Fantastic Four Movie Casting and Filming Update from Director - Exclusive

Marvel fans have rightly been concerned about the upcoming slate of Phase 5 and 6 projects in the MCU which have been placed on the back burner as a result of the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, but director Matt Shakman revealed to Collider's Editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub during an interview for his upcoming Apple TV series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, that his upcoming Fantastic Four film will shoot next year in London, with Marvel aiming for a springtime start on getting Marvel's First Family into the Multiverse Saga currently besieging our favorite superheroes. A number of exciting names have been linked to the titular quartet for the film—Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Sue Storm and her brother, Johnny Storm—and the parts are some of the most coveted in Hollywood. To date, there has been absolutely no confirmation in any way for the film, and it's been complicated by the strikes, as Shakman revealed. One name linked to the role of Reed Richards has long been John Krasinski, who played a variant of the character in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. However, Krasinski has stated he's unlikely to play the role again, as he told The Wrap back in 2022. As one would expect with a project of this size and scale, plus the Marvel of it all, concrete information is hard to uncover. On the casting front, Shakman noted that with the SAG strike ongoing, it was impossible to announce anything or put a timescale on it. However, he did add that he was very excited to share the news with fans and that there would be a plan in place to announce the casting as soon as the strike came to a successful conclusion for the actors. Read the full story on Collider here: #FantasticFour #FantasticFourMovie #MattShakman #mcu FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL