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Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Vanessa Kirby and Pedro Pascal pose for a family photo at the LA premiere of their new movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Monday evening (July 21) in Los Angeles.

The stars of the upcoming Marvel movie looked quite captivating, with Vanessa matching the color of the Fantastic Four suits, as well as Joseph and Pedro both dressing in white.

Also stepping out were their co-stars Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, Paul Walter Hauser, Natasha Lyonne and Sarah Niles, as well as director Matt Shakman.

Several other Marvel stars also hit the carpet to show their support for the film, which serves as the start of the MCU’s Phase Six, including Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer co-stars Ioan Gruffud and Doug Jones, and the stars of the unreleased 1994 The Fantastic Four movie!

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps is having a blue carpet event tonight (Monday, July 21), and you can live stream it!

Marvel Studios has announced that the event gets underway at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles at 7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET on Disney+, with a full replay available to stream shortly after.

Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, Paul Walter Hauser, Natasha Lyonne, Sarah Niles, Matt Shakman, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Grant Curtis, Tim Lewis, and Michael Giacchino are all expected to attend.

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John Malkovich will no longer appear in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

The actor was set to play Ivan Kragoff, otherwise known as the Red Ghost, in the Marvel Studios movie. The character is one of the earliest villains to battle the Fantastic Four in the comics.

Director Matt Shakman confirmed the news in an interview with Variety.

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The Fantastic Four cast is stepping out in London to promote their new Marvel movie!

Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Pedro Pascal, pregnant Vanessa Kirby, and Joseph Quinn attended the photocall for The Fantastic Four: First Steps on Friday (July 11) held at the Corinthia Hotel in London, England.

Fellow cast members Julia Garner and Ralph Ineson were also in attendance along with director Matt Shakman.

The day before, the stars all attended the UK launch event for the movie.

Here’s a synopsis of the latest movie: Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family — Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Kirby), Ben Grimm/The Thing (Moss-Bachrach) and Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Quinn) as they face their most daunting challenge yet. Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps will hit theaters on July 25. Watch the latest trailer here!

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The stars of the new Fantastic Four movie are hitting the blue carpet!

Pedro Pascal joined co-stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach, pregnant Vanessa Kirby, and Joseph Quinn at The Fantastic Four: First Steps UK Launch Event on Thursday (July 10) held at the BFI IMAX Waterloo in London, England.

Also in attendance were fellow cast members Julia Garner and Ralph Ineson along with director Matt Shakman.

For those who don’t know, Vanessa is currently expecting her first child with boyfriend, and retired lacrosse player, Paul Rabil.

Here’s a synopsis of the latest movie: Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family — Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Kirby), Ben Grimm/The Thing (Moss-Bachrach) and Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Quinn) as they face their most daunting challenge yet. Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps will hit theaters on July 25. Watch the latest trailer here!

FYI: Pedro is wearing Tom Ford. Vanessa is wearing a Loewe dress. Julia is wearing a Thom Browne dress, Rene Caovilla shoes, and Jessica McCormack earrings.

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