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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, also known as Fantastic Four 2, is a 2007 American superhero film directed by Tim Story, the sequel to 2005's Fantastic Four.

Fantastic literature in German

Fantastic literature in German (phantastische Literatur) is the German-language tradition of narratives in which the supernatural enters a real world, shaped by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Franz Kafka.

Fantastic Mr Fox

Fantastic Mr Fox: Roald Dahl's 1970 children's novel about a fox outwitting farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean, and Wes Anderson's 2009 stop-motion film adaptation with George Clooney and Meryl Streep.

Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)

Fantastic Mr. Fox is Wes Anderson's 2009 stop-motion animated adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1970 novel, co-written with Noah Baumbach, voiced by George Clooney and Meryl Streep, with two Oscar nominations and an 83 Metascore.

Fantastic Planet

Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage) is René Laloux's 1973 French-Czechoslovak cutout-animated sci-fi film, adapted from Stefan Wul's Oms en série, about Oms rebelling against Draags on Ygam; Cannes Special Jury Prize winner.

Fantastic tale

The fantastic tale (фантастическая повесть, fantasticheskaya povest') is a Russian prose genre in which supernatural events define the story, taking shape in the 1820s and 1830s.

Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage is a 1966 American science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer, in which a miniaturized submarine and crew travel inside a scientist's body to destroy a blood clot.

Fantasy

Fantasy, also known as fantasy fiction, is a genre of fiction defined by magic, extraordinary beings, or impossible events, with J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as its defining work.

Fantasy (fragrance)

Fantasy is a women's eau de parfum by Britney Spears, released in 2005 under Elizabeth Arden. It became her best-selling and one of the most successful celebrity fragrances.

Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)

Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" (1995), lead single from Daydream, samples Tom Tom Club's "Genius Of Love"; first song by a female artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, with an ODB remix.

Fantasy (psychology)

Fantasy in psychology: internally generated imagery and narrative while awake, from daydreams to psychoanalytic phantasy; studied via fantasy proneness, Singer's daydreaming types, and maladaptive daydreaming.

Fantasy coffin

A fantasy coffin, known in Ga as Abebuu adekai, is a coffin shaped to represent the deceased's life, such as a fish for a fisherman, made in Ghana.

Fantasy film

Fantasy film: movies with improbable or impossible characters, events, or settings pervading the whole story; treated by scholars as a mode spanning science fiction and horror, from Méliès (1902) to the 2000s Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Narnia boom.

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island is an American television drama series that ran on ABC from 1978 to 1984, starring Ricardo Montalbán as Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as Tattoo on an island where guests' fantasies come true.

Fantasy Island (2021 TV series)

Fantasy Island (2021–2023) is a Fox drama sequel to the 1977 ABC series, created by Liz Craft and Sarah Fain, starring Roselyn Sanchez as Elena Roarke, filmed in Puerto Rico, canceled after two seasons and 23 episodes.

Fantasy Island (film)

Fantasy Island (Blumhouse's Fantasy Island), 2020 American supernatural horror film by Jeff Wadlow for Blumhouse and Sony, reimagining the 1977–1984 ABC series; stars Michael Peña, Maggie Q, Lucy Hale; $7M budget, $26.4M US gross, 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Fantasy Jellyfish Aquarium

梦幻水母宫 (Fantasy Jellyfish Aquarium), opened May 8, 2007 at No.2 Laiyang Road, Qingdao, is mainland China's first professional jellyfish hall, part of Qingdao Underwater World, displaying 20+ species and thousands of jellyfish.

Fantasy Kids Resort

Fantasy Kids Resort (ファンタジーキッズリゾート) is a Japanese chain of membership-based indoor playgrounds for children aged 0 to 12 and their families, operated by Fantasy Resort Co., Ltd.

Fantasy Kingdom

Fantasy Kingdom (ফ্যান্টাসি কিংডম) is Bangladesh's first theme park, opened 19 February 2002 by Concord Group at Jamgora, Ashulia near Dhaka. The ~20-acre complex includes Water Kingdom, Xtreme Racing go-karts, Heritage Park, and Resort Atlantis.

Fantasy Life (film)

Fantasy Life (film) is a 2025 American comic drama written and directed by Matthew Shear. It stars Amanda Peet and won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at SXSW.

Fantasy Life (ファンタジーライフ)

Fantasy Life (ファンタジーライフ) is a Level-5/Brownie Brown life sim and action RPG for Nintendo 3DS, Japan 2012, West 2014; sequel FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time released May 21, 2025.

Fantasy literature

Fantasy literature: fiction depicting supernatural or magical phenomena as real, within speculative fiction alongside science fiction and horror. Covers its history from Victorian England and Tolkien to hard/soft magic systems, romantasy, and 2025 market data.

Fantasy Lozada

Fantasy T. Lozada is an American developmental psychologist at Virginia Commonwealth University who studies how race, culture, and family shape emotional development in African American and Latino youth.

Fantasy Records

Fantasy Records, founded 1949 in San Francisco by Max and Sol Weiss, is an American jazz, soul, and rock label that launched Creedence Clearwater Revival, was owned by Saul Zaentz, and merged into Concord Records in 2024.

Fantasy sport

Fantasy sport: participants build virtual teams of real athletes and score points from real-game statistics. Began with 1963 GOPPPL football and 1980 Rotisserie baseball; now tens of millions of players and a multi-billion-dollar industry including daily fantasy sports.

Fantasy Springs (ファンタジースプリングス)

Fantasy Springs (ファンタジースプリングス) is the eighth themed port of Tokyo DisneySea, opened June 6, 2024. Its $2.1 billion Frozen, Tangled, and Peter Pan areas hold four attractions, three restaurants, and the Fantasy Springs Hotel.

Fantasy Westward Journey

Fantasy Westward Journey (梦幻西游) is a 2D turn-based MMORPG by Chinese company NetEase, launched in January 2004 and set in the mythology of Journey to the West.

Fantasy World - Kids

FantasyWorld (Fantasy World - Kids) is a Philippine chain of air-conditioned indoor playgrounds in SM/Ayala malls, unconnected to the abandoned Batangas theme park. Children 1-17 need an adult guardian, anti-slip socks are required, and its SM City Fairview flagship opened in 2024 as the country's largest indoor amusement park.

Fantasyland

Fantasyland: the fairy-tale themed land in Disney parks, opened July 17, 1955 at Disneyland, redesigned May 25, 1983, expanded at Magic Kingdom in 2012; also names games, books, and venues.

Fantawild

Fantawild (华强方特) is a Shenzhen-based Chinese culture and technology group, founded 2006 under Huaqiang Group, NEEQ 834793, operating 30+ theme parks across China, ranking fifth globally in attendance, and producing the Boonie Bears animation series.