Raja Gosnell's Fantastic Four

July 2001

In the near future, brilliant but socially awkward scientist Reed Richards secures funding from billionaire Raymond Pace for a Mars mission. Alongside Reed’s pilot and best friend Ben Grimm, Pace’s representative Sue Storm, and her reckless younger brother Johnny, they travel to an orbital station. There, Reed’s partner Victor Vandam has developed self-replicating nanotech—which he has secretly tested on himself. When Victor sabotages the station to steal the technology, a catastrophic explosion exposes the four to the nanoagents. They miraculously survive but gain extraordinary abilities: Reed can stretch his body, Sue can turn invisible and project force fields, Johnny can engulf himself in flames, and Ben is transformed into a monstrous, rock-skinned creature. Meanwhile, Victor’s body is overtaken by the rogue nanotech, turning him into the metallic megalomaniac Dr. Doom. As Doom threatens to consume New York City, the four must embrace their new identities—Reed as Mr. Fantastic, Sue as the Invisible Woman, Johnny as the Human Torch, and Ben as the Thing—to stop him. Along the way, Ben finds acceptance from a blind sculptor, Alicia Masters, while Reed and Sue discover love amidst the chaos.

Story added by michaelcosby on May 22, 2026