First Steps director explains why Galactus was chosen to be the main villain instead of Doctor Doom in the MCU reboot.

However, it was ultimately decided to leave Doctor Doom out of First Steps, and I get the rationale that Matt Shakman provided. Victor von Doom has appeared in the previous three Fantastic Four movies (four if you count 1994’s unreleased flick),

That doesn’t mean I’m not excited by the sentiment, though. Whatever the inspiration, filming a movie set in the 1960s like a movie actually made in the 1960s, should only enhance the period feel of the story.