As Reed, Pascal is convincing as the world’s smartest man who is nevertheless overwhelmed by the irrational flood of thoughts and emotions that accompany fatherhood. As written, Sue is a somewhat thankless character, but Kirby manages to add depth to the Invisible Woman with subtle performance choices.

One of the biggest movies to kick off Marvel’s Phase Six is the MCU’s newest movie, Fantastic Four: First Steps. Based on the FF trailer, the 2025 movie release not only stands apart due to its stellar casting,

The comics studio finally does right by the popular quartet with a retro-styled reboot, scaling back from the overcrowded feel of recent offerings.

But it was a little odd to hear that Marvel also planned to make the Fantastic Four a major part of the MCU’s future. Even though the Fantastic Four have always been prominent in Marvel’s comics, the characters — created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee — had never translated well to the big screen.

"First Steps" promises to push the MCU out of its comfort zone, but the movie quickly retreats into a tired version of the same old story.

As seen in a recent trailer for First Steps, “It’s clobbering time!” is the in-universe catchphrase of the Thing’s cartoon character, but not the actual character played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach. In fact,

First Steps does an admirable job of introducing Marvel's first superhero team into the MCU along with two of its best villains.

Fantastic Four meet-and-greet characters will make appearances in Tomorrowland at Disneyland starting on July 25.

Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn star in Marvel's latest superhero pic, in theaters July 24

Just when you thought this was going to be the summer of DC Studios and Superman, along comes a surprise. While the Marvel Cinematic Universe has perhaps felt inessential in recent years (owing to an endless torrent of new Disney+ shows),