According to SDCC, Reed Richards is gaining godlike new powers and a staggering title in the Marvel Universe - look out, Doctor Doom.

Someone's got to take charge of the two Avengers teams in their upcoming duology, just don't expect it to be Mister Fantastic.

Pedro Pascal is the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, but he is not the new leader of the Avengers. At least that’s what the actor says… for now. An interview “Fantastic Four: First Steps” director Matt Shakman gave to Variety earlier this month went viral for seemingly revealing that Pascal’s superhero would be going

Pedro Pascal is hitting it out of the park with his role of Reed Richards in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Ahead of his role reprisal in Avengers: Doomsday, the actor set some records straight.

In Fantastic Four comics, Reed Richards is always trying to save the world, but he has also almost destroyed it more than once.

Production designer Kasra Farahani took that and ran with it, turning London’s Pinewood Studios into a retro-futuristic Manhattan by drawing influences from Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” and architects including Eero Saarinen and Oscar Niemeyer.

RDJ's Tony Stark was known for his quick wit and even quicker mouth, with Iron Man having some of the funniest MCU lines ever. It sounds like while Reed Richards is wildly intelligent, he's more reserved personality. Luckily fans won't have to wait too much longer, as First Steps is just days away from its release. Bring on the Fantastic Four.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe's Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, is not the new leader of the Avengers, according to actor Pedro Pascal, who played on

Pedro Pascal, who has joined the MCU as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic, reflected on how his character would respond to Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark / Iron Man. Pascal’s Reed will make his debut in the upcoming The Fantastic Four: First Steps and will also appear in Avengers: Doomsday.

Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars are poised to be the next great entries in the MCU, hoping to reshape the universe like Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame did years ago. While the specifics will certainly be different, the two movies will likely follow the same basic plot as the comic book story Secret Wars from 2015.

In a 1982 arc by John Byrne, Franklin gets frustrated trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube and uses his powers to age himself into an adult body, though he couldn’t actually gain more emotional maturity. He winds up going back to being a kid, placing restrictions on his own abilities to allow him to have something of a normal childhood.

This story discusses major plot developments, including the ending and post-credits scenes, in “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” currently playing in theaters. From the very first scene, the question of what will become of the child of Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) and Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) looms over “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.