Fantastic Four 2025 Concept Art Reveals Unused Mr. Fantastic Power He Should Have Had In The Movie

Fans got a new look at The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which showed off an unused power from Pedro Pascal's Mr. Fantastic that should not have been cut. Fans saw a variety of powers and skillsets across The Fantastic Four's runtime, giving the team and their villains their time to shine under the MCU spotlight. However, some of the team's powers from the comics were not fully realized in Marvel Studios' first efforts with the hit heroes.

Marvel Studios shared a piece of concept art for The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Following the release of the MCU's first Phase 6 movie, Marvel pulled back the curtain on the filmmaking process for this highly anticipated solo outing. This included a few pieces of intriguing concept art, some of which did not make it into the final cut.

Concept artist Rodney Fuentebella posted art showing The Thing, Sue Storm, and Reed Richards visiting a sick child at a hospital; Johnny Storm is also flying outside the window, on fire. In it, Reed curls his hand into a fist and expands that fist to be even bigger than his head with his powers.

This use of Reed's incredible powers did not make it into the final cut of The Fantastic Four, leaving many underwhelmed with how Reed Richards' powers were used throughout the film. In fact, even Reed's usual stretchy powers seemed limited in their range, as Galactus pulled Mr. Fantastic to his limits during the final battle.

Kicking off the MCU's Phase 6, The Fantastic Four: First Steps marked Marvel Studios' debut big-screen efforts with Marvel's First Family. 

Starring Pedro Pascal, Vanesa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon-Moss Bachrach, the movie picks up four years into the group's operations, when they are tasked with stopping Galactus from devouring their planet. The Fantastic Four: First Steps is still playing in select theaters worldwide.

Will Mr. Fantastic's Powers Expand in Future MCU Movies?

During press for The Fantastic Four, director Matt Shakman spoke on wanting Reed Richards' powers to fit within a set of rules, which meant working within the physiology of what the human body could do. This was done to avoid having Reed look too cartoon-esque, but it put a firm limit on how far his body could stretch out.

Past iterations of Reed could stretch and contort their bodies into nearly any shape or length imaginable in the 2005, 2007, and 2015 films. Even John Krasinski's Mr. Fantastic from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness seemed to stretch to incredible lengths without too much effort. However, that was never confirmed before Wanda Maximoff turned him into spaghetti.

The chances of Reed's powers growing in strength or stretchiness seem slim, even with the change in director from Matt Shakman to Joe and Anthony Russo. The real question is how firm the rules on Reed's powers are and whether the Russos have ideas of exploring the possibilities of what he can do alongside so many other massive names from Marvel history.