Marvel has announced the cast for its much-anticipated reboot of Fantastic Four: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn.
The film, about a quartet of superheroes with different powers, has been dated for 25 July 2025.
Pascal, who recently received an Emmy nomination for his lead role in HBO’s The Last of Us, will play Reed Richards AKA Mr Fantastic. Kirby, most recently seen opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon, will play his girlfriend, Sue Storm AKA Invisible Woman. Moss-Bachrach, who picked up the Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy series for The Bear last month, will be Ben Grimm AKA The Thing. Joseph Quinn, who broke out after appearing as Eddie in Stranger Things, will be Johnny Storm AKA The Human Torch.
The announcement was made by Marvel on Instagram via a Valentine’s card.
The characters were previously brought to the screen in 2005 and a sequel in 2007, led by Chris Evans and Jessica Alba. Both films combined made about $630m worldwide. There was also a version in 2015 with Michael B Jordan and Miles Teller which was a critical and commercial misfire.
Details on the film are light but the characters are astronauts who go to space and come back with special powers.
Rumours about the actors have been circulating for months, with Kirby saying last November that she would be “honoured” to join the film.
The film will be directed by Matt Shakman, known mostly for TV work including episodes of WandaVision, Succession and The Great.
Pascal is also set to lead the second season of The Last of Us and recently appeared in the anthology movie Freaky Tales that premiered at Sundance. Kirby, who received an Oscar nomination for Pieces of a Woman, will next be seen in the as-yet-untitled next Mission: Impossible movie and the Ron Howard-directed survival thriller Eden alongside Ana de Armas and Sydney Sweeney.
Moss-Bachrach will soon be seen in the third season of The Bear, which airs this summer, and the Hulu horror film Dust opposite Sarah Paulson. This year sees Quinn appear in both Gladiator 2 and A Quiet Place: Day One.
The announcement comes after the release of The Marvels at the end of 2023, which became Marvel’s lowest-grossing instalment in its cinematic universe.
Today sees the release of Marvel and Sony’s Madame Web, which has a 17% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is tracking to open with a $25m six-day weekend.
