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Latest superhero reboot Fantastic Four has released its first full length trailer, giving fans a first look at iconic nemesis Doctor Doom.
Directed by Josh Trank, best known for Chronicle, the trailer reveals how four youngsters are brought together by Dr Storm (House of Cards’ Reg E Cathey) to crack inter-dimensional travel.
Things obviously do not go as planned as they are transported to a hellish looking planet where they each receive unique superpowers.
“We should use these powers to help people,” says Johnny Storm/the Human Torch, controversially played by Michael B Jordan, when returned back to earth.
We then get our first look at Doctor Doom (Toby Kebbell) in classic costume, followed by a brief glimpse at the superheros in action.
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The film's first official teaser trailer has received over 16 million views since its debut in January, far less than the 38 million received by Marvel Studios second Age of Ultron trailer released in the same month.
Fantastic Four will be distributed by 20th Century Fox and will therefore not take place in the same Marvel universe as Iron Man and Captain America, but it is rumoured to be in the same fictional universe as the X-Men movies.
Fantasic Four will be in cinemas on 6 August in the UK later this year.
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