Matt Shakman explains why Doctor Doom wasn't the villain chosen for The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Find out what he said here.

Marvel Studios has to nail The Fantastic Four: First Steps or risk permanent embarrassment. It's not enough that the film is successful or considered a return to form. It has to freshly capture the ...

First Steps" director Matt Shakman says he wanted the forthcoming, standalone Marvel film to feel like it was "made in 1965." ...

Following an unreleased Roger Corman-produced feature in the 1990s, the Fantastic Four hit the big screen with director Tim ...

First Steps: stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and director Matt Shakman share details ...

"This is very much about the spirit of the Space Race," filmmaker Matt Shakman told the site. "It's about JFK and optimism. It’s imagining these four going into space instead of Neil Armstrong ...

However, in an interview with Empire Magazine, director Matt Shakman said that The Fantastic Four: First Steps will exist separate from everything we’ve seen in the MCU and not connect in with ...

The film, says director Matt Shakman, is looking to evoke the optimistic spirit of the 1950s and 1960s. “This is very much about the spirit of the Space Race,” says Shakman. “It's about JFK ...

“I really wanted to go with as grounded a version of space as possible,” director Matt Shakman told Empire in a new story about the project published Friday. “So, no wormholes. Their tech is ...

“We are our own universe. Which is wonderful and liberating,” Shakman said. “There’s really no [other] superheroes. There’s no Easter eggs. There’s no running into Iron Man or whateve ...