Thanks to the Thunderbolts* post-credits scene, we'd all assumed we knew how The Fantastic Four: First Steps was going to end; with Marvel's First Family having hopped on a ship and travelling, somehow, to Earth-616 on the Sacred Timeline. You know, the universe in which the Avengers exist...

First Steps hits theaters this weekend, audiences will get a very good look at a very retro spaceship, the Excelsior. But didn't we already see this rocketship before? Haven't the Fantastic Four already crossed over into the main Marvel universe?

Marvel's Fantastic Four is heading for a box office opening north of $100 million as the MCU provides an antidote to universe fatigue.

This iteration of the Fantastic Four has a standalone adventure without all the burden of the MCU's history and cast of characters.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps makes its way into the world in grand fashion and is definitely worth your premium format dollars. If you want to skip the physical stuff, the IMAX presentation immerses you with glorious sound, gigantic picture, and its own 3D variant worth considering.

First Steps” is the third Marvel movie to hit theaters this year, but it packs way more hidden references and nods than “Captain America: Brave New World” or “Thunderbolts.” It’s not on the same level of Easter eggs as last year’s “Deadpool and Wolverine,

That's right, the Russos are back. As with the Thunderbolts* post-credits scene, Joe and Anthony Russo shot the post-credits scene for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, according to director Matt Shakman.

Marvel is having another crack at making a Fantastic Four movie that people actually like this week, and it looks like, at the fourth time of asking, they might have finally nailed it. The reviews for First Steps are in ahead of its arrival in theaters this Thursday,