The Fantastic Four: First Steps director Matt Shakman is ready to “pass the baton” to the Joe and Anthony Russo for Avengers: Doomsday.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps director Matt Shakman is ready to ‘pass the baton’ to Joe and Anthony Russo for Avengers: Doomsday
The 49-year-old filmmaker – who helmed the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie – revealed the directing duo had visited the set of The Fantastic Four: First Steps to get a feel of the titular family for their 2026 blockbuster.
Speaking with Deadline, Shakman said of the Russo brothers: “They were very curious about what we were doing – they came to tour our sets, they would watch scenes that we were cutting together.
“They wanted to get to know these people as they were working on their story and their script, so that I could pass the baton to them and these characters would be well cared for.”
The Fantastic Four: First Steps – which stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing – follows the titular family as they gain extraordinary powers after a cosmic accident during their exploration of outer space.
As they grapple with their new identities, the Fantastic Four must unite to stop the rising threat of Galactus (Ralph Ineson), who is hell-bent on destroying the destroy Earth.
While he has “no idea” what Marvel boss Kevin Feige has in store for fans with Avengers: Doomsday, Ineson insisted he would “of course” team up with Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom in the MCU if he was given the chance.
He said: “I have…
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