“Fantastic Four” is scheduled to kick off Phase Six of the MCU, which will conclude with “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” and “Avengers: Secret Wars.” What’s more, the team is set to be the backbone of Marvel’s foreseeable future, with Marvel head Kevin Feige telling Entertainment Weekly, “We plan on that being a big pillar of the MCU going forward,” so making a good first impression will be especially important. Fortunately, Matt Shakman, who helmed all nine episodes of “WandaVision,” is no stranger to giving a unique feel to projects in the MCU, something that will be an asset to the franchise if it is to continue its long-running success with a new team of superheroes.
To further set “Fantastic Four” apart, Marvel is ditching the traditional origin story. “A lot of people know this origin story. A lot of people know the basics. How do we take that and bring something that they’ve never seen before?” Feige shared at the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con (via The Hollywood Reporter). Ultimately, the goal is to make the Fantastic Four’s MCU debut a great one. “We’ve set a very high bar for ourselves with bringing that to the screen,” he concluded. And in the end, what more can we really ask for?
