Fantastic Four (2015 film)

Fantastic Four

Title

Fantastic Four

Aliases

Fant4stic

Release Date(s)

August 6, 2015
August 7, 2015 (USA)

Film Details

Musicians

Marco Beltrami; Philip Glass

Cinematographers

Matthew Jensen

Editors

Elliot Greenberg; Stephen Rivkin

Distributors

20th Century Fox

Production Companies

Marvel Entertainment, Constantin Film, Kinberg Genre, Marv Films, Robert Kulzer Productions, TSG Entertainment

Running Time

100 minutes

Rating

MPAA: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, and language

Budget

$122 million

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Appearances

Featured Characters:

Fantastic Four (First appearance)
- Reed Richards (First appearance) (Joins and leaves Baxter Institute)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm) (First appearance) (Joins and leaves MTRA)
- Susan Storm (First appearance) (Leaves Baxter Institute) (Joins and leaves MTRA)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (First appearance) (Joins and leaves Baxter Institute and MTRA)

Supporting Characters:

Baxter Institute (First appearance)
- Doctor Franklin Storm (First appearance; dies)

Antagonists:

MTRA (First appearance)
- Doctor Harvey Allen (First appearance; dies)
Doom (Victor von Doom) (First appearance; dies) (Rejoins and leaves Baxter Institute)

Other Characters:

Mr. Kenny (First appearance)
Jimmy Grimm (First appearance)
Mrs. Grimm (First appearance)
Mrs. Richards (First appearance)
Mr. Richards (First appearance)

Races and Species:

Humans

Locations:

Earth-15866 (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
  - United States of America (First appearance)
    - California (First appearance)
      - Central City (First appearance)
        Richards Family Home (First appearance)
        
        Grimm Family Home (First appearance)
        
        Franklin Storm Research Facility (First appearance)
    - New York (First appearance)
      - New York City (First appearance)
        Manhattan (First appearance)
        Midtown (First appearance)
        42nd Street (First appearance)
        Baxter Building (First appearance)
    - Area 57 (First appearance)
  - Latveria (Mentioned)
  - Kosovo (Mentioned)
- Planet Zero (First appearance)

Items:

Fantastic Four Uniform (First appearance)
Doctor Doom's Armor (First appearance)
Quantum Gate (First appearance)

Vehicles:

Flying Car (Mentioned)

Plot

Plot not yet listed

Cast

Miles Teller as Reed Richards
Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm
Kate Mara as Sue Storm
Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm/The Thing
Toby Kebbell as Victor von Doom/Dr. Doom
Reg E. Cathey as Dr. Franklin Storm
Tim Blake Nelson as Dr. Allen
Dan Castellaneta as Mr. Kenny
Owen Judge as Young Reed
Evan Hannemann as Young Ben
Chet Hanks as Jimmy Grimm
Mary-Pat Green as Mrs. Grimm
Tim Heidecker as Mr. Richards
Mary Rachel Dudley as Mrs. Richards

Notes

This film was first scheduled for a release date of March 6, 2015, then a June 19, 2015 release, before finally settling on an August 7, 2015 release date.^[1]^[2]^[3]
Following the Walt Disney Company's acquisition of 21st Century Fox and its assets, the film was re-categorized as a "Marvel Legacy" movie on the streaming platform Disney+, to separate it from the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.^[4]

Trivia

Prior to re-shoots, Tim Blake Nelson's character Harvey Allen, was referred to as Harvey Elder.^[5]
This film marks the last one in the Fantastic Four film property made by 20th Century Fox, with the property returning to Disney following their acquisition of Fox in March 2019.