People in the 1960s thought machines and automation would take over the world in the 2000s. Little did they know that in 2025, it would be hard to make movie posters, let alone rule the world.

“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” tells the story of Marvel’s first family and stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic; Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman; Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing; and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch.

Marvel Studios has a major hit brewing with The Fantastic Four: First Steps , as its first trailer racked up 202 million views in just 24 hours. The trailer dropped on Tuesday, and the teaser quickly became the most-watched first trailer for any non-sequel Marvel film.

Soon after the first Fantastic Four trailer came out, Marvel had to deal with an unexpected AI controversy about a new poster.

In response to a wave of backlash Tuesday morning, Marvel denied that any artificial intelligence was used in the creation of a new poster for "The Fantastic Four: First Steps." After months of anticipation and secrecy,

Marvel Studios didn’t use AI to make the new poster for its upcoming big July release, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. A rep from Marvel Studios tells Deadline that AI wasn’t used. There was speculation online that the comic book powerhouse used AI to make the poster given that two women had the same face and some