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Fantastic Four trailer: It’s clobbering time with Marvel’s first superhero family!

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Smrithi Mohan
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With a small tease of Galactus, John Malkovich's secret character and a new family who's up for some space adventure, The Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer gives us more than we expected.

"No matter what life throws at us, we'll face it together. As a family." The anticipation and excitement to witness what Marvel had in store for the fans of the heroic quartet has been high ever since the studio’s announcement. Given the love that fans have for the characters from the Fantastic Four comics, there has always been a strong desire to see them return to the big screen. After a long wait, along with the poster and character reveal, The Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer looks like a treat people can’t wait to see. The movie is set to release on July 25, 2025.

Set in the 1960s era against the backdrop of a very retro-futuristic world, the trailer introduces us to Marvel's first family as we get to see Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing. The family that's preparing to travel to space, soon find themselves trying to understand their powers all the while trying to defend Earth from Galactus (Ralph Ineson), a ravenous space god and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner).

The movie, directed by Matt Shakman, written by Ric Pearson, Josh Friedman, Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer and produced by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige will take us to Marvel's Phase Six, opening the door for its new villain Dr Doom (Robert Downey Jr). Although we already know the other characters in the film, one person who caught everyone's eye was John Malkovich's character, who revealed little to nothing. Many have assumed that he may be playing Red Ghost, an evil genius and Soviet scientist who is trained to beat America to the moon. Since the plot of the film involves the Fantastic Four preparing their rockets to travel to space, this feels like a valid guess.

The pain of watching a fan casting of Reeds Richard happen, only for the character to meet an unfortunate fate in the 2022 movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is still fresh. When The Fantastic Four: First Steps was announced, many had their doubts about Pedro being cast as the new Reed, especially after recent failed attempts at bringing the character to life. Although his powers as Mr Fantastic are not revealed in the trailer, he certainly presents himself as a more mature and intelligent father figure for the family, sharing a strong chemistry with Vanessa’s Sue Storm. Joseph also looks promising, bringing enough "fire" to give us a new variation of Johnny Storm, different from what we have seen and come to love in the past. Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who is hardly recognizable in his Thing look, coincidentally reminds us a lot of his character Cousin from The Bear. We are eager to see what he has in store for us. 

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