The Fantastic Four: First Steps is making big strides at the box office as the latest MCU entry on the 2025 movie schedule (the last one for the year), and while I wouldn’t call it my favorite, it does get closer to something I’ve been clamoring for: smaller stories.

As promised last year by Disney CEO Bob Iger, Marvel Studios has scaled back to only 2-3 feature film releases each year, and with "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" in theaters, that's it for the 2025 lineup.

Doomsday has been clarified, revealing what Reed Richard’s status in the film is set to be. What will Pedro Pascal’s role be in Avengers: Doomsday? According to a new report from Variety on the status of several future Marvel Studios projects,