MAJOR Marvel news as Fantastic Four movie has found its Reed Richards

Pedro Pascal is in advanced talks to play Reed Richards in the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot.

There have been two attempts to kick off a successful Fantastic Four franchise, first in 2005 and then in 2015 with a new group of actors.

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Neither were critically well received, while 2015's version of the Fantastic Four was a box office bomb.

Now that the Fantastic Four are set to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the casting rumour mill has gone into overdrive. Several huge names have been tipped to star including Margot Robbie, Vanessa Kirby, John Krasinski, Glenn Howerton, Adam Driver, Paul Mescal, Andrew Lincoln, Daveed Diggs and Timothee Chalamet.

According to Deadline, Pascal has been approached to play Richards/Mr Fantastic.

No deal has actually been confirmed yet, as Pascal has a packed schedule due to commitments on The Last of Us and Gladiator 2. Should availability not be an issue, he will play Reed Richards.

Fantastic Four to start shooting in 2024

The writer and actor strikes have postponed production on Fantastic Four, but director Matt Shakman promised that shooting would commence in 2024 and claimed the movie would be nothing like anything Marvel has ever done previously.

"It's different in so many ways," he revealed.

"I wish I could be specific. I wish I could say more. But we are doing things very differently from a story standpoint, from an approach to the filmmaking standpoint, that really fits the material. I wish I could say more. I would love to, but I can't. But I think it's going to be unlike anything you've seen before, and certainly unlike anything at Marvel that you've seen before."