Fantastic Four from Marvel has become one of the company’s most anticipated films of the next year. The film will hit theaters on July 25, 2025, and the studio recently announced its main cast. Peter Pascal will be Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby will play Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach will play Ben Grimm/The Thing and Joseph Quinn He’ll do the same to Johnny Storm/Human Torch.
The announcement of the film was accompanied by the first image. Promotional poster showing four characters in a pleasant living room scene. This is an interesting piece of conceptual art that actually perhaps confirms a fundamental fact. And for months now, fans have been wondering at what point in the chronology Marvel Cinematic Universe will take place Fantastic Four. With the release of this new material, everything indicates that the film will take place in the 60s of the 20th century.
The first clue that leads to this conclusion is the design of the poster itself. The style used is very typical of illustrations from ten years ago, not the present. The second detail, even more obvious, is that Thing reading a magazine LIFE, but not just any number. This is the December 13, 1963 issue. Finally, there is one more element that die-hard Marvel fans will know and can be found in the film. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
When the main character goes into the universe Illuminatimeet Reed Richardsalthough not the same one Peter Pascal but this is from John Krasinski. When Mister Fantastic appears for the first time strange pronounces a revealing phrase. “Fantastic Four“Didn’t you play in the 60s?” notes Sorcerer Supreme. Since then, many insider rumors have surfaced that Marvel was planning to make a new adaptation of the hero family around the same time.
Fantastic Four in the Marvel timeline
Marvel has not officially commented on the situation, although it is becoming increasingly clear that MCU will travel back in time to introduce the four members of the team. This would place Fantastic Four in the chronology of the saga after Captain America The First Avenger, set during World War II. I would also go for Agent Carterwhat happens immediately after the conflict. However I would have gone earlier Captain Marvel, which takes place in the 90s. The vast majority of the franchise’s characters haven’t even been born yet. Some examples of who they might encounter: Peggy CarterHe Winter Soldier, Howard Stark, Hank Pym And Janet Van Dyne.
Actually, it makes a lot of sense. Fantastic Four It’s set in the 1960s, firstly because it would be a nice homage to his comic book creation. They were work Stan Lee And Jack Kirby, the two main architects of Marvel as they are today. They debuted in 1961 and became the first superhero team created by the publisher, becoming the key to its most glorious era. For this reason, many of his best adventures take place in an era marked by the Cold War, the space race and the atomic threat.
As expected, Fantastic Four will attempt to recover these stories and adapt them into a film that aims to radically break with the tone of the current MCU. It will also be very interesting to see how the characters try to fit into a society that is not used to superheroes. Once filming begins and more details about the film’s plot become available, it will become clear what exactly the studio’s plans are.
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