The cast of the reboot of The Fantastic Four Marvel Studios continues to grow. After the addition of Paul Walter Hauser, now it was the studio’s turn to cast the great actor John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich) in the film, scheduled for 2025. As Deadline reports, for now, his role is being kept secret.
The cast of the reboot Fantastic Four count with Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (The Thing).
Julia Garner (Ozark) will play Shalla Bal, a female version of the Silver Surfer, and the film also has Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird) in the cast.
Behind the scenes, the production has already gone through some rough patches. Jon Wattsdirector of the trilogy Spider man in Tom Holland, was responsible, but left the film. Now, Matt Shakmandirector of WandaVision, is in charge, with young screenwriters on the rise Jeff Kaplan It is Ian Springer writing the first version of the story, and Josh Friedman (Avatar: The Way of Water) rewrite.
The Fantastic Four are the cornerstone of the Marvel universe as we know it. The group’s first comic book was published in 1961, as the publisher’s response to the Justice League, which was successful at its rival DC Comics. The screenwriter’s greatest insight Stan Lee and the artist Jack Kirbyhowever, was to create a group of vulnerable heroes, with problems that bring them closer to the readers.
The original lineup of the Fantastic Four is made up of Reed Richards, Ben Grimm and brothers Sue Storm and Johnny Storm. The four gain powers after an unauthorized trip into space, in which the ship they are on is hit by a series of cosmic rays for which it was not prepared.
With this, the vessel returns to planet Earth and the four, in addition to surviving the accident, gain super powers. Reed is able to stretch his body, Ben gains super strength and rocky skin, while Sue is able to turn invisible and create force fields. Finally Johnny is able to produce flames with his own body. The four become Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, the Invisible Woman, and the Human Torch.
