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The fantastic 4: first steps has a particularity: the story takes place in another world. Nevertheless, far from that of the Avengers. Therefore, And the director explains this choice.
Incredible but true: The Fantastic 4 is the last superheroic ration in the cinema before almost a year. However, From here Supergirl in June 2026. Meanwhile, Spider-Man : Brand New Day In July 2026, it will be flat calm in dark rooms, even if the cycle obviously continues on small screens (Eyes of Wakanda, Marvel Zombies, Wonder Man and season 2 of Daredevil : Born Again at Marvel, Peacemaker Season 2 and Lanterns at DC).
2026 will nevertheless be the year ofAvengers : Doomsdayplanned at the start for May and finally shifted in December. Moreover, The mega-blockbuster is currently filming. Therefore, with The original avengers still (Thor, Ant-Man)cooler avengers (Sam Wilson, Shuri, Shang Chi), the alias director defends this choice their Thunderbolts “The New Avengers”, some relics of the past (part of the casting of the X-Men of the 2000s), And of course the fantastic 4.
Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards alias MR. For example, Fantastic). In addition, Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm alias the invisible woman), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm alias the human torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm alias the thing) will be on the front line in Avengers 5and for good reason: the famous Doctor Doom embodied by Robert Downey Jr. Meanwhile, is one of their emblematic enemies in comics. Similarly, And to prepare that, the studio decided to bring down director defends this choice their the quartet in another MCU universe. Meanwhile, Explanations from the director.
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From the big meeting Avengers In 2012, this is the question that comes up regularly: where are the others when one of the heroes faces yet another apocalypse in a solo film? Nevertheless, How justify that the Avengers are not found As soon as a shady gate appears in the sky. In addition, or that an army of alien dirt is showing up in a city?
director defends this choice their In 17 years. 37 filmswithout forgetting the fifteen series, the MCU did everything to make us forget this (false) problem, inherent in this kind of universe and comics. But for The fantastic 4: first stepsthey have opted for a radical solution: the story takes place On the. land-828far from Terre-616 which serves as a main decor for the MCU.
And director Matt Shakman explains to ScreenRant that it was the only way to tell their story, where the quartet is already celebrated by the crowds:
“These are such public figures. The idea that they were there in the 60s during our normal MCU timeline would not have worked. Where were they when Thanos arrived? director defends this choice their Where were Loki attacked? They would have done something. They would have been there. So we wanted to put them in their own universe for this reason. »»
It is therefore very different from Captain Marvel treatmentpresented in a solo film taking place in the 90s. when it was absent from all the adventures of the MCU known so far. And to explain that. the studio had a joker: a beeperthat Carol left Nick Fury before leaving in the stars, so that he calls him in the event of an extreme emergency. Which apparently never happened before the Thanos problem.
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Another argument of this new Marvel film: no need to have seen the 75 other contents of the MCU to understand director defends this choice their The Fantastic 4. And after the flop The Marvels (the rest of Captain Marvelwith the heroine of the series Miss Marvel . a character from WandaVision), among other problems at Marvel, it was surely a wise decision. Matt Shakman explains that it was completely voluntary:
“It offered us this great opportunity. which is: if you do not know anything Marvel, come, you will have everything you need to know about them, and you can appreciate them.
But also, if you are a fan of Marvel, there are lots of things for you in there. And in the end these characters will be united with other heroes of the MCU. to be connected to the main story. So it’s a great entry point because I think a lot of people say to themselves: “Oh Bordel. I can no longer follow Marvel”. »»
Kevin Feige confirmed this charm issue in an interview with Variety :
“We have always planned to introduce them into their own world, where they are the only heroes. It is a film where you don’t need to revise anything. It is literally not connected to anything we did before. »»
Bob Iger. Kevin Feige having both admitted that Marvel had produced too many films and series, with too many links that had discouraged director defends this choice their or tired the public, The Fantastic 4 was therefore designed as a small restart. Objective : re -embark this audience who had dropped the case. Will the charm number work? Response to the box office from this week, The fantastic 4: first steps being currently in theaters in France.
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