Overview

• The film sold more tickets on its first day on Fandango than any other 2025 release, outpacing titles like Lilo & Stitch and Jurassic World Rebirth.
• Scheduled for a July 25, 2025 release, First Steps will launch Marvel Phase Six ahead of Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.
• Director Matt Shakman has confirmed that Doctor Doom will not appear in First Steps, despite widespread speculation.
• Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige cast doubt on whether the ship seen in Thunderbolts’ post-credits scene is the Fantastic Four’s Excelsior.
• Marketing emphasizes the First Family’s 1960s retro-futuristic world and tight-knit dynamic while withholding major plot and visual-effect reveals.