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THE TRUTH ABOUT: 4 - The Untold Story

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

The first reactions for 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' are in — 'one of the best things Marvel has ever made'

"The Fantastic Four: First Steps" first reactions are here. Here's what people are saying about Marvel's latest MCU film.

Tom’s Guide

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

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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 — one of the greatest Marvel movies of all time

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a detailed, character rich and fun arrival of Marvel’s iconic superhero family marks the beginning of a new era for the MCU.

WhatToWatch

‘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.

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Marvel Stars Rocked Futuristic Retro Looks At Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Premiere (And I’m Obsessed)

Let’s go vintage, shall we?

Cinemablend

'We hardly crossed paths': The actors behind The Fantastic Four: First Steps' villains never filmed a scene together – and only met once on the Marvel movie's set

Ralph Ineson and Julia Garner only had 24 hours to discuss bringing their characters' complicated dynamic to life on the big screen.

TechRadar

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

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

Early Fantastic Four: The First Steps reactions call it "one of Marvel’s best"

The First Family takes the lead in "quite possibly the best Marvel Studios film ever released"

Total Film

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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

Tom’s Guide

Netflix's new crime thriller just became one of my most anticipated movies of the summer — and you need to watch the gripping trailer now

Netflix just dropped the first trailer for its new crime thriller movie starring Vanessa Kirby, and "Night Always Comes" looks gripping.

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

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

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Cinemablend

‘Protect The Man At All Cost.' The Internet Can't Get Over Pedro Pascal Getting Emotional At Fantastic Four Event

Pedro Pascal is proving once again why he's fantastic.

Total Film

Fantastic Four will see baby Franklin Richards and Galactus put on an unlikely "collision course", says director Matt Shakman: "It's about the tiniest, youngest thing in the world and the oldest, biggest thing in the universe"

Exclusive: Matt Shakman has offered up a little tease as to what Marvel's upcoming Fantastic Four movie is *really* about

AAP

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.

Creative Bloq

Fantastic Four artists reveal the joys and challenges of drawing Marvel's first family

Comics artists tell us how they approached the unique character dynamics.

Cinemablend

Between Vanessa Kirby's Futuristic Blue Dress And Julia Garner's Silver Sheer Red Carpet Look, The Fantastic Four Women Are Out Of This World

They're fantastic!

The Independent UK

Vanessa Kirby displays pregnancy glow at Fantastic Four premiere

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The Independent UK

Vanessa Kirby shows off baby bump on Fantastic Four’s London red carpet

Watch as Vanessa Kirby shows off her baby bump as she stuns on the Fantastic Four: First Steps London premiere.

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