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

Marvel Studios has announced that the world premiere of The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be live-streamed on Disney+ this Monday, and subscribers will get to see an exclusive sneak peek of the reboot.

First Steps might just be the hero Marvel Studios needs after a rough time at the 2025 box office, but it depends on a few factors.

Matt Shakman is the director of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. While Shakman only has one feature movie directing credit on his resume (the 2014 movie Cut Bank ), he does have Marvel experience, having directed all nine episodes of the Marvel Disney Plus series WandaVision. Now he’s getting to officially play in the MCU sandbox.

Despite being playing a prominent villain from Marvel's comics, the 71-year-old Oscar nominee was left on the cutting room floor.

The Fantastic Four have had more than four members, and here is a look at everyone who was a main member, ranked by power.

Lee Garbett, a British artist who has drawn books like Loki and Doctor Strange for Marvel and Lucifer for DC, sees their family dynamic as key for him as an artist: “The Fantastic Four are Marvel’s first family and the character dynamics and visual design between each of them is just super-well balanced and complimentary to each other.

We’re sure to see a lot of awesome stuff when The Fantastic Four: First Steps hits theaters later this month, but one thing we won’t see is John Malkovich. The legendary star of Being John Malkovich, Con Air, Rounders, Red, and more was cast in the film and shot all his scenes. But, it turns out, those scenes have now been cut.

First Steps has arrived and it shows more of Marvel's First Family doing battle with Galactus. The Silver Surfer, meanwhile, takes to the water on her

"I had a really nice connection with Matt [Shakman, director] and then forgot about the whole thing,” Moss-Bachrach told Variety, referring to a Zoom conversation in 2023. “Then a few months later, I was walking down Fifth Avenue, and I got a call from my agents. I was honestly quite surprised.”