Marvel reveals Fantastic Four release date at SDCC

Fantastic Four
(Image credit: 20th Century Studios)

The Fantastic Four are officially joining the MCU on November 8, 2024, as Kevin Feige announced the movie's release date as part of Marvel Phase 6 at San Diego Comic-Con. 

As for who will be playing Mr. Fantastic and co., we'll have to be patient – no casting information has been revealed just yet. Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts is on board to helm the movie, but all other details are being kept under wraps.

One member of the Fantastic Four has already made their MCU debut in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – Reed Richards, played by John Krasinski, is a member of the Illuminati on Earth-838 and he warns Strange about the dangers of causing an incursion in the multiverse. 

The Fantastic Four made their big-screen debut in 2005 with the movie of the same name directed by Chris Columbus, which starred Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, and Michael Chiklis. A sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, followed in 2007. A reboot, starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell, was released in 2015, but this was a box office bomb.

For more on Marvel, you can get up to speed on the MCU with our guide to Marvel Phase 4, and if you want to catch up on the films and shows so far, see how to watch the Marvel movies in order through the link.

You can also keep up to date on Comic-Con with our complete SDCC 2022 schedule and our guide to Marvel at SDCC this year. 

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I’m an Entertainment Writer here at 12DOVE, covering everything film and TV-related across the Total Film and SFX sections. I help bring you all the latest news and also the occasional feature too. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism. 

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