Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this fxpodcast, we sit down with production VFX supervisor Scott Stokdyk to unpack the visual effects of Fantastic Four: First Steps, a retro-futurist Marvel epic that leans hard into 1960s world-building while pushing cutting-edge character work.
Scott Stokdyk is the production Visual Effects Supervisor on Marvel’s 2025 The Fantastic Four: First Steps directed by Matt Shakman. He is an Academy Award winner and three-time Oscar nominee for VFX. He has also been nominated for multiple British Academy Awards and Visual Effects Society Awards. Released this past summer and one of this year’s highest-grossing films, The Fantastic Four: First Steps features an all-star ensemble cast including Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Natasha Lyonne, and Paul Walter Hauser
0:00 Intro
0:56 Baby and Period Nature of the Film
2:12 Stretching Mister Fantastic
8:26 Facial Expressions of the Thing
15:07 Containing the Human Torch
17:34 Invisible Woman
20:32 The Baby
28:22 Galactus
32:35 The Environment Work
33:02 H.E.R.B.I.E.
36:51 Back on Environment Work
39:11 Lighting and Colours
41:30 The Consistency
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In this fxpodcast, we sit down with production VFX supervisor Scott Stokdyk to unpack the visual effects of Fantastic Four: First Steps, a retro-futurist Marvel epic that leans hard into 1960s world-building while pushing cutting-edge character work.
Scott Stokdyk is the production Visual Effects Supervisor on Marvel’s 2025 The Fantastic Four: First Steps directed by Matt Shakman. He is an Academy Award winner and three-time Oscar nominee for VFX. He has also been nominated for multiple British Academy Awards and Visual Effects Society Awards. Released this past summer and one of this year’s highest-grossing films, The Fantastic Four: First Steps features an all-star ensemble cast including Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Natasha Lyonne, and Paul Walter Hauser
0:00 Intro
0:56 Baby and Period Nature of the Film
2:12 Stretching Mister Fantastic
8:26 Facial Expressions of the Thing
15:07 Containing the Human Torch
17:34 Invisible Woman
20:32 The Baby
28:22 Galactus
32:35 The Environment Work
33:02 H.E.R.B.I.E.
36:51 Back on Environment Work
39:11 Lighting and Colours
41:30 The Consistency
Facebook: facebook.com/fxguide
Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fxguide
Follow on X: https://x.com/fxguidenews
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Visit our web site: fxguide.com
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