Marvel’s iconic superhero team is getting a fresh start. Fantastic Four: First Steps, in theaters today, introduces a new version of the group: Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (a.k.a. Mister Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (the Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (the Thing).

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A 1994 version produced by B-movie legend Roger Corman was pulled from theaters shortly before it was to be released

Indeed, by the 1990s, the only Marvel property with a proper theatrically released film was (checks notes) Howard the Duck. But as Tim Burton's Batman hit theaters in 1989, and another comic property, Dick Tracy, had a release in 1990, one intrepid producer knew that there were opportunities in Marvel's so-called House of Ideas.

Marvel's had a rough 2025 at the box office, but The Fantastic Four: First Steps should be the rebound it desperately needed.

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I t might be off-putting to mention Stan Lee when The Fantastic Four: First Steps wears its affections for Jack Kirby on its knit sleeves. But Lee used to say that Marvel's stories reflected the world outside our window.

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