The Red Ghost has escaped! Actor John Malkovich will no longer appear in Marvel Studios' "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" as Ivan Kragoff, aka the Red Ghost, one of the earliest villains to battle the superhero quartet in the comics.

Variety reports that Malkovich had been cast as The Red Ghost, one of the Fantastic Four's earliest villains. Malkovich would have appeared in a part of the film that showcased the heroes' earliest bad guys,