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‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ review: A visually stunning and “fantastic” take at Marvel’s First Family

The team is here and they're perfect.

The Mary Sue

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review: What Superman Does So Right, The MCU’s Latest Gets Wrong

The latest MCU movie suffers from being all plot, no story.

Cinemablend

Playing pregnant superhero in Fantastic Four was a great honour – Vanessa Kirby

Kirby and Pedro Pascal play Sue Storm/Invisible Woman and Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Evening Standard

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First reviews for latest Marvel flick are looking Fantastic

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The Independent UK

Early reactions for The Fantastic Four: First Steps call film ‘out of this world’

Early reactions ahead of the film’s July 25 release are promising

The Independent UK

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Has Screened, And ‘Fantastic’ Is Just One Of The Words Being Used To Describe The MCU Movie

Pundits have thoughts on the latest MCU film.

Cinemablend

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' cast and character guide: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, and who else you'll see in the Marvel movie

Here are all of the stars you'll see in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, aka the first Marvel Phase 6 movie.

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The Fantastic Four are in Avengers: Doomsday, and I think I know what that means for First Steps

The future for Marvel’s first family is already certain, and it tells us a lot about what we can expect from Fantastic Four: First Steps

Total Film

Fantastic Four star Ebon Moss-Bachrach says the Marvel film's script wasn't "fully ready" by the time rehearsals started, and you can bet James Gunn wouldn't approve

It sounds like Fantastic Four's script was finished late

Total Film

Half of the Fantastic Four were cast after only one Zoom call: "I don't believe it either"

The Fantastic Four casting process was slightly unconventional

Total Film

Fantastic Four stars say Avengers: Doomsday is "epic" and "intergalactic" – and, worryingly, "tragic"

Should we be concerned?

Total Film

Pascal's fame stretches Down Under for Fantastic Four

Third time's a charm for the Fantastic Four as the stars of the latest reboot including Pedro Pascal walk the blue carpet for an Australian promotion.

AAP

Even a Fantastic Four cast member doesn't know what happens in the movie yet: "I’m so glad I can stand on the red carpet and not worry about giving anything away"

It looks like The Fantastic Four: First Steps is being kept secret from everyone

Total Film

Joseph Quinn says Beatles role is beyond his ‘wildest dreams’

The 31-year old Londoner, best known for playing Eddie Munson in the sci-fi Netflix series, will be portraying the Beatles’ guitarist.

Evening Standard

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Stars of Fantastic Four: First Steps hit the blue carpet for London premiere of new Marvel blockbuster

Pedro Pascal, Julia Garner and Vanessa Kirby among the all-star cast at the BFI IMAX at Waterloo

The Independent UK

Ringo Starr says he told Sam Mendes to rewrite parts of Beatles biopic: ‘We would never do that’

Biopic is set to release in April 2028

Total Film

Move over, Galactus: Fantastic Four's Joseph Quinn confirms there's another unannounced villain in the Marvel movie

A classic villain could appear in The First Steps

The Independent UK

The Beatles biopic is being brought to us by a trio of white men – how boringly predictable

STATE OF THE ARTS: As three male writers are announced as the people behind the new, four-part Beatles biopic – along with director Sam Mendes and stars including Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan – Laura Barton asks why women, despite propelling the band to glory, are rarely considered an authority…

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Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn teases new role in horror short Tidbit with 'brilliant bat s**t script'

Since winning a legion of fans as Eddie Munson in the fourth season of Netflix series Stranger Things and cementing his place in Hollywood with a turn in Gladitor 2, the Brit star is hot property right now

The Guardian - UK

Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films to be written by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne

The director has appointed the acclaimed Olivier, Tony, Bafta and Oscar winning talents to be the screenwriters for The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event

The Guardian - UK

Baby boomers: if Sue Storm is pregnant then what’s going to happen in the Fantastic Four’s first outing?

That Vanessa Kirby’s character might be having a baby raises mind-bending questions about the trajectory of Matt Shakman’s instalment of the new Marvel franchise

BANG Premier

Pedro Pascal reveals why playing Mister Fantastic was ' really intimidating'

Pedro Pascal admits it was "scary" taking on the role of Mister Fantastic in the upcoming 'Fantastic Four' film.

The Independent UK

Aimee Lou Wood ‘lined up for major role in Beatles biopics’ after White Lotus success

Actor ‘cast alongside Joseph Quinn’ in forthcoming film series

The Independent UK

Director Sam Mendes reveals why he’s making four Beatles films

‘One is always looking to find new ways to look at the past,’ filmmaker said

The Guardian - UK

Critics are tearing into the Beatles biopics already. Here’s why they should let it be

The casting of new Fab Four movies and Wuthering Heights has been slammed before filming even finishes. Can’t we just wait and see?

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