Director Matt Shakman Surprises Fans at Oviedo Comic Book Store During ‘Fantastic Four’ Filming

‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ is currently in the middle of filming and the most recent update is that Marvel’s first family has safely arrived in Spain. The movie will feature a well-known building Calatrava in Oviedo that previously served as the UN Headquarters in ‘Captain America: Civil War.’

As the cast and the crew prepared for filming, the director of the movie Matt Shakman had quite a surprise for local fans.

Shakman visited Hangar Rebelde, a comic book store in Oviedo, where scenes for the film are being shot. He greeted the staff and bought a comic featuring Marvel’s first superhero family, drawn by Tom Scioli, drawn to its retro style.

The store owner, Jorge Etchegoyen, was thrilled, especially since the store’s display was themed around ‘The Fantastic 4’ and directly faced one of the film’s shooting locations. After spending time in the store, Etchegoyen even got a photo with Shakman, marking a special moment after years of working in the comic book industry.

Image credit: El Comercio

Preparations at the Calatrava Congress Palace were in full swing, with cranes, trucks, and wardrobes being set up for filming.

Stars like Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby, who play Reed Richards and Sue Storm, were on-site, along with other actors like Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, and John Malkovich. The building will temporarily become the UN headquarters for a few days as filming wraps up, with production expected to finish in a week.

Not much is known about the plot of the movie so far. We know that ‘First Steps’ will take place in alternate retro-futuristic reality, Fantastic Four will already be an established superhero and celebrities whose paths will cross with Galactus due to his special connection to Franklin Richards.

Everything, including the official synopsis of the movie, points in the direction of Galactus destroying their native reality and due to that, the team will have to find refuge on Earth-616.

The movie is set to premiere on July 25. Have something to add? Let us know in the comments below!

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