It’s not long till Fantastic Four: First Steps hits theaters, and with the MCU debut of Marvel’s first family imminent, we have some burning questions. Questions so hot they would make Johnny Storm/The Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) start to sweat. Because not only is Fantastic Four: First Steps the next movie in the massive franchise, after a not-great year at the box office for Marvel, a lot is riding on the third (official) film iteration of Marvel’s first family.
Specifically, Johnny, Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) aren’t just showing up in First Steps... They’re already a cornerstone of the massive Avengers: Doomsday cast, which will pit them and every other hero (mostly) in the MCU against Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom. And likely they’ll be key to Avengers: Secret Wars, as well. Not only that, but a sequel to First Steps – can we please title it Fantastic Four 2 The Streets, please? – is reportedly also in development.
