With The Fantastic Four: First Stepsthe director Matt Shakman He had the opportunity to do something completely different from the rest of the Marvel cinematographic universeand in his own words he took advantage of it.
“We are our own universe, which is wonderful and liberating,” The filmmaker said about the box office success, which develops in a reality different from that of the rest of Marvel’s films and series, in an interview with the Empire portal. “There are really no other superheroes. There are no hidden surprises. There are no meetings with Iron Man or anything similar. They are all in this universe. I love the interconnected Marvel universe, but we can do something so new and so different.”
What is the Fantastic Four: First Steps and their connection with the UCM
The fantastic four: first steps, which marks the first attempt to Marvel Studios To give life to its iconic superhero team in real action, it is set in a retrofuturist reality inspired by the space race of the 50s and 60s. Its heroes, Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), they are a team of astronauts who acquire superhero powers on a dangerous trip to space.
“This has a lot to do with the spirit of the space race. This is JFK and optimism. It’s about imagining these four traveling to space instead of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, “Shakman joked.” The idea is that they are the most famous people in the United States because they are adventurers, explorers, astronauts, not because they are superhero. And they return and, in addition, they are superheroes. But, above all, they are astronauts, they are family. ”
Shakman, whose credits as director include Wandavision of Marvel, as well as episodes of game of Thrones and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiathe film described as “a combination of Marvel and ‘Apollo 11′”. In statements after the middle, he explained: “I wanted a spatial version as realistic as possible. So nothing of wormholes. Its technology is very retrofuturist, but also includes propeller rockets.”
Shakman not only wanted “the fantastic four” to evoke the technology, spirit and aesthetics of the 60s, but also seem that the film had been shot decades ago. “I wanted it to seem to be shot in 1965, as Stanley Kubrick would have done [director de ‘2001: Odisea del Espacio’]”Shakman added. This implied a greater dependence on practical decorations and accessories than Marvel fans are accustomed to seeing, including a miniature of a spacecraft, it is said, 4.2 meters high.
Shakman told Empire that he and his collaborators in the movie have “Used old lenses and adopted a cinematographic approach that feels more typical of the time”. That said, the filmmaker also pointed out: “Of course, we still have a lot of computer generated.”
While “the fantastic four” is set in his own world, Shakman admitted that he will not spend much before his characters interact with other UCM heroes. Marvel already confirmed it, including Quinn, Moss-Bachrach, Kirby and Pascal in the live announcement of the cast of Avengers: Doomsday.
“Over time, this world will meet other worlds,” he acknowledged. “But for now, this is our little corner.”
The fantastic four: first steps will be released in theaters on July 24.
Source: Ambito
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