Here’s our first look at Michael B. Jordan’s Human Torch costume, via Collider, from ‘The Fantastic Four.’ The first photo features Michael B. Jordan with producer and screenwriter Simon Kinberg, and the second photo is of director Josh Trank.

Collider also scored an interview with both the director and producer and screenwriter Simon Kinberg. Trank told Collider that he “consciously decided to not release anything official” until now:

I would say that the science fiction of it is a big thing that sets it apart from most of the other superhero genre films. I’m a huge David Cronenberg fan, and I always viewed Fantastic Four and the kind of weirdness that happens to these characters and how they’re transformed to really fall in line more with a Cronenberg-ian science fiction tale of something horrible happening to your body and [it] transforming out of control. And the potential for a hard sci-fi take on that material makes me really excited. I don’t really see that kind of potential and that kind of take being implemented on any of the other superhero movies that seem to be coming out in the next few years. Superhero movies have become a genre unto themselves and I didn’t really grow up on superhero movies. I grew up on genre movies before superhero was a genre.

Trank also mentioned that  he was very inspired by David Cronenberg’s work, especially from ‘Scanners’ and ‘The Fly’:

I think a real misconception people have comes from the adjectives. Fantastic means the tone needs to be fantastical, and we’re talking about fantastical things, but it doesn’t mean “pop.” People need to refresh their understanding of the English language because “fantastical” means The Fly. These are fantastical things that are befalling real people and the realities we see in our everyday lives. There’s something creepy about the fantastical and there’s something inspiring about the fantastical. And to have that be birthed out of a reality that we’re familiar with is why we go to the movies. It’s why I go to the movies. I want to see that. And I think it’s lacking these days. It will be cool to bring to a modern audience and introduce young audiences to stuff that I myself not too long ago fell in love with. And that’s why I do what I do today.

Official Synopsis:

THE FANTASTIC FOUR, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

Directed by Josh Trank. Produced by: Matthew Vaughn, Simon Kinberg, Hutch Parker, Robert Kulzar, and Gregory Goodman.

Stars: Miles Teller plays Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Michael B. Jordan plays Johnny Storm/The Human Torch, Kate Mara plays Sue Storm/The Invisible Girl, Jamie Bell plays Ben Grimm/The Thing, Toby Kebbell plays Doctor Doom, Reg E. Cathey plays Dr. Storm, and Tim Blake Nelson plays Harvey Elder.

‘Fantastic Four’ arrives in theaters on August 7th, 2015.