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Julia Garner wields the power cosmic in 'Fantastic Four: First Steps'

  • Marvel Studios released a new trailer on May 2025 for Fantastic Four: First Steps, set in alternate 1960s Manhattan and premiering July 25, 2025.
  • The film features Julia Garner in the role of Shalla-Bal, portraying the Silver Surfer as a female character, which represents a significant change from the traditionally male Silver Surfer, Norrin Radd.
  • The trailer shows the Fantastic Four’s classic and updated powers tested by an impending cosmic threat as Galactus arrives, voiced by Ralph Ineson.
  • The Silver Surfer delivers a bleak warning to the team that their world is doomed, while the film also hints at a pregnancy storyline involving Sue Storm and Reed Richards.
  • This film formally introduces the Fantastic Four into the MCU, signaling both a fresh narrative universe and a shift in Marvel’s adaptation approach to legacy characters.
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97.9 The Box broke the news in on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
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