117,548$111,765,333$167,882,881$120–155 million [65]
Totals$342,735,366$460,596,580$803,331,946$328.5-386 million [66]

The Fantastic Four film series has grossed over $342 million in North America and over $803 million worldwide. [67]

Critical and public response

FilmCriticalPublic
Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
The Fantastic Four 27% (11 reviews) [68] ——
Fantastic Four (2005)28% (214 reviews) [69] 40 (35 reviews) [70] B [71]
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 37% (172 reviews) [72] 45 (33 reviews) [73] B [71]
Fantastic Four (2015)9% (262 reviews) [74] 27 (40 reviews) [75] C− [71]

None of the Fantastic Four films received a positive critical reception. [76] Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic called the 1994 film "[a] painfully silly film, one with more heroic intentions than actual assets". [77]

Rene Rodriguez of Miami Herald gave negative reviews to the Fantastic Four films directed by Tim Story. Regarding Rise of the Silver Surfer, he said that the "story does the same sort of efficient, impersonal job he did on the first film, keeping things at such a basic, almost childish level that it seems the movie is aimed squarely, if not exclusively, at the 12-and-under set". [78] However, Roger Moore of Orlando Sentinel gave Story's Fantastic Four films good reviews. He called the first film a "popcorn popper" and a "cinematic sugar buzz" and the second film an "entertaining film that doesn't overstay its welcome". [79] [80]

The 2015 reboot film was the most weakly reviewed in the series. It was criticized for its dark and humorless tone, it's character arcs, designs (especially that of Dr. Doom), bland acting, and poorly written story. Director Josh Trank was himself not satisfied, posting a message on Twitter stating he had envisioned a better version of the film, but it was ruined by Fox. He later deleted the message. [81]

Cancelled films

Doctor Doom

At the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, Noah Hawley said that he was developing a film centered on Doctor Doom. [82] Dan Stevens was also said to be involved with the film. [83] In June 2018, Hawley said that the script was almost finished, but that there was "a little uncertainty" about whether it would be filmed due to his upcoming film Pale Blue Dot and the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney. [84] In 2019, Hawley revealed that he was still unsure about whether he would be continuing the project, as it had not been officially greenlit, but that he had spoken to Kevin Feige about it. [85] That August, Hawley told Deadline that the movie "is done", implying that he was no longer working on it. [86]

Silver Surfer

In 2007, after the release of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer , 20th Century Fox hired J. Michael Straczynski to write the screenplay for the Silver Surfer spin-off film. Straczynski said his script was a sequel, but also delved into the Silver Surfer's origins. It was later canceled after Fox decided to reboot the Fantastic Four film series. [87] [88]

In February 2018, a Silver Surfer film was in development with Brian K. Vaughan attached to the script. [89]

Untitled Fant4stic sequel

Before Fantastic Four began filming, 20th Century Fox announced plans for a sequel with a scheduled release date of July 14, 2017. [90] Fox then rescheduled the release for June 2, 2017, with War for the Planet of the Apes taking its place on the July 14, 2017, slot. [91] It changed the release date again to June 9, 2017, to be two weeks after Star Wars: The Last Jedi 's initial scheduled release date of May 26, 2017. [92] Due to Fantastic Four's poor box office performance of and negative reviews, Pamela McClintock of The Hollywood Reporter said that it "throws into question whether Fox will move ahead with a sequel". In November 2015, the sequel was removed from Fox's release schedule. [93] When asked by Collider whether they would make another Fantastic Four film, Kinberg stated: "I have no idea. I think the truth is we would not do another Fantastic Four movie until it was ready to be made. One of the lessons we learned on that movie is we want to make sure to get it 100% right, because we will not get another chance with the fans". [94]

Concept artist Alexander Lozano revealed that Trank's iteration of the Fantastic Four were considered for cameo appearances in Tim Miller's take on Deadpool 2 . [95]

Notes

  1. ↑ Krasinski portrays a variant of the character from Earth-838.
  2. ↑ Evans portrays the same version from the 2005 and 2007 films.
  3. ↑ Garner will portray a variation of the Shalla-Bal version of the Silver Surfer. [51]

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