First Steps Goes Heavy on Silver Surfer

Clearly, we’re all within the subsequent film on Marvel’s launch calendar, Thunderbolts—however most of us actually have our eye on July 25 and the discharge of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The first trailer ruled and at CinemaCon 2025, Marvel launched what appeared like perhaps a second trailer, and the brand new footage has large implications.

We begin on a TV present referred to as The Ted Gilbert Present that units up introducing the Implausible 4. As Ted explains the story of them going into area, we see just a few temporary photographs of every individual, together with one in all Factor (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) pulling an enormous boat into the harbor. Gilbert says that town and planet owe the group a debt and everybody needs to thank them, which they do.

At household dinner, Reed (Pedro Pascal) and Sue (Vanessa Kirby) are late so Johnny (Joseph Quinn) provides them a bit of crap about it. Seems, they’re late as a result of Sue is pregnant. Johnny is ecstatic and tells Sue she’s gonna be an awesome mother however that Reed is probably not dad. “Nothing goes to vary,” Sue tells Reed. “We will do that.”

Meteors fill the sky, coming in the direction of the bottom. Enter the Silver Surfer (Julia Garner), asking if they’re the protectors of Earth? Reed says sure. She tells them that this planet has been marked for loss of life. Later, Reed talks to Sue and says that that is his fault. “I stretched the bounds of area they usually heard.” Galactus’ (Ralph Ineson) shadow begins to cowl all of New York Metropolis,

A press convention is occurring with individuals throwing questions on the group. “Are we secure?” one asks. “I don’t know,” replies Reed. We see him crossing out some math on a chalkboard and telling Sue he’s not giving up. The Surfer rises up by means of some lava. Sue says that they may face this collectively, as a household.

On a road stuffed with rubble, a woman runs out to seize her toy Factor as an enormous rock begins bearing down on her. “We are going to defend you,” Reed says because the trailer ends.

What we discover most fascinating about this movie is that it’s so clearly on this different multiverse—and the way it will tie again to the prime Marvel Universe ought to be attention-grabbing. We’ll discover out July 25, when The Implausible 4: First Steps hits theaters.

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