US EditionThe Fantastic Four: First Steps Director Says Cut Scenes Include a 'Ton of Stuff That Was Really Wonderful' You'll Never Watch
UNITED STATES, JUL 30 – The reboot embraces a retro-futuristic 1960s New York and honors creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby with authentic visual style and space exploration themes, Marvel says.
- On Sunday, The Fantastic Four: First Steps earned $118 million in its first weekend in 4,125 North American theaters, with an 88% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
- After two underwhelming adaptations in 2005 and 2015, Marvel's First Steps reboot leans into comic book kitschiness, with critics noting it uses every trick in Marvel's playbook.
- All four featured actors 'nicely inhabit' their roles, said Brian Truitt in USA Today, and 'Kirby especially shines in grounding a fantastical narrative in heartfelt emotion,' said Maureen Lee Lenker. They say the third time's the charm, and when it comes to the Fantastic Four, that just might be true, said Maureen Lee Lenker in Entertainment Weekly.
- That opening ranks as the fourth biggest of the year and is the largest Marvel debut since Deadpool & Wolverine's $211 million start, with earnings expected into August.
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps is showing now in theaters around the globe and will stream on Disney+ later, while Kevin Feige announced that Avengers: Doomsday will return to Earth-828.
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Film reviews: The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Cloud
The Fantastic Four: First StepsDirected by Matt Shakman (PG-13)★★★"They say the third time's the charm, and when it comes to the Fantastic Four, that just might be true," said Maureen Lee Lenker in Entertainment Weekly. In both 2005 and 2015, Marvel failed to build decent movies around the superhero quartet, but the new reboot "leans into the comic book kitschiness inherent to the material" and winds up with an action adventure that feels "retro…
Fantastic Four: First Steps Teases a Minor Character That Could Have a Huge Impact on Avengers: Secret Wars
Image courtesy of Marvel Studios. The Fantastic Four: First Steps features virtually no connections to the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. It takes place on Earth-828, not Earth-616, after all, so there’s reason to hold out hope that Captain America or Thor will show up at the end of the movie to fight Galactus. What the film lacks in cameos, though, it makes up for with rich characters. The members of the titular team have a strong bond that’…
'Fantastic Four: First Steps’ scores Marvel’s first $100M opening of 2025
LOS ANGELES — Marvel’s first family has finally found box office gold. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” the first film about the superheroes made under the guidance of Kevin Feige and the Walt Disney Co., earned $118 million in its first weekend in 4,125 North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. That makes it the fourth biggest opening of the year, behind “A Minecraft Movie,” “Lilo & Stitch” and “Superman,” and the biggest…
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