Penn Badgley of ‘YOU’ could be the star of ‘Fantastic 4’, the new Marvel movie

According to the Marvel Studios calendar, the movie ‘Fantastic 4’ is scheduled for the end of 2024, and the house of ideas still has a lot to do, such as the choice of the main cast, but a new rumor ensures that the actor Penn Badley has been in talks to sign a contract as Reed Richards, the team leader.

In 2005, the role of reed richard Ioan Gruffudd played it, while ten years later he was played by the famous Miles Teller and in 2022 John Krasinski wore the suit to make a brief cameo in “Doctor Strange in the multiverse of Madness”, but it is time for a new actor who takes on the role of Elongated Man for the multiverse saga of the MCU.

Penn Badgley has been a TV star for years, first for being one of the stars of ‘Gossip Girl’ and then for conquering the Netflix screen as the main character of the series ‘YOU’ who is currently working on his fourth season and promises to return to the screen very soon to enthrall his fans, but new information confirms that he will be working with Marvel shortly.

on the podcast wonderful visionDevin Faraci, the former director of birth. movie. Deathrevealed that Marvel Studios has no plans to bring “Black Mr. Fantastic” to the big screen, as an alleged rumor was leaked that an African American actor would star in the movie.Fantastic Four’and that instead the house of ideas has its eyes on the protagonist of’YOU’.

“That guy [Penn Badgley] from the show ‘YOU’, which probably already has the part, frankly, is a white guy. They go with the standard … And it’s great, anyway, it’s a good choice. But they are becoming so classicFaraci pointed out, referring to the fact that the idea of ​​seeing a reed richard dark-skinned, he was excluded.

In September, Marvel will reveal the cast of “Fantastic Four”

Although there is still a long time to go before we can see the film ‘Fantastic Four’ on the big screen, thousands of UCM fans can’t wait to know who the protagonists will beand there are also many rumors about it, but at the moment nothing is certain and even if it seems that the news about Penn Badgley could become reality, the truth is that we will have to continue to wait, but perhaps in September the doubt will come to be resolved.

On September 10, Disney is preparing the annual convention entitled D23, where Marvel Studios will have a panel to reveal surprises about its future, and many fans of superhero movies and series are hoping it will be in this special event where the house of ideas will finally confirm who the Fantastic 4 will be on the big screen, but for now so keep going. wait.