Marvel Studios has revealed the first full trailer for the upcoming The Fantastic Four: First Steps during CinemaCon 2025.
The trailer screened for the CinemaCon audience was grand in scale and packed with major spoilers. It featured the first look at Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal, a version of the Silver Surfer.
In the trailer, Shalla-Bal says, “Are you the protectors of this world? Your planet is now marked for death.”
Pedro Pascal’s Mister Fantastic responds: “I stretched the boundaries of space… and they heard.”
The Fantastic Four: First Steps – CinemaCon 2025 Trailer Description:
The trailer begins with the Fantastic Four appearing on a talk show. In this version of the MCU, they’ve been heroes for a long time and are loved by the public. Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) and Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) show up late to dinner with Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach). To make up for being late, Sue shares some big news — she’s pregnant. Johnny congratulates them, saying Sue will be a great mom and jokes that Reed has some things to work on.
Everything seems fine in this universe until the Silver Surfer (Julia Garner) comes to Earth and warns the Fantastic Four that their world is in danger. She tells them that their planet will be destroyed. A dark image of Galactus appears over New York City, and the Silver Surfer says there isn’t much time left to save Earth.
A civilian asks Reed Richards if they’re going to be okay — to which he quietly replies, “I don’t know.” We see him completely absorbed in his research — burdened by the weight of their heroic responsibilities.
Sue and Reed make a heartfelt promise about the future of their child — and we see Reed giving a speech, telling the public that the Fantastic Four will protect them.
The trailer ends with a powerful shot of the Silver Surfer riding her iconic board — flying away from the burning flames of a massive explosion.
The film stars Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch, and Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne, and Sarah Niles.
Here’s the plot synopsis for The Fantastic Four: First Steps:
Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family—Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm/Human Torch, and Ben Grimm/The Thing—as they face their most daunting challenge yet. Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god named Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, things suddenly get very personal.
Filming wrapped in Spain in December 2024. Directed by Matt Shakman from a screenplay by Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer, which has undergone a rewrite by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber.
The film is produced by Feige, Grant Curtis, and Nick Pepin.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is scheduled to hit theaters and IMAX on July 25, 2025.
Source: Discussing Film
