"Fantastic Four: First Steps": Moses's arrival in the Marvel universe

THE OPINION OF THE “WORLD” TO SEE

With this cinematic restocking of the Fantastic Four – superheroes from Atlas Comics (future Marvel) born under the nimble fingers of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in 1961 –, it must be admitted that Disney is not lacking in self-denial. The three previous attempts, produced by Fox in 2005, 2007 and 2015, have indeed proved to be of little interest. While Fox, swallowed in 2019, has had time to digest, the "big-eared firm" is now offering a new version of the saga, directed by Matt Shakman. The latter is the author of an unsuccessful attempt at cinema ( Hell Town , in 2015) before falling back on series, notably on behalf of Disney. The Studio will therefore have had it in its hands after the abandonment of Jon Watts, expected to direct this film, but, in the end, left to rest after having carried out the recent reboot in three episodes of Spiderman .

In terms of characters, we're here to remind ourselves of the bare essentials: a team of explorers exposed to cosmic rays during a space voyage find themselves endowed with superhuman powers and transformed into protectors of the planet. We name the scientist Richards Reed, aka Mr. Fantastic (limitless dilation), his wife Sue Storm, aka the Invisible Woman (force field specialist), her brother John Storm, aka the Human Torch (hot in the face) and Ben Grimm, aka the Thing (a being of granite). Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss Bachrach (or what we sense) play them respectively.

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