Despite 3 previous adaptations, Disney boss Bob Iger considers Fantastic Four: First Steps an "original property" because "we're introducing those characters to people who are not familiar with them at all"

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Bob Iger says Fantastic Four is "an original property in many respects"

Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic in The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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Disney boss Bob Iger has talked about Fantastic Four – and he believes the new Marvel movie is basically an original film.

Of course, there have been three other Fantastic Four movies before, and, if you count an unreleased movie from the '90s, there have actually been four.

While discussing Disney's IP on an earnings call (via The Hollywood Reporter), Iger shared: "You could even argue that Marvel continues to mine its library of characters for original property, even though, for instance, there have been Fantastic Four movies before we kind of consider the one that we did an original property in many respects, because we’re introducing those characters to people who are not familiar with them at all."

The Marvel Phase 6 movie introduces Pedro Pascal's Reed Richards, Ebon Moss-Bachrach's Ben Grimm, Vanessa Kirby's Sue Storm, and Joseph Quinn's Johnny Storm. We'll next see them in Avengers: Doomsday, which is out next December. The Fantastic Four post-credits scene gives a hint at the role they might play in the plot…

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Molly Edwards
Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.

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