As the filmmaker’s three-year journey wound down on the project, he realized a key moment was missing, and managed to shoot it just a few months before the film opened.

Marvel / Disney ’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps kicked off overseas rollout on Wednesday, and through Thursday is in 44 material offshore markets. The international box office cume through Thursday is an estimated $27M. That includes No. 1 opening days across Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

More than six decades after Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created a superhero team to rival the Justice League, the Fantastic Four finally get a worthy big-screen adaption in a spiffy ’60s-era romp, writes AP Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review.

This iteration of the Fantastic Four has a standalone adventure without all the burden of the MCU's history and cast of characters.

Maybe “superhero fatigue” is a thing of the past – with DC’s “Superman” still soaring in theaters, Marvel’s “Fantastic Four” reboot is set to join the fun this weekend, with positive momentum.

Viewers want to know why Galactus wants Sue Storm and Reed Richards’ baby, Franklin, in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The superhero movie features Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and the Thing battling the devouring force, Galactus, to rescue the Earth. With the movie having been released today, fans are curious to learn more […]

The $79.95 Galactus popcorn buckets are limited edition and the first batch has already sold out online. The next group will be available on July 26.

First Steps" has a thrilling ending that teases Dr. Doom and where the MCU goes from here in "Avengers: Doomsday."

Credit: Marvel Studios In their MCU debut, the Fantastic Four become a Fantastic Five with the arrival of Reed and Sue's son, Franklin Richards. Worries that he might not be "normal" are confirmed in Fantastic Four: First Steps when Galactus recognises that the boy can wield an unlimited energy known as the Power Cosmic (presumably because of the "cosmically compromised DNA" shared by both of his parents).

I t might be off-putting to mention Stan Lee when The Fantastic Four: First Steps wears its affections for Jack Kirby on its knit sleeves. But Lee used to say that Marvel's stories reflected the world outside our window.