John Malkovich’s scenes were reportedly in the movie early on, as they helped cover the first family’s superhero beginnings.

Actor John Malkovich will no longer appear in Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” as the Red Ghost, director Matt ...

First Steps director Matt Shakman has revealed what the cut sequence featuring John Malkovich's Red Ghost entailed, and ...

First Steps director Matt Shakman recently explained why John Malkovich‘s Ivan Kragoff / Red Ghost and a few other ...

Shakman, who previously worked with Malkovich on his 2014 independent feature debut crime thriller Cut Bank, gushed about how the Being John Malkovich star "stuck with" him during the several years he ...

First Steps will finally introduce a handful of big names to the MCU, but director Matt Shakman says John Malkovich’s Red Ghost won’t be one of them.

Fantastic Four First Steps cut John Malkovich's Red Ghost but Marvel Studios should use that footage as a one-shot.

Movies John Malkovich Won’t Appear in ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ The iconic actor played Red Ghost in the Marvel film but was cut out of the final edit.

John Malkovich Cut From 'The Fantastic Four' Published Jul 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM EDT Updated Jul 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM EDT By Michileen Martin ...

John Malkovich says he didn’t know much about The Fantastic Four before signing on for a role in the upcoming reboot of the Marvel franchise. “I’m sure I read it when I was a kid because I ...

John Malkovich joins Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four in an undisclosed role. The film will directed by Matt Shakman with a cast including Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon ...

First Steps director Matt Shakman recently explained why John Malkovich‘s Ivan Kragoff / Red Ghost and a few other supervillains were left out of the theatrical cut of the film and whether those ...