The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Did You Know?

• The title “First Steps” was inspired by Reed Richards’ first line in the film, tying into the team’s origin story.
• The entire cast trained together in advance to build real chemistry — particularly for stunt and team scenes.
• Herbie the Robot was not CGI in most scenes — a fully practical on-set robot was used to give actors something real to interact with.
• The space sequences were shot using LED volume stages, similar to the tech used in The Mandalorian.
• Director Matt Shakman hid subtle references to every prior Fantastic Four adaptation — including the 2005 film and the unreleased 1994 version.
• Reed Richards’ tech lab set was the largest physical set ever built for a Marvel origin movie.
• The team’s uniforms were redesigned by Marvel’s in-house visual team to merge comic accuracy with functional realism.
• There are two hidden Stan Lee tributes in the film — one visual, one spoken. Fans will love the callbacks.
• The voice of the cosmic entity is a surprise celebrity cameo (Marvel hasn’t officially confirmed who yet!).
• The cast only saw the final battle scene completed in full during the premiere screening — most of it was filmed on green screen.