Summary
The Fantastic Four: First Stepsmay be in the early stages of production, but the costumes already hold plenty of promise. TheMCU’s officialFantastic Fourreboot had a busy month thanks to San Diego Comic-Con and D23, both of whichScreen Rantattended.2024’s SDCC Marvel panelfeatured Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach appearing together in person for the first time sincetheFantastic Fourcastwas announced. While the quartet didn’t make it to D23, their video message from the set ofThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsalready leaves fans with plenty to discuss.
The D23 video message from theFantastic Fourcast features the four actors sitting at the dinner table in what is presumably the family’s home. While Pascal, Kirby, and Moss-Bachrach are all in casual attire,Quinn is wearing the Fantastic Four’s suit. The firstofficial look at the Fantastic Four suithas garnered mostly positive reactions, notably because of the choice to go with a practical suit rather than CGI. With how hit or miss the MCU’s costumes have been in recent phases,The Fantastic Four: First Stepslooks to finally give Marvel fans what they’ve wanted for years.
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
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The Fantastic Four Suit Needs To Differ From The Usual MCU Costumes
The MCU has been using CGI to enhance their on-screen costumes for a while, with some particularly elaborate costumes even being fully digitally created. There are plenty of reasons that Marvel would choose to use CGI, from visual consistency to the actors’ comfort, and they are far from the first studio to do so. However, with many suits seeing complaints that they look too generic - and others receiving criticisms they look too unnatural because of the CGI - it seems some things need to change. Luckily,The Fantastic Foursuits look to be flipping the trend on its head.
The costume in the D23 footage could be far from the final product, but it’s promising that such a look has already been made practically. Considering the time period of the film and the promised retrofuturism aesthetic,the clean blue and white suit conveys the simplicity of the 60sdesign. TheFantastic Fourcostume actually looks to be made of fabric, which makes sense for the era before the technologically advanced suits of the present-day MCU. TheFantastic Fourcostume may be incredibly simple compared to others, but its minimalism is actually what makes it stand out from past MCU suits.
MCU Costumes Are On An Upward Trend
In addition to looking right for the era, theFantastic Four: First Stepcostumes are some of the most comic-accurate live-action Fantastic Four suits yet. The vibrant blue suit with a white neckline and waist largely resembles John Byrne’sFantastic Foursuits from the 1980s comics. Although the MCU has strayed from its source material plenty of times, fans have always enjoyed comic-accurate details.Comic-accurate suitsalmost always go over well with fans, and the MCU has been making a point of capitalizing on that.
Most notably, Wolverine’s yellow hooded suit inDeadpool & Wolverinewas a standout moment as the iconic mask from the comics was finally used in live-action. Kamala Khan’s homemadeMs. Marvelsuit was true to her backstory, and Wanda’s pointed red tiara that she receives after becoming the Scarlet Witch is taken straight from her comic look. There have been some pretty impressive MCU costumes as of late, and ifThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsteaser footage is anything to go off of, the project looks to continue the upward trend.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Cast
The Fantastic 4: First Steps features Marvel’s First Family navigating their dual roles as superheroes and family members in a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world. They defend Earth from a formidable space god, Galactus, and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer, testing their familial bonds and heroic resolve.
