Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has offered updates on the upcoming film, The Fantastic Four, including that the film will be set in the 1960s and is about to begin filming.

On The Official Marvel Podcast, Feige explained how Fantastic Four will be a period film. “It is a period film, and there was another piece of art we released with Johnny Storm flying in the air making a 4 symbol. There was a cityscape in that image.” “There were a lot of smart people who noticed that that cityscape didn’t look exactly like the New York that we know or the New York that existed in the 60s in our world.”

He continues by specifying that they “…start shooting the Monday after Comic-Con,” Feige said.

Matt Shakman directs the upcoming Marvel film, which stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch. The cast also includes Julia Garner as Silver Surfer, Paul Walter-Hauser, John Malkovich, Ralph Ineson, and Natasha Lyonne.

The Fantastic Four will release July 25, 2025.