Marvel Denies Using AI to Create The Fantastic Four: First Steps Posters, Despite One of Them Appearing to Show a Man With 4 Fingers

Marvel has denied using AI to create posters for The Fantastic Four: First Steps after a four-fingered man in one image sparked fan speculation. The marketing campaign launched this week with a trailer teaser and several social media posters. One poster, however, drew considerable attention due to a character seemingly missing a finger.

Further fueling the AI debate, fans pointed out duplicated faces, inconsistent gaze direction, and oddly proportioned limbs. Despite this, a Disney/Marvel spokesperson confirmed to IGN that AI was not involved in the poster's creation.

The four-fingered man remains a mystery. While some suggest the finger is hidden behind a flagpole, this seems unlikely given the angles and proportions. Others attribute the error to poor Photoshop skills rather than AI.

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Disney/Marvel's silence on the four-fingered man leaves room for speculation. Possible explanations include a simple post-production error, accidental erasure of a finger without proper compensation, or the repeated faces being a result of common background actor copy/paste techniques.

Regardless of the cause, the controversy surrounding The Fantastic Four: First Steps and AI will likely lead to increased scrutiny of future film assets. While we await further clarification, we continue to cover The Fantastic Four: First Steps, including features on Galactus and Doctor Doom.