Marvel Studios' upcoming Fantastic Four reboot is officially slated to hit theaters in late 2024.During its Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, Marvel Studios announced that its new Fantastic Four film would premiere in theaters on Nov. 8, 2024. Furthermore, Fantastic Four will kick off Phase Six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Phase Four of the MCU is slated to come to a close later this year with She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Phase Five will then run from early 2023 to mid 2024, consisting of the films Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels, Blade, Captain America: New World Order and Thunderbolts, as well as the Disney+ series Secret Invasion, Echo, Loki Season 2, Ironheart, Agatha: Coven of Chaos and Daredevil: Born Again.
Fantastic Four will then signal the beginning of Phase Six in late 2024. Marvel Studios has also announced that two new Avengers films -- Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars -- will conclude Phase Six in 2025. The Kang Dynasty will release in theaters on May 2, 2025, followed by Secret Wars on Nov. 7, 2025. Other Phase Six projects will be announced at a later date. Moreover, Marvel Studios has officially dubbed the post-Infinity Saga of the MCU as The Multiverse Saga.
Known as Marvel's original superhero team, the Fantastic Four were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Consisting of Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Susan Richards (née Storm)/Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm/Human Torch and Ben Grimm/the Thing, the team first appeared in 1961's The Fantastic Four #1.
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The Fantastic Four have been adapted into live-action on numerous occasions. First, there was producer Roger Corman's 1994 film The Fantastic Four, which was never officially released to the public. Years after Corman's adaptation failed to launch, 20th Century Fox released the 2005 film Fantastic Four and its 2007 sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Fox then released a Fantastic Four reboot film in 2015.
Following The Walt Disney Company's 2019 acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Marvel Studios announced its own Fantastic Four reboot in December 2020. Initially, Jon Watts -- director of the MCU's Spider-Man trilogy -- was attached to helm the film. However, Watts ultimately exited the project.
The 2022 Phase Four film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness became the first Marvel Studios project to feature a member of the Fantastic Four, with The Office's John Krasinski making a cameo as a multiversal variant of Reed Richards (who was quickly killed off). Marvel Studios has not stated if Krasinski would play the MCU's main Reed Richards in the Fantastic Four reboot, though the prospect seems unlikely.
Marvel Studios' Fantastic Four premieres in theaters on Nov. 8, 2024.
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