Fantastic Four: First Steps Director Shares His Comic Book Influences

Fantastic Four: First Steps Director Matt Shakman has shared some of his influences for the upcoming Marvel movie. The filmmaker is returning to the MCU for next summer’s blockbuster. Reverse He asked him about any influences from previous on-screen incarnations of Marvel’s First Family. But it seems Shakman is more interested in the Fantastic Four’s comic book experience than those early 2000s entries. The director mentions Jack Kirby and even manages to sneak in a bit of Jonathan Hickman. It’s all in keeping with the retro feel that Marvel Studios has been teasing for Fantastic Four: First StepsAs always, we await more images of what Shakman and company are building over there in the UK.

“I’m not so interested in the other movies. I’m interested in the comics themselves. I’m a huge comic book fan. I’ve been a huge Fantastic Four fan since I was a kid,” Shakman says. “So going back to Kirby and Lee and Byrne and following what’s going on now, Hickman and Waid and Ryan North, what he’s done. I’m trying to figure out who these characters are to me and how to bring them to life in the best way possible, and that’s really where I started and how we approached it.”

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As fans demand more information on Fantastic Four: First StepsComposer Michael Giacchino has begun to hint at what he has planned for the film’s score. Nerd Reactor’s John Nyguen spoke to Night Werewolf The director explains how he takes the audience back to the future to The Fantastic Fourentry into the MCU. While that kind of glittering past will feature prominently in this film’s iconography, Giacchino also makes sure things feel new, too.

“They’re both similar and different in many ways,” Giacchino said. “There’s definitely room for both in the world. They’re both areas that I would feel comfortable in. The challenge for me is, how do you differentiate them? Because you don’t want them to be just the same. You want them to be different. And I think Matt Shakman, who directs The Fantastic Fouris very fresh, very fun, very different. Even from the outside, you think, ‘This is this and this is that.’ Well, it’s not, and they’re very different and very unique in different ways. I’m really looking forward to working on this project and it’s definitely going to be a fun project.”

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