With a release date of February 2025 locked in, it’s reasonable to expect that the cast for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Fantastic Four will finally be revealed before the end of this year, with San Diego Comic-Con or Disney’s own D23 event standing out as the most likely destinations on the calendar.
The internet has been awash with rampant speculation ever since the project was first announced in December of 2020 with Spider-Man director Jon Watts at the helm, but as far as we know there haven’t been any additions made to the ensemble. One of the regular contenders named online is Mila Kunis, but the latest scuttlebutt regarding her involvement has thrown a serious curve-ball.
When the actress’ name was first mentioned in conjunction with Fantastic Four, everyone assumed it would be for Sue Storm, but the latest jaw-dropping revelation offers that she’s actually in the running to play The Thing. That’s right; the diminutive star who stands only five feet and four inches tall has been linked with the hulking behemoth of the team, and you’ve probably got a pretty good idea of how people reacted.
It would certainly be one of the MCU’s boldest-ever casting choices were Kunis to end up being hired as The Thing for Matt Shakman’s Fantastic Four, but it would also cause full-scale riots and the threat of an uprising among comic book purists. Ironically, a lot of folks were initially sold on her involvement under the assumption it would be the Invisible Woman, but the tides have turned in an instant.
