585 The Fantastic Four: First Steps

We continue our epic and cinematic journey towards Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey by taking a look at a second inspiration behind his adaptation. This time it's Troy from 2004 from director Wolfgang Peterson. Loosely based on Homer's Iliad and the story of the Trojan War it pits ...  Show more

Incredible week for doing a great podcast! In this latest episode of The Weekly Planet we talk the best and worst comic adaptation choices from modern and decades past. We also discuss the further death of physical media with Sony Playstation not creating physical disks after 202 ...  Show more

2025 has brought us another Fantastic 4 movie. Is this one good, though? We're talking all things F4 and MCU this week on the main feed!

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This week, Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps Director Matt Shakman, stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, and Paul Walter Hauser share spoilers from the film (1:11). Plus, Marvel Animation’s Eyes of Wakanda ...  Show more

The Fantastic Four are back again in a new movie--and it's an eye-popping good time. The Fantastic Four: First Steps stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn as the famously fractious family with amazing powers who tangle with a godlike being who wa ...  Show more

Today on the podcast, we celebrate the release of Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps as we hear from the cast, including Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, and more (1:08). Plus, we’re joined by Marvel Comics Assistant Editor, Kaitlyn Lind ...  Show more