(Note: This article contains spoilers for The Fantastic Four: First Steps)
New plot details for Marvel Studios‘ The Fantastic Four: First Steps have leaked online. The film is expected to connect to the upcoming Avengers movies.
According to Marvel, the film’s scenes were filmed in a 4:3 aspect ratio. The Fantastic Four go to space and encounter a comic-accurate Galactus. It’s worth the wait, as the film is set to hit theaters this year.
‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Plot Update:
The movie opens with the family already known as the Fantastic Four in the retro-futuristic universe; they are on a mission.
Soon after, there is a scene where they explain to some kids how they defeated Mole Man (a flashback shows the whole scene). This universe is highly developed, despite its retro theme. There are a few heroes, but they are the main ones.
They are like celebrities to the population, but they live like ordinary people. They work for the government as scientists and space explorers. They are known by high society and adored by the people. The name Fantastic Four was given to them by the people.
The Thing has a girlfriend, Reed, and Sue have a son, and Johnny is the team’s spokesman. As the plot unfolds, it becomes clear that something is wrong with this family and that they are hiding something.
On a government space mission, they encounter the Silver Surfer in Earth orbit. She tells them that the Devourer of Worlds, Galactus, is coming to Earth.
During the movie, it is revealed that they do not belong to this universe and have come from the Sacred Timeline. The farce of this family is about to be revealed.
Their origin is briefly shown: In an experiment, they discovered a new dimension (maybe the Negative Zone), and while trying to explore it, they were sucked into the multiverse, exposed to high levels of radiation, and fell into this “parallel Earth.” And now they have powers. It is revealed that they chose to settle in this new society because they were unable to return to their universe, and their recognition comes after a heroic act against the mad scientist known as Mole Man (who was shown earlier).
They build a life in this universe while working for years to return to their universe of origin (the Sacred Timeline). They want to return to their families; the movie is all about family.
The revelation comes after they are exposed as impostors from this universe.
After that, they succeed in finding a way to return to their universe, but they come into conflict because some of them want to return, but others want to save the “parallel Earth” from Galactus. They want to help destroy it before they leave, as they have become attached to this new world.
Meanwhile, the Silver Surfer returns to Earth to prepare it but is confronted by the Fantastic Four. She defeats them and discovers their plan to travel to another universe. She travels to the Sacred Timeline while the Fantastic Four escape and return to the retro-futuristic universe, going to Galactus to tell him about this other universe full of new worlds for him to devour. She explains how to access this new universe, which is through the Fantastic Four. Galactus then decides to go immediately to Earth in the retro-futuristic universe, as he is ill and believes that the Sacred Timeline universe will provide the revitalization he needs. He intends to use the Fantastic Four to travel to the Sacred Timeline universe.
I didn’t have access to the full draft. There was no information about the third act, except that it’s Galactus versus the Fantastic Four. Galactus will be enraged and begin to destroy the Earth of this retro-futuristic universe (and destroy it completely). Franklin Richards will have powers in the movie. The “First Steps” is also about him.
It is expected that cameos and variants of other characters will appear in the movie. Galactus will not be defeated in the movie.
Matt Shakman directs the film from a script penned by Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer, which has undergone a rewrite by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. The film stars 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, Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne, and Sarah Niles.
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Lyonne teased that The Fantastic Four: First Steps feels like an outer space movie, similar to Interstellar. According to her, “It is all very Interstellar-type stuff, coming at it from different directions.”
The film is produced by Feige, Grant Curtis, and Nick Pepin.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps will hit theaters and IMAX on July 25, 2025.
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