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I watched The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and it heralds a much-needed new dawn for Marvel’s First Family on the big screen

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is one small step forward for the MCU, and one giant leap in the right direction for Marvel's iconic quartet.

TechRadar

The Fantastic Four: First Steps makes Superman look mediocre

4/5 Marvel launches its new phase with a stylish and satisfying retro-future reboot of The Fantastic Four

Evening Standard

Pedro Pascal vows never to go clean-shaven again after his ‘appalling’ Wonder Woman 1984 appearance

Actor played villain Maxwell Lord in the DC Comics movie

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The Fantastic Four and their long, often embarrassing road to the big screen

IN FOCUS: Considering their importance to Marvel lore, Mr Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing have been woefully represented on film so far. As yet another reboot hits cinemas, Tom Fordy looks back on the attempts that backfired – and why a never-released 1994 adaptation might…

The Independent UK

We finally know how Ben Grimm shaves his Thing beard in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and it's the funniest thing I've seen since learning how Superman does it

Be careful with that angle grinder, Ben

GamesRadar

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is no disaster – but it’s no Superman, either

3/5 Vanessa Kirby is a standout as Susan Storm and the set design dazzles, but this franchise-starter is still weighed down by the usual unfunny banter and pathological Marvel aversion to risk

The Independent UK

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' Review: Marvel's First Family Just Saved The MCU

After years of struggling, the MCU finally finds its footing again.

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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

The Fantastic Four: First Steps review: "An occasionally thrilling heroic adventure that sits safely within a B-tier MCU range"

Total Film

‘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 Marvel movies and shows to watch before The Fantastic Four: First Steps – a spoiler-free guide

Get ready for The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Total Film

Marvel’s First Family finally takes its First Steps into Fortnite this week, and they look perfect

There's another word I'm looking for to describe them, but it's escaping me...

Destructoid

Marvel is honoring its history with a unique Fantastic Four cameo featuring the cast of an unreleased '90s movie

An unreleased Fantastic Four film is getting recognized

Total Film

"We're already well into development of the next saga": Marvel boss Kevin Feige on Fantastic Four: First Steps, Phase 6 and the future of the MCU

In a wide-ranging Q&A, the MCU's head honcho, Kevin Feige, sits down with GamesRadar+ and other press to talk all things Marvel

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Evening Standard

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.

Total Film

37 movies into the MCU, Marvel boss Kevin Feige says Fantastic Four is their "first standalone" film: "There's no homework required"

Put down your textbooks: Fantastic Four won't require any MCU homework

TechRadar

The Fantastic Four: First Steps director has a blunt message for fans who criticised the Marvel movie's visual effects: 'I think they're beautiful'

Matt Shakman has a terse response for people who have hit out at the Marvel Phase 6 movie's visual effects.

Cinemablend

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.

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'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.

Total Film

"He's five minutes away from destroying the world or saving it at any moment": Marvel director teases Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby's "hugely important" Fantastic Four couple

Exclusive: Matt Shakman also admits that his real-life "parental anxiety" (and an unfortunate incident with a well) inspired The Fantastic Four: First Steps

The Guardian - UK

Whiteboard warrior: Marvel is priming Mister Fantastic to be the new leader of the Avengers

The guy who treats collapsing timelines like a crossword puzzle has one extra superpower this time around: he’s played by Pedro Pascal

Cinemablend

Ahead Of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, I Have One H.E.R.B.I.E.-Related Request

Let's give it up for the Fantastic Four's robotic pal.

Total Film

Fantastic Four director tried to replicate a "Spider-Man quality" with Reed Richards' stretching to make it more "dynamic" onscreen: "It's easier to do in comic books"

Exclusive: Matt Shakman says Mister Fantastic's stretching was also inspired by Marvel and DC artist Alex Ross in The Fantastic Four: First Steps – and that it was "challenging" to bring to life

Total Film

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

Pedro Pascal may have let a Fantastic Four-related Avengers: Doomsday spoiler slip – but it doesn't involve Reed Richards

It may not be clobberin' time for Doctor Doom

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