'The Fantastic Four: First steps': The arrival of Moses in the Marvel universe
With this new cinematic reboot of the Fantastic Four – superheroes created in 1961 by the talented duo Jack Kirby and Stan Lee for Atlas Comics (the future Marvel) – Disney has once again shown its perseverance. The three previous attempts, produced by Fox in 2005, 2007 and 2015, proved to be of little interest. After the 2019 acquisition of Fox, Disney has now unveiled a new take on the saga, directed by Matt Shakman. Shakman had only one unsuccessful attempt at feature films (Hell Town, 2015) before turning to television, particularly for Disney. The studio brought him on board after Jon Watts, initially slated to direct, stepped away to take a break following his recent three-part reboot of Spider-Man.
As for the characters, here is a brief summary: a team of explorers exposed to cosmic rays during a space trip end up with superhuman abilities and become protectors of Earth. There is scientist Reed Richards, also known as Mister Fantastic (with limitless elasticity); his wife Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman (expert in force fields); her brother John Storm, the Human Torch (who can ignite himself at will); and Ben Grimm, the Thing (a human being covered in granite). Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss Bachrach (even for a glimpse) take on these roles, respectively.
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'The Fantastic Four: First steps': The arrival of Moses in the Marvel universe
Le Monde's opinion – worth seeing With this new cinematic reboot of the Fantastic Four – superheroes created in 1961 by the talented duo Jack Kirby and Stan Lee for Atlas Comics (the future Marvel) – Disney has once again shown its perseverance. The three previous attempts, produced by Fox in 2005, 2007 and 2015, proved to be of little interest. After the 2019 acquisition of Fox, Disney has now unveiled a new take on the saga, directed by Matt Shakman. Shakman had only one unsuccessful attempt at feature films (Hell Town, 2015) before turning to television, particularly for Disney. The studio brought him on board after Jon Watts, initially slated to direct, stepped away to take a break following his recent three-part reboot of Spider-Man. As for the characters, here is a brief summary: a team of explorers exposed to cosmic rays during a space trip end up with superhuman abilities and become protectors of Earth. There is scientist Reed Richards, also known as Mister Fantastic (with limitless elasticity); his wife Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman (expert in force fields); her brother John Storm, the Human Torch (who can ignite himself at will); and Ben Grimm, the Thing (a human being covered in granite). Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss Bachrach (even for a glimpse) take on these roles, respectively.
