“It Was a Different Time”: Kevin Feige Says 2025’s ‘Fantastic Four’ Movie Has No “Fear of Being Silly”

The release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps is less than two weeks away, and Marvel Studios CEO Kevin Feige has shed some light on how it will differ from past iterations of Marvel’s First Family. Long before Feige stepped into such a vital role at Marvel Studios, he worked as an up-and-coming exec on Fox-produced Marvel movies. He even earned executive producer credits for both Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007). Feige was around for both films, and he was obviously heavily involved in the making of the MCU’s iteration, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. During a recent chat with Empire Magazine to promote the new Fantastic Four movie, Kevin Feige spoke about the main differences between the older iteration of Marvel’s First Family and 2025’s version: