Marvel Knows Fantastic Four's Hardest Problem Is More Than Perfect Casting
The changes made to Kamala Kahn’s powers in the upcoming Ms. Marvel series demonstrate that Marvel knows the biggest challenge with their version of the Fantastic Four is more than just perfect casting. Ms. Marvel is set to release on June 8th, 2022, and it will provide an origin story for Kahn – a young girl from New Jersey with a Captain Marvel obsession who gains superpowers after finding a mysterious bracelet. Marvel observers were quick to point out that the Disney+ series appears to have retconned Ms. Marvel’s powers in the comics, marking one of the largest disparities between comic and MCU heroes in the franchise’s history to date.
Looking ahead for the MCU, the studio has announced that Phase 4 will end on a Fantastic Four movie, with Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts set to direct. This film will mark the first appearance of Reed Richards, Sue and Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm in the MCU. These heroes have of course been the subjects of big-screen adaptations in the past — first in 2005’s Fantastic Four and 2007’s Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and then again in 2015’s Fantastic Four reboot — but each has stumbled over a fundamental problem with how to translate the heroes’ comic book powers to the big screen.
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This is particularly the case with the group’s leader, Reed Richards, whose stretching abilities have a lot in common with the original powers held by Ms. Marvel. The MCU changing Kahn’s powers suggests that the studio understands the issues with presenting elasticity onscreen, but a similar retcon is not an option for Mr. Fantastic. While there has been rife speculation regarding who the MCU will cast in the
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