“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” Trailer Reveals Galactus and Silver Surfer
It’s a fantastic day to be a Marvel fan, as Marvel Studios has released the first full-length trailer for the highly anticipated *Fantastic Four: First Steps*. This retro-futuristic venture into the MCU wastes no time in reacquainting us with Marvel’s First Family and their well-trodden backstory, with the trailer opening with a crash course delivered by talk show host Ted Gilbert (Mark Gatiss).
“We all know the story,” he says. (And after several Fantastic Four films and reboots, we really do.) “Four brave astronauts head up into space and come back forever changed.” These astronauts are, of course, Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), and Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn). Each returns to Earth with new superpowers. Reed is now the extra-stretchy Mr. Fantastic, while Sue can wield force fields and turn invisible, earning her the moniker of Invisible Woman. Ben, aka the Thing, has developed super strength and invulnerability, and hot-headed Johnny ignites as the Human Torch.
The *Fantastic Four: First Steps* trailer showcases all these power sets, but more importantly, it spends time fleshing out the characters’ family dynamics, from Ben praising robot H.E.R.B.I.E.’s cooking to Johnny accidentally discovering that Sue and Reed are expecting a child.
Of course, every superhero movie needs a villain, and *Fantastic Four: First Steps* features two of Marvel’s most notorious adversaries. First up is the Silver Surfer (Julia Garner), who arrives on Earth with alarming news. “Your planet is now marked for death,” she declares. Why? Because the planet-eating Galactus (Ralph Ineson) is on his way. The trailer gives us a glimpse of his gargantuan shadow looming over Manhattan, alongside his boots stomping through the streets of New York. It seems the Fantastic Four have their work cut out for them.
*Fantastic Four: First Steps* hits theaters July 25.
