"First Steps" promises to push the MCU out of its comfort zone, but the movie quickly retreats into a tired version of the same old story.

Nowadays, the Emmy winner is in $200-million Marvel movies. His first film credit, though, came in 2006 when he played a teenage "Paperboy Zombie" for a $22,000-budget horror flick.

Bachrach, Joseph Quinn and Julia Garner also star in Matt Shakman’s superhero adventure, in which the team must save Earth from a “Devourer of Worlds.”

But it was a little odd to hear that Marvel also planned to make the Fantastic Four a major part of the MCU’s future. Even though the Fantastic Four have always been prominent in Marvel’s comics, the characters — created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee — had never translated well to the big screen.

Four Fantastic Four movies were produced before Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and the MCU reboot has finally broken what was a pretty unfortunate streak for the team's

First Steps are absolutely fantastic. Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps releases in United States theaters this weekend. Directed by Matt Shakman, the MCU flick stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards,

First Steps is ready to land in cinemas, bringing a new group of heroes into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it's already being heralded as a return to form for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Starring Pedro Pascal,

Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn star in Marvel's latest, out July 25.

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It’s box office clobberin’ time — or so Marvel hopes. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” the 37th installment in Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe and third to release in 2025, is aiming for $100 million to $110 million in its opening weekend.