The Fantastic Four: First Steps director Matt Shakman explains why there’s no Doom and adapting Galactus in a recent interview. EW has a big Fantastic Four spread this week, which also includes some new stills from the film. There’s also some copy from Thing actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach, but I’ll cover his comments in a separate article.
Here what Shakman had to tell the trade,
“Doom’s a great character, but he takes up a lot of air. Other film adaptations have done both an origin story and Doom. We’re doing neither, and that allows us to look at them from a fresh perspective.”
As for the movies actual villain Galactus?
“I didn’t want to just use motion-capture for Galactus. I wanted to actually have someone there embodying the part. So we’ve built an entire costume for him, and we’ve done a lot of photography testing to figure out, How do you make sure that the scale is correct? How do you film Mount Rushmore?”
As for what Mister Fantastic thinks of Galactus, actor Pedro Pascal had this to say,
“It is definitely a scale of threat which Reed has never experienced. Even the smartest man in the world is awestruck by a being that outdates his understanding of time.”
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Check out the full article on EW for more from Pascal on living up to expectations of the role he’s playing.
Meanwhile the trade also posted this on social media.
Marvel’s First Family is here! Set on a whole new Earth, starring a quartet of prestige TV’s best, and bringing in the Devourer of Worlds, #TheFantasticFour is ready for (re)launch into theaters. Prepare for their arrival with our latest cover story. https://t.co/EgBAhIgvYn pic.twitter.com/ELApnhJtaa
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) April 10, 2025
As you’d guess, some other X accounts have reposted some of the images from EW.
New stills from ‘THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS’ have been released.
— Fantastic Four Updates (@F4Update) April 10, 2025
(via: @EW) pic.twitter.com/nvebsF8XjB
New stills from ‘THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS’ have been released.
— Fantastic Four Updates (@F4Update) April 10, 2025
(via: @EW) pic.twitter.com/MvUvgqya7C
There are more images to check out in the source article, linked at the top of this page.
What do you think of his comments as Fantastic Four: First Steps director Matt Shakman explains why there’s no Doom and adapting Galactus? Thoughts below as always.
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