As we eagerly await Season 1 of Fantastic Four will begin led by Marvel Rivals tomorrow, January 10, we start hearing more interesting bits about Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: The First Steps from the cast and crew ahead of the first public trailer.
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who plays Ben Grimm aka The Thing in the much-anticipated film, dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this week (via Entertainment Weekly), where he teased that the character's most iconic catchphrase (“It's clobberin' time!”) may or may not be in the July 25 film.
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“I slipped in there a few times … we'll see what happens. I don't have a final cut on this one.” It makes it seem like the actual phrase wasn't in the script and it was up to him to go in, but it's hard to imagine that Marvel Studios (known today for being as big as possible ) overlooks that main part of the superhero. That's like Deadpool not saying the word 'chimichanga' or making Tony Stark jealous.
Either way, it may be a while before we learn if it's in or out, as post-production on the film only recently began and a final cut may not be ready until well nearing its release date at the end of July. On the other hand, the first public trailer should arrive soon, especially with Captain America: Brave New World offers the perfect opportunity to begin promoting Marvel Studios' third and final 2025 film (thunderbolts* falling between them).
As for The Thing itself, he probably won't have a ton of screen time in the first preview either, since he's a complex CGI character that's being designed and worked on so to speak we “I saw a very raw rendering, because it takes a while to build this stuff… They have a lot of animators working on this. I was wearing a motion capture suit, two cameras here so they are capturing. Really everything, every nuance in my eye. Andrew Serkis they helped get the character just right.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is released on July 25, 2025and stars Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards aka Mister Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Susan Storm aka The Invisible Woman), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm aka The Thing), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm aka The Human Torch), Ralph Ineson ( Galactus), and Julia Garner (Silver Surfer). It seems that NetEase Games and Marvel Games are leading the cross-media issue with the four characters clashing Marvel Rivals over the course of an online hero shooter first season.
