This success is no small feat, as previous iterations of the Fantastic Four never caught fire with fans or critics. The 2005 and 2007 Fox films were financially adequate but critically derided, and the 2015 reboot was widely panned,

While Fox had respectable success with the 2005 and 2007 Fantastic Four movies (which starred Chris Evans as Johnny Storm pre-Captain America), the former studio saw a Josh Trank-directed 2015 reboot completely tank after a full reshoot, grossing only $167M worldwide. This time, it’s different — it’s Feige’s Fantastic Four.

Outside of 'Deadpool & Wolverine,' the reboot looks to score the best domestic opening for Kevin Feige's superhero studio since 2022's 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.'

But there was a very simple way for the MCU to reboot its thirst traps in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. And Pedro Pascal didn't even need to go shirtless for it. He would have simply needed to unbutton a bit.

First Steps is now playing in most locations worldwide, and we want to know what ComicBookMovie.com's readers made of the

Thanks to Fox merging with Disney, Marvel Studios has finally got its hands on the Fantastic Four following three limp cinematic launches that crashed on impact. Prior to the imminent reboot, nobody had managed to nail the cosmic wonders of their world,

First Steps" follow. Matt Shakman's "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" is set in the confines of the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- it's film #37 in the series -- but the filmmakers wisely distance the action of this film from its peers by shifting events over to a parallel universe.

"I'm sorry she didn't get a chance to see the finished movie," director Matt Shakman tells EW of the dedication to his late mother, Inez Shakman.