'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' director shares big update on cameos

Marvel is known for its cameos and easter eggs, but Matt Shakman, the director of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, said his film will not feature any.

"We are our own universe," he told Empire magazine. "Which is wonderful and liberating. There's really no [other] superheroes. There's no Easter eggs. There's no running into Iron Man or whatever."

He continued, "They're it, in this universe. I love the interconnected Marvel Universe, but we get to do something so new and so different. Eventually this world will meet up with other worlds – but for now this is our own little corner."

The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be out on July 25.

In other news, Spider-Man 4's director, Destin Daniel Cretton, teased, "I honestly can't believe every day, right now, I'm spending my time exploring the next stage of this amazing character with a team of the most incredible artists in the world."

"We’re all just daily nerding out over the suit, how to swing, how to create an event, an emotional story, and a ride that we haven't really seen before," he said at a panel on CinemaCon.