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 seemed like possibly a second trailer, and the brand new footage has enormous implications.

We begin on a TV present known as The Ted Gilbert Present that units up introducing the Incredible 4. As Ted explains the story of them going into house, we see a number of transient pictures of every particular person, together with one among Factor (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) pulling an enormous boat into the harbor. Gilbert says that town and planet owe the group a debt and everybody desires 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 a fantastic mother however that Reed is probably not a superb dad. “Nothing goes to vary,” Sue tells Reed. “We are able to 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 dying. Later, Reed talks to Sue and says that that is his fault. “I stretched the bounds of house and so they 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 protected?” 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’ll face this collectively, as a household.

On a avenue filled with rubble, a lady runs out to seize her toy Factor as a large rock begins bearing down on her. “We’ll 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 must be fascinating. We’ll discover out July 25, when The Incredible 4: First Steps hits theaters.

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