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Ben Grimm / The Thing Actors

All we're missing is Jamie Bell

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Great thing I found out: the cast of the original unreleased 1994 Fantastic Four movie; Alex Hyde-White, Rebecca Staab, Jay Underwood, and Michael Bailey Smith, were at the premier of Fantastic Four: First Steps

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This is a fan page for the unreleased 1994 film, The Fantastic Four. Run by a geek who just really likes this movie and wanted a platform to post more about it.

The Fantastic Four was filmed from December 1992 to January 1993, supposedly scheduled for release in 1994. Unbeknownst to those who worked on the project, its true purpose was only to allow producer Bernd Eichinger to retain the film rights to the characters for another ten years. Working on a $1m budget and a dream, the creators and actors behind this movie poured everything they had into making a story that was faithful to the comics and the characters, a story with a heart and soul. The result is a wholesome film that cares about its characters and the tale it’s telling, with a real feeling of family and unity woven into the very fabric of it.

Despite all of the time, effort, and money put into it by the entire cast and crew — from putting up with filming in condemned buildings, to sneaking around at night to get the editing completed, to paying out of pocket for things like a full orchestra and a publicity tour — in the end it was rewarded only with a shelved movie and the revelation that what they’d created was never even intended to see the light of day.

Thankfully, a transfer of the film was made and ended up floating around in fan circles as a bootleg, giving people the ability to watch it regardless. Over the decades it’s become an underground legend, with fans around the world embracing it and many agreeing that it’s the most comic-accurate live action adaptation we have. Today it has something of a cult following, and perhaps ironically, a life it probably never would have had if it had been released in the first place. In 2025, actors Alex Hyde-White, Rebecca Staab, Jay Underwood, and Michael Bailey Smith got a chance to finally be acknowledged by Marvel Studios and have cameo roles in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, thrilling fans who have longed to see these performers be paid their dues for their work and their continuing love and devotion to Marvel’s First Family.

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Where can I watch the movie online? It tends to float around YouTube for a while before inevitably getting taken down again, but so far the longest standing link I’ve found is here on the Internet Archive.

Where can I watch the Doomed! documentary? The documentary is here on YouTube, or free to stream on Tubi, Pluto TV, Fandango at Home, and Amazon Prime Video.

Where can I buy a copy of the movie? There are bootlegs everywhere, but I prefer to direct people to the folks who made the Doomed! documentary, who sell affordable copies of both their own doc (so you can directly support them!) and the 1994 film with optional upscaled quality and even a commentary with director Oley Sassone. While there is no official release out there, this is as official as it gets. (This is not an affiliate link, I’m just plugging the best option available.)

Where can I show support for the movie’s release? The actors have a petition set up, campaigning for the official release of the film. While admittedly petitions are never guaranteed to have sway with studios, it’s a good way to stand with everyone who worked on this project and to show Marvel, Disney, etc. that there’s fan interest.

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Title: The Fantastic Four

Rating: PG

Director: Oley Sassone

Cast: Alex Hyde-White, Jay Underwood, Rebecca Staab, Michael Bailey Smith, Ian Trigger, Joseph Culp, George Gaynes, Kat Green, Carl Ciarfalio, Chuck Butto, Annie Gagen, Howard Shangraw, David Keith Miller, Robert Alan Beuth, Patrick Richwood, Ricky Dean Logan

Release year: 1994

Genres: science fiction, action, adventure

Blurb: When dosed with cosmic rays, four intrepid astronauts are given incredible powers. They decide to form a superhero group called the Fantastic Four to fight their archenemy, Doctor Doom.

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365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

August 28th - The Thing

Benjamin J. Grimm grew up in the tough Yancy Street neighborhood of Manhattan's Lower East Side. His parents passed away when he was quite young and Ben was taken in by his kindly aunt, Petunia. He went to Empire State University on a football scholarship where he was roommates with Reed Richards. After graduation, Grimm joined the Air Force and became a combat pilot and, later, an astronaut.

Grimm was recruited by his old friend Richards to pilot an experimental rocket into a cosmic radiation storm in outer space. Grimm was opposed to the idea, warning that the ship's shielding might prove to be inadequate protection from the radiation. And yet he agreed to pilot the mission because he knew Richards would go through with it regardless. The pair were joined by Richard's girlfriend, Susan Storm, and her young brother, Johnny.

Passing through the cosmic radiation belt exposed them all to a strange mutagen that profoundly altered their physiology. Grimm was transformed into a rock-like monster with incredible strength and durability. The other three member of the crew were transformed and also bestowed super powers. Yet, while the others were each able to revert to their original appearance, Grimm was stuck in his monstrous form.

Richards convinced the others that they should use their new powers for the good of humanity as members of a team named the Fantastic Four. Richards called himself Mister Fantastic, Susan and Johnny Storm took the names of the Invisible Girl (later Invisible Woman) and the Human Torch; Grimm, morose over his new grotesque appearance, named himself ‘The Thing.” Under Richards' leadership the Fantastic Four has become Earth's most honored team of superhuman adventurers and have saved the world from conquest or destruction on numerous occasions.

The Fantastic Four were not just Ben's friends, they became his surrogate family, and he was like a beloved uncle to Reed and Sue's children, Franklin and Valeria. He also often assisted his teammate Johnny during the young man's solo adventures.

All the while, Richards worked tirelessly to try to discover a means of returning Grimm to his human form. These efforts sometimes succeeded for a short while but ultimately proved futile and Grimm has come to accept his fate as the ‘blue-eyed ever-lovin’ Thing’

As The Thing, Grimm would have countless adventures all over the world and throughout the cosmos. Along with his participation with The Fantastic Four, The Thing has also been a member of The West Coast Avengers, The Defenders, The New Avengers, The Guardians of The Galaxy and The Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation.

Grimm met the blind sculptress Alicia Masters early on in his career during an adventure where Alicia’s step-father, the villainous Puppet Master attacked the Fantastic Four. Ben and Alicia would go on to have a tumultuous relationship for many years, mostly due to Ben’s unwillingness to accept that someone as gentle and kind as Alicia could ever love someone who looked the way he did. Finally getting over himself, The Thing proposed marriage to Alicia and she accepted. They were married and have recently found themselves acting as parental guardians to a pair of child alien warriors rescued from the Profiteer’s gladiatorial arena.

The Thing has yet to appear in the marvel Cinematic Universe, but has featured in a number of Fantastic Four movies where the character was portrayed by actors Michael Bailey Smith, Michael Chiklis and Jamie Bell.

The Thing first appeared in the pages of Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #1 (1961).

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