STORMS COMING!
THE FANTASTIC FOUR’S COMIC-CON DEBUT CAME WITH A TANTALISING TASTE OF THINGS TO COME
Ebon MossBachrach, Joseph Quinn, Vanessa Kirby and Pedro Pascal
THE SETTING
The SDCC panel introducing us to Marvel’s First Family, the Fantastic Four, gave the movie an official subtitle (First Steps), and confirmed that the movie, set in an alternate 1960s, will be a retro-futuristic feast for the eyes, with director Matt Shakman talking up the influence of Syd Mead in particular. The movie, which stars Pedro Pascal (stretchy Mr Fantastic, aka Reed Richards), Vanessa Kirby (invisible Sue Storm), Joseph Quinn (flaming-hot the Human Torch, aka Johnny Storm) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (superstrong the Thing, aka Ben Grimm), just started shooting in London, and with less than a year to go until release, hopefully they’ve got time to make sure the VFX won’t look like they’ve also been ported over from the ’60s.