Kevin Feige has revealed an unexpected detail about the setting of Marvel ’s forthcoming The Fantastic Four film. The project is the first time the superhero team will join the interlinking Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), with a star studded cast that includes The Last of Us ’s Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr Fantastic, The Bear ’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, and Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman. Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn will also appear as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch alongside Ozark ’s Julia Garner as Silver Surfer , The Office star Ralph Ineson as villain Galactus, and John Malkovich, who will play a part that is still undisclosed.
Speaking on The Official Marvel Podcast , Feige, 53, said perceptive fans had already spotted the unexpected setting of The Fantastic Four film, which had not yet been announced. “It’s a period film,” he revealed. “There was another piece of art we released with Johnny Storm flying in the air making a “four” symbol.
There was a cityscape in that image.” Feige continued: “There were a lot of smart people who noticed that that cityscape didn’t look exactly like the New York that we know or the New York that existed in the Sixties in our world. “Those are smart observations, I’ll say.
” The Marvel boss also announced The Fantastic Four will start filming on Monday, 29 July – directly after the comic book convention Comic-Con takes place in San Diego, California. “Our directo.
