The Fantastic Four: Release Date, Trailer, Cast And Everything We Know About The Marvel Movie

It’s the Fantastic Four again.  Marvel is giving the venerable team a new chance in the MCU after years of rebooting, forgetting, and rebooting again. Greetings from Marvel’s newest superhero and villain, Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is a part of the larger Multiverse Saga. Marvel has been given the go-ahead to introduce some of Fox’s most adored characters into their universe due to the unsettling Disney/Fox merger, and guess who’s getting cut? Yes, the Fantastic Four. 

However, this group is not new to the movie industry.  In 1994, they made their first attempt at making a big impression with a film that was never released. Then, with Fantastic Four in 2005 and a very forgettable reboot in 2015, they were given a serious chance. However, they are now prepared to leave their mark in the MCU’s Phase 6. Everything you need to know about their most recent opportunity to shine and possibly make it right is right here. 

Release Date

On July 25, 2025, Fantastic Four: First Steps will be released in theaters.  Yes, it will take place in the midst of the MCU’s crazy Multiverse Saga. Since Marvel announced the team’s significant MCU debut at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019, fans have eagerly anticipating this day. There was a lot of turmoil behind the scenes in the film, though, before we got to the nice parts.

Trailer 

We get a sneak peek at something quite unusual for the MCU in the first teaser trailer for Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is due out soon. The typical high-octane action is forgotten. You feel as though you’ve entered a time warp with this one’s vintage 1960s feeling.

The trailer shows Galactus towering over New York, looking comic-book realistic and utterly enormous, but it doesn’t reveal anything about the action. He literally looms over the Statue of Liberty, demonstrating his titanic status!  What about Doctor Doom and Silver Surfer? No, not a soul. However, the trailer perfectly captures the sentimental, classic Marvel Family feel.  Marvel is clearly prepared to take Fantastic Four in a daring new direction, and the fans are excited about it!

Cast 

Now that the cast of Fantastic Four: First Steps is here, it looks like a fan’s paradise!  In a tweet that had fans giddy, Marvel revealed the long-awaited news on February 14, 2024: Ebon Moss-Bachrach plays Ben Grimm (the Thing), Vanessa Kirby plays Sue Storm (the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn plays Johnny Storm (also known as the Human Torch), and Pedro Pascal plays Reed Richards (also known as Mr. Fantastic).  How about a casting win? The excitement is genuine since these performers have been the most popular choices for the parts for a very long time. We found out on March 3 that Julia Garner would play the Silver Surfer’s romantic interest, Shalla-Bal. On May 2, Paul Walter Hauser was revealed for an unidentified role, merely to provide some spice. Ralph Ineson and John Malkovich then joined in on May 9, with Ineson playing the iconic adversary Galactus. Not to be overlooked is Natasha Lyonne, who is also in, though her role is still unknown. 

Plot 

Kevin Feige disclosed in June 2024 that the film will be set in the 1960s—not just any time period, mind you! Feige said nonchalantly, “Yes, yes, very much so.”  There’s a period. Many astute people observed that the cityscape didn’t precisely like the New York of our day or the New York of the 1960s, according to ScreenRant. Galactus, the huge cosmic adversary who seeks to swallow Earth, is at the center of the primary struggle. As a prelude to the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday event, we see the beginning of the iconic rivalry between Mr. Fantastic and Doom.

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