The Fantastic Four: 10 Things You Need To Know

Secrecy in comic book movies is nothing new. In fact, it's often a main theme in the films themselves, at least when it comes to superheroes. Secret identities and masked vigilantes are part and parcel with the whole shebang, as heroes dress up in costumes to protect themselves and their loved ones from bearing the brunt of the villains they p*ss off. Not so much with The Fantastic Four, though. Marvel's first family have always had codenames €“ Mr Fantastic, The Invisible Woman, The Human Torch, The Thing €“ but they're all kind of just regular people with crazy powers. They're accessible. They're like celebrities. Everybody knows them. All of which serves to make the secrecy surrounding the upcoming big screen reboot of The Fantastic Four all the more strange. After the shonky mid-noughties movies Fox are starting from scratch with a younger cast, great new director...and yet they've not revealed any info, no photos, and €“ despite a August 7 release date €“ there's still no trailer. Until now, anyway. Well, there's still not a trailer, but this morning they finally released some actual, official information and photos from their latest attempt at a hit superhero franchise. Here are the ten things you need to know about the new Fantastic Four.