You most likely already theorised that the MCU’s Improbable 4 movie was going to be set within the ’60s – and you would be proper!
Early this yr, to commemorate Valentine’s Day, Marvel lastly introduced simply who it had solid in its Improbable 4 movie. Proper off the bat, based mostly on the artwork that was launched alongside the announcement, folks have been questioning whether or not the movie may be set within the ’60s, given the general mid-century vibe, and helper robotic that appears like one thing out of an previous sci-fi film. Because it seems, everybody who had that concept was proper, as MCU head Kevin Feige confirmed as such within the first episode of the brand new Official Marvel Podcast (sure, the whole lot does have a podcast lately, I do know). Not solely that, after one other piece of artwork was shared of the Human Torch flying by New York Metropolis, some followers seen that town appeared a bit futuristic, and in no way just like the NYC they’re conversant in within the MCU.
In flip, followers then additionally puzzled if that meant the movie was going to be set in one other universe, and Feige appears to have been hinting that that may be the case in the identical podcast episode. “So it’s a interval piece,” Feige shared. “There was one other piece of artwork we launched with Johnny Storm flying within the air and making a 4 image and there was a cityscape within the nook of that picture. And there have been a whole lot of sensible individuals who seen that that cityscape didn’t look precisely just like the New York that we all know, or the New York that existed within the ’60s in our world. These are some sensible, sensible observations.”
Clearly this is not an outright affirmation of something, but it surely does give us a tough thought of how The Improbable 4 will tie into the remainder of the MCU. With its arrival additionally comes loads of massive names too, together with Pedro Pascal (The Mandolorian) as Reed Richards/ Mr. Improbable, Vanessa Kirby (Mission: Not possible – Useless Reckoning) as Sue Storm/ the Invisible Girl, Joseph Quinn (Stranger Issues) as Johnny Storm/ the Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear) as Ben Grimm/ the Factor.
It will be a short time till a trailer is launched, however you’ll test it out in cinemas July 25, 2025.
