Matt Shakman of “WandaVision” fame is directing “The Fantastic Four,” which is going to be a period piece set in the ’60s. The primary cast includes Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby (“Mission: Impossible –- Fallout”) as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach (“The Bear”) as Ben Grimm/The Thing, and Joseph Quinn (“Stranger Things”) as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch. Julia Garner (“Ozark”) is also on board to play the Shalla-Bal version of the Silver Surfer, while Ralph Ineson (“The Green Knight”) is going to bring Galactus to life.

We’ve had several versions of the superhero team on screen in the past, including director Josh Trank’s infamously disastrous “Fantastic Four” in 2015. But we’ve never seen these heroes as a team in the MCU and, given that they are known as Marvel’s first family, it’s a big deal that it’s finally happening. Speaking a bit further, Feige revealed that they begin filming right after this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, which should be full of further updates on the future of the MCU:

“Funny story, we start shooting the Monday after Comic-Con. The day after Comic-Con is the first day of filming on ‘Fantastic Four.’ And I’m extremely excited by it because I think those characters are mainstays, are legendary pillars of the Marvel Universe that we’ve never got to play with or explore in any significant way, apart from ‘Multiverse of Madness’ and a few fun teases before in the way that we’re doing it in that film. So I’m extremely excited for that, and I’m also excited for the two ‘Avengers’ movies, and that’ll be after ‘Fantastic Four.’”

“The Fantastic Four” is set to hit theaters on July 25, 2025.