An extended version of the 2005 Fantastic Four movie is headed to the HBO Max streaming service.
This cut will arrive on HBO Max on July 1. The extended version of Fantastic Four first premiered through a home video release in June 2007 and adds twenty minutes of deleted scenes and subplots into the movie.
According to a breakdown by Movie-Censorship, among the additions to the extended cut of Fantastic Four are radically different opening credits and a dinner date scene between Victor von Doom and Sue Storm. Other new elements in the extended cut include a sequence in which Johnny Storm's womanizing behavior backfires on him, and one about Ben Grimm attending an art exhibition with Alicia Masters.
The extended cut also includes a pair of references to two other Marvel Comics characters. One of these is Reed Richards stretching his face to resemble Wolverine, while the other sees Alicia Masters noting that some puppets in her art exhibition belong to her father. The latter serves as a reference to the Fantastic Four antagonist Puppet Master.
The original theatrical version of Fantastic Four was released on July 8, 2005. Directed by Tim Story, it starred Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon and Kerry Washington.