There’s no Easter eggs. There’s no running into Iron Man or whatever. They’re it, in this universe. I love the interconnected Marvel Universe, but we get to do something so new and so different.

The official logline for "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" reads, "Marvel's First Family face their most daunting challenge yet: forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their ...

First Steps will be "its own universe," says the film's director, Matt Shakman. It comes in the wake of a lot of Marvel films emphasizing their multiverse-oriented storylines.