Marvel’s Fantastic Four is channeled 2001: a spatial odyssey with 14 feet miniatures and a less green screen

Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps It looks like a wild cosmic adventure with a retro-trafficking visual atmosphere of the 60s I am loving.

Director Matt Shakman He is leading the restart of the franchise with a surprising North creative star … Stanley Kubrick’S 2001: a spatial odysseyAnd that influence presents itself in ways that usually do not see in modern superhero films. As a practical miniatures of 14 feet and a sharp pulback with a green screen overload.

During a visit to the set in which Collider participated, Shakman revealed that he is fully embracing the tactile cinema for the kick-off of Phase 6 of the Marvel, rooting the alternative history of the film with real sets, effects in camera and retro-spurist design. He said:

“It is real for me as a director, it is real for the actors. I think the audience loves it. We are trying to go on the spot as much as possible. We are building real sets. We are less and less on the blue screen, green screen.”

It’s nice to hear! Most of the CGI in Marvel films in recent years has not been so good, so this is a great way to go! Shakman continued.:

“The film is set in the 1960s, and therefore a lot of our inspiration is what Stanley Kubrick did in the 1960s.”

Kubrick, of course, put the bar for futuristic visual narrative with 2001: a spatial odysseyUsing innovative miniature work, meticulously carried out set projects and a level of realism that still holds today.

The crew built a huge miniature of 14 feet by Excelsior, the Fantastic Four spaceship, which will be used in filming. Shakman explained:

“The more you can do things with your hands and see things with your eyes, I think more people will believe it when they see it on the screen”,

This type of approach could do Fantastic Four An extraordinary extraordinary in the MCU. He is already turning his head with his clean and retro utopian aesthetic. Put in this type of Kubricchiano crafts and you have something that seems more time than the trend chain.

“According to the vibrant background of a retro world inspired by the 1960s, Marvel Studios” The Fantastic Four: First Steps He presents the first Marvel family: Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, his Storm/Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm/Human Torch and Ben Grimm/The Thing while facing their most discouraging challenge ever.

“Built to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend the earth from a ravenous god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and its enigmatic herald, Silver Surfer. And if the Galactus plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it were not quite bad, suddenly becomes very personal.”

Pedro Pascal leads as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, together with Vanessa Kirby (His Storm), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm), e Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm). Fantastic Four will also present Ralph Inesion like Galactus, e Julia Garner As “version of wickedness” of the silver surfers.

If this creative team really pulls out what they are aiming, we could look at one of Marvel’s most daring projects.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps He hits cinema on July 25th.