Marvel’s ‘Fantastic Four’ Is a 1960s Period Piece in New York City, Confirms Kevin Feige — But It’s Probably Not the NYC From Our World
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Comic book movie fans have more or less assumed that Marvel’s upcoming “The Fantastic Four” will be a 1960s-set superhero story thanks to the illustrated posters the studio has put out on social media for the tentpole.
Now that fact is being confirmed by Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. Speaking on “The Official Marvel Podcast” (via EW), Feige revealed “The Fantastic Four” will be a 1960s period piece set in New York City.
However, it’s probably not the New York City many know and love. “There was another piece of art (see below) we released with Johnny Storm flying in the air making a 4 symbol and there was a cityscape in the corner of that image,” Feige said. “There were a lot of smart people who noticed that that cityscape didn’t look exactly like the New York that we know, or the New York that existed in the ‘60s in our world.
Those are smart observations, I’ll say.” The superhero quartet in Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four” — the first characters created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby — will be played by Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (aka Mr.
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