Doctor Doom is one of the most important and favorite villains that once welcomes the pages of comic. While he became a bigger match in the larger universe of Marvel Comics over decades of creation, Victor von Home is most closely linked to a fantastic four as their bow-effects. Of course, it will make certain fans ask if Former "Ironeles Man" starfish Robert Downey Runior Doctoralior Doom This summer appeared in this summer "Fantastic Four: First Steps". Well, director Matt Shakman has weighed on the topic many times, and his answers do not leave much room for interpretation.

Shakman, who is best known for his work at Vandavision, talked to Fun weekly In April, examining the highly expected reboot of a "fantastic four" within the Chinese Universe of Marvel. When he addressed the doctor to all that (or lack of it), Shakmann made it clear that the valued evil man would not be the focus of his film. Here's what he had to say about it:

"Home is a great character, but it takes a lot of air. Other movie adaptations have also made a story of origin and misfortune. We do not do either, which allows us to look at them from a fresh perspective."

Indeed, Doctor Doom was the primary villain in "Fantastic Four" in 2005, Downey's film, in fact auditioning Before he continued to become MCC's Tony Stark. The character also appeared in the 2007 film, "Fantastic Four: Rise of Silver Surfer", before serving as a competition in the restart of the many abused "fantastic four" in 2015, so it is obvious that Shakman wanted to move away. To clarify that crystal, Shakman was even more blunt when he recently spoke with the Empire magazine (through Play a rent), stating: "Doom is not part of my movie, and that's why it's not part of my review."

Although EW's interview may have left room for doubt, Shakmann's latest comments are far more iron. If we want to take the director according to his word, viewers should not expect to get the first taste of Downey's disaster in "Fantastic Four: First Steps" before he really arrives in the next year "Avengers: Doomsday".

What is said, there are some things to consider here. For one, Previous reports suggest that Downey could appear briefly as an accident in "First Steps". If we want to believe that it can still be true, it is likely that Shakman is dragging Andrew Garfield to "Spider-Man: There is no way at home" and just lying directly about it. There is also the possibility of DOOM appearing only in a post-credit sequence of some kind, which Shakman may not consider part of his film. That would leave only the smallest part of the Wiggle room.

If that is the case, Shakmann's framing for this would be true in the sense that the film itself would not have an accident as a focal point. Instead of, We know that galacutus will be the primary villain in the movieWith Ralph Ineson ("Nosferatu") depicting the character and Iaulia Garner ("Ozark") as a version of the silver surfer. Adding an accident to the mixture would feel like too many ingredients.

As for the basic team, Pedro Pascal ("Mandalorian") is on the ship as a hill Richards/Mr. Fantastic, with Vanessa Kirby ("Mission: Impossible-Morta Consideration") like Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Ebon Moss-Bahrach ("bear") as Ben Grim/TAT, and Josephosef Quinn ("strange things") as Johnoni Storm/Human. All four of these actors are part of the massive Avengers: DoomsdaySo in the end we will see them how to mix them with Downey's doctor in the end.

"Fantastic Four: First Steps" hit theaters on July 25, 2025.