The Fantastic Four are officially heading to the MCU. Kevin Feige has confirmed that Marvel's First Family will be the first project of Marvel Phase 6. Now, while that may still seem a way off, Marvel Phase 5 kicks off next month with the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Not only this, but the details we know so far about the upcoming Fantastic Four movie mean there is plenty to get excited about.

There are plenty of casting rumors circulating about who will be next to take on the roles of Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm. John Krasinski is obviously a frontrunner after he played a variant of Mr. Fantastic in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. However, the A Quiet Place star has admitted he's not sure yet whether he'll be coming back or not. We do have a confirmed director onboard after Jon Watts departed the project, and there's a release date, too.

So, for everything you need to know about the Fantastic Four movie, look no further than our ultimate guide right here.

After a shake-up in the Marvel release schedule, Fantastic Four will hit theaters on February 14, 2025, moving several months back from November 8, 2024 – which was originally announced by none other than Kevin Feige at San Diego Comic-Con. The film is still set to launch Phase 6 with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever closing out Marvel Phase 4, and Thunderbolts closing out Phase 5.

The Fantastic Four plot has not been revealed yet by Marvel, but Kevin Feige confirmed that the film won't be another origin story. The quartet originally gained superpowers after being exposed to cosmic rays on a scientific mission to outer space, but this will seemingly not be portrayed on screen again. “A lot of people know this origin story. A lot of people know the basics. How do we take that and bring something that they’ve never seen before? We’ve set a very high bar for ourselves with bringing that to the screen," Feige said at San Diego Comic-Con.

Since the origin story has formed the premise of the previous adaptations, it makes sense that Marvel would use a different approach for the upcoming movie. As well as this, the studio does tend to shy away from traditional storylines in their MCU movies. And given the Fantastic Four first debuted back in 1961, there are plenty of other directions they could head in. There are also plenty of villains the new movie could introduce, including Namor, the Silver Surfer, Galactus, Doctor Doom, and KI’rt. They’ve also had run-ins with Ronan the Accuser in the past, who was played by Lee Pace in Captain Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy.

No casting has been confirmed yet for the Fantastic Four, despite several rumors. Marvel has not even announced if any of its previous stars will be reprising their roles in the upcoming film. As soon as the Fantastic Four cast is confirmed, we'll keep you updated. But in the meantime, we’ve pulled together all that’s currently known about the lead characters: Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm.

If you've seen Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, then you will know John Krasinski appeared as Richards. He was part of the Illuminati, a group of superheroes tasked with making decisions that will impact the multiverse. Joined by Anson Mount's Black Bolt, Hayley Atwell's Captain Carter, Lashana Lynch's Captain Marvel, Patrick Stewart's Professor X, and Chiwetel Ejiofor's Mordo, he was part of the group judging Stephen Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) multiverse behavior.

Sue Storm is the Invisible Woman, another founding member of the Fantastic Four and Mister Fantastic’s wife. After being exposed to cosmic radiation, she’s gifted the power of invisibility as well as being able to create force fields. In previous film iterations, she’s been played by Jessica Alba and Kate Mara. Although, no actor has shared a desire to reprise the role. Depending on who you believe, other actors have been linked. They include Erin Moriarty and Saoirse Ronan, though nothing has been confirmed as of writing.

Johnny Storm is Sue’s younger brother who also gets exposed to cosmic radiation on their doomed mission. He develops the power to turn his body into a fiery, plasma-like state. There have been no rumors about casting for this role so far. In the past, Chris Evans and Michael B. Jordan took on the role. It is very unlikely we’d see Evans reprise his role as the Human Torch after he went on to bag a huge MCU role as Captain America. Jordan also appeared as a new MCU character when he played Erik Killmonger in Black Panther. So we expect some new casting for the role such as Austin Butler.

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