Fantastic Four (TV series)

Fantastic Four is an animated superhero comedy drama created by Gloria Shen and Colleen Evanson for Disney+. Based on the Marvel Comics of the same name by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the series is produced by Disney Television Animation and Marvel Animation in association with Jellyfish Originals and Secret Hideout. The series stars Timoteé Chantlet, Kari Wahlgren, Ben Schwartz, Fred Tatsciore, Teyonah Parris, and Cree Summer.
Developed as part of an effort to expand Marvel's animated repertoire, the showrujners woukd seek to make the show "the Star Trek of superheroes", focusing on the Fantastic Four's exploration of soace and the optimistic tone of the source material. Each season tells its own story, centered around a different member of the team. Animation services would be provided by Jellyfish Pictures, woth its art style inspired by Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
== Synopsis ==
=== Season 1 ===
Following an accident on a spaceship involving Cosmic Radiation, Reed Richards, siblings Susan and Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm were given exceptional abilities. Seeing these abilities as a curse, Reed seeks to cure himself and his friends of their powers. In their searches, however, they end up discovering a conspiracy across space that puts the Earth in peril.
== Voice cast ==
=== Main cast ===
* Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic (voiced by Timoteé Chantlet): The leader of the Fantastic Four. Co-showrunner Gloria Shen said that Reed "hates himself" for the accident that transformed the group because "he dared to dream about space", and that his character arc for season 1 is to "regain his love for looking at the stars and wanting to know what's out there".
* Susan Storm / Invisible Woman (voiced by Kari Wahlgren): The co-leader of the Fantastic Four, and Johnny's sister. Co-showrunner Colleen Evanson described her situation as "ironic. She can turn invisible, but she just wants to be seen".
* Johnny Storm / The Human Torch (voiced by Ben Schwartz): Susan's arrogant brother. Shan described him as "cocky, but there's a charm to that coockiness, and a heart underneath it".
* Ben Grimm / The Thing (voiced by Fred Tatasciore): Reed's childhood friends. The producers sought to make his arc an allegory for a recently-disabled person, so they consulted with experts on disabilities and psychologists to make his arc more accurate.
* Abigail Brand (voiced by Teyonah Parris): The head of S.W.O.R.D., who agrees finance Reed's expedition and attempts to cure his team.
* Alicia Masters (voiced by Cree Summer): A blind sculpturist.
=== Recurring cast ===
* Impossible Man (voiced by Ryan Reynolds): A fun-loving god-like alien whom the Fantastic Four cross paths with.
* Kang the Conqueror (voiced by Jonathan Adams): A conqueror from the 31st Century who creates a new empire in space within the 21st Century. Banks reprises his role from The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes!.
* Galactus (voiced by Corey Burton): A planet-eating cosmic entity.
* Silver Surfer (voiced by George Takei): Galactus' herald, whom he serves in order to save his homeworld from his hunger.
== Episodes ==
No. overrall 	No. in season 	Title 	Directed by 	Written by
1 	1 	"The Coming of the Fantastic Four!" 	Simone Giampaolo 	Gloria ShenColleen Evanson
After an accident on a space trip exposes Susan Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm to cosmic radiation, Reed Richards is consumed by guilt over changing his friends' lives, only for a crisis to msle him realize things may not be so bad.	After an accident on a space trip exposes Susan Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm to cosmic radiation, Reed Richards is consumed by guilt over changing his friends' lives, only for a crisis to msle him realize things may not be so bad.	After an accident on a space trip exposes Susan Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm to cosmic radiation, Reed Richards is consumed by guilt over changing his friends' lives, only for a crisis to msle him realize things may not be so bad.	After an accident on a space trip exposes Susan Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm to cosmic radiation, Reed Richards is consumed by guilt over changing his friends' lives, only for a crisis to msle him realize things may not be so bad.	After an accident on a space trip exposes Susan Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm to cosmic radiation, Reed Richards is consumed by guilt over changing his friends' lives, only for a crisis to msle him realize things may not be so bad.
2 	2 	"The Impossible Man" 	Simone Giampolo 	Colleen Evason
As the Fantastic Four travel througth space, they find themselves meeting a curious creature, known as the Impossible Man. 	As the Fantastic Four travel througth space, they find themselves meeting a curious creature, known as the Impossible Man. 	As the Fantastic Four travel througth space, they find themselves meeting a curious creature, known as the Impossible Man. 	As the Fantastic Four travel througth space, they find themselves meeting a curious creature, known as the Impossible Man. 	As the Fantastic Four travel througth space, they find themselves meeting a curious creature, known as the Impossible Man.
3 	3 	"Technological Ambush" 	Simone Giampolo 	Katherine Nolfi
The Fantastic Four discover a mysterious piece of technology they bring to S.W.O.R.D. for analysis, only for the object in question to take over the S.W.O.R.D. space station and threaten everyone inside. 	The Fantastic Four discover a mysterious piece of technology they bring to S.W.O.R.D. for analysis, only for the object in question to take over the S.W.O.R.D. space station and threaten everyone inside. 	The Fantastic Four discover a mysterious piece of technology they bring to S.W.O.R.D. for analysis, only for the object in question to take over the S.W.O.R.D. space station and threaten everyone inside. 	The Fantastic Four discover a mysterious piece of technology they bring to S.W.O.R.D. for analysis, only for the object in question to take over the S.W.O.R.D. space station and threaten everyone inside. 	The Fantastic Four discover a mysterious piece of technology they bring to S.W.O.R.D. for analysis, only for the object in question to take over the S.W.O.R.D. space station and threaten everyone inside.
4 	4 	"When Worlds Die!" 	Simone Giampolo 	ND Stevenson
The Fantastic Four visit the planet Xandar in hopes of finding a cure with their people's help, only for Kang the Conqueror to attack the planet, but is Kang seeking to conwuer Xandar? Or does he have a more specific target in mind? 	The Fantastic Four visit the planet Xandar in hopes of finding a cure with their people's help, only for Kang the Conqueror to attack the planet, but is Kang seeking to conwuer Xandar? Or does he have a more specific target in mind? 	The Fantastic Four visit the planet Xandar in hopes of finding a cure with their people's help, only for Kang the Conqueror to attack the planet, but is Kang seeking to conwuer Xandar? Or does he have a more specific target in mind? 	The Fantastic Four visit the planet Xandar in hopes of finding a cure with their people's help, only for Kang the Conqueror to attack the planet, but is Kang seeking to conwuer Xandar? Or does he have a more specific target in mind? 	The Fantastic Four visit the planet Xandar in hopes of finding a cure with their people's help, only for Kang the Conqueror to attack the planet, but is Kang seeking to conwuer Xandar? Or does he have a more specific target in mind?
== Music ==
Nami Melumad would provide the score for the series; she previously co-composed the score fir the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: Love and Thunder (2021). Melumad would be hired due to her work on the Star Trek franchise, which she would use as inspiration for her work on the series.
For the series' Latin American dub, Sofia Carson would perform a cover of the theme song for the 1960s series performed by Capitan Memo.
== Trivia ==
* This is the first Fantastic Four animated series since Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (2006).