Pedro Pascal Shares First Cast Photo From “The Fantastic Four” Set
Pedro Pascal and the rest of his Fantastic Four teammates are ready to suit up.
Pascal, who plays Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic in director Matt Shakman’s upcoming reboot, shared the first image of the main cast from the set on Instagram. Pascal’s photo reveals himself and the rest of the core four—Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch.
Check out Pascal’s photo here:
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In late June, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed what was hinted at in Marvel’s Valentine’s Day post on Instagram—The Fantastic Four is definitively a period piece set in the 1960s. The illustrated image certainly gave off those vibes, what with the character’s attire, the room decor, and the fact that Ben Grimm is reading a December 1963 issue of Life Magazine. “Yes, yes, very much so. It is a period,” Feige said on Marvel’s podcast. “There were a lot of smart people, who noticed that that cityscape didn’t look exactly like the New York that we know, or that existed in the ’60s in our world. Those are smart observations, I’ll say.”
Director Matt Shakman’s cast includes Julia Garner as the Silver Surfer, Ralph Ineson as the supervillain Galactus, and Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter-Hauser, and John Malkovich in unspecified roles. This rebooted Four is the first iteration of the superfamily in a decade—previously, Fox produced three films—Fantastic Four (2005), Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), and a reboot, Fantastic Four (2015). Feige emphasized on the podcast how big a fan of the Fantastic Four he is and how crucial it is to return Marvel’s First Family to the big screen.
“I’m extremely excited by it because I think those characters are mainstays, are legendary pillars of the Marvel Universe that we’ve never gotten to play with or explore in a significant way outside of Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness and a few fun teases before, in the way that we’re doing it in that film. So I’m extremely excited for that.”
There’s a ton of excitement over the stellar cast, and in Matt Shakman, Marvel has a director who has experience with the studio, the era, and the material—he did incredible period work on Marvel’s first Disney+ series, WandaVision. Shakman directs from a script by Jeff Kaplan, Eric Pearson, Ian Springer, and Josh Friedman.
The Fantastic Four is set for a July 25, 2025 release.
For more on The Fantastic Four, check out these stories:
Kevin Feige Confirms That “The Fantastic Four” is Set in the 1960s
“The Fantastic Four” Adds Natasha Lyonne to Cast
“The Fantastic Four” Casts Ralph Ineson as Supervillain Galactus
“Fantastic Four” Cast Adds Paul Walter Hauser
Featured image: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 19: Pedro Pascal attends the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
