The Fantastic Four Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Fantastic Four, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Fantastic Four.

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  Miles Teller

  ... Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic

  The Gorge, Michael

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  Michael B. Jordan

  ... Johnny Storm / Human Torch;

  Sinners, Creed II

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  Kate Mara

  ... Sue Storm / Invisible Woman

  Friendship, 10 Years

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  Jamie Bell

  ... Ben Grimm / The Thing

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  Toby Kebbell

  ... Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom

  Ben Hur, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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  Tim Blake Nelson

  ... Harvey Elder

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Crew Behind the Film

The The Fantastic Four behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Josh Trank last directed Capone and Chronicle. The film's writer Michael Green last wrote Carry-On and A Haunting in Venice.

Director

Josh Trank

Screenwriters

Michael Green
Jeremy Slater
Simon Kinberg

Producers

Gregory Goodman
Simon Kinberg
Matthew Vaughn

Production Details

What we know about the The Fantastic Four movie production.

Key Facts

• Tim Blake Nelson will play Harvey Elder, an eccentric and socially awkward scientist. In the comics, Elder is the Mole Man, shunned by humanity and leader of a subterranean group of monsters known as the Moloids.
• The film will exist in the same universe with the X-Men film series. However, there's no actual crossover currently planned.
• Filming will take place in Louisiana (The Wrap, 7/24/2013).
• Based on the Marvel Comics property, which was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1961. This is a reboot of the Fantastic Four franchise. Fantastic Four was released in 2005 and the sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was released in 2007.

Production Updates for The Fantastic Four

May 2015

Completed

Changed The Fantastic Four movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Sep 2014

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Jun 2014

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Feb 2014

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Shoots Spring 2014.

Oct 2013

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Scribe/producer Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past) will be overhauling the script substantially.

Aug 2013

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. In June 2013, Seth Grahame-Smith was hired to polish the film's script. Josh Trank (Chronicle) directs the reboot.

Aug 2009

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Reboot of the Fantastic Four franchise. Josh Trank (Chronicle) directs with a script by Jeremy Slater.

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