Overview

• The film, directed by Matt Shakman, skips the team’s origin to present Ben Grimm fully comfortable in his rocky form four years after his transformation.
• Critics have praised The Thing’s reinvention as an avid cook and social figure rather than a reluctant hero defined by his trauma.
• Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby and Joseph Quinn join Moss-Bachrach in the lead cast alongside Shakman’s return to Marvel after WandaVision.
• Moss-Bachrach’s off-screen activism, including his Artists4Ceasefire work, has shaped his public statements and deepened fan engagement.
• Marvel Studios confirmed the Fantastic Four will reappear in Avengers: Doomsday to rescue Franklin Richards from Doctor Doom and kick off Phase Six.