‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ trailer sends fans intro raptures: “Is Marvel back?”
nme.comThe Marvel Cinematic Universe’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps has been released online, and fans have had very strong reactions to it.The film, starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn as a group of superpowered scientists is the first time the characters have been incorporated into the MCU.Previously, 20th Century Fox had the rights to the characters and produced two films in the ‘00s starring Jessica Alba, as well as a 2015 adaptation starring Michael B Jordan.Following Marvel’s parent company Disney acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019, the studio is free to incorporate them into their shared universe.
Chris Evans’ version of Johnny Storm from the 00’s Fantastic Four films has already made a comedic appearance in last year’s Deadpool & Wolverine.This new trailer introduces the characters, who live in a retro-style world not unlike the aesthetic from Marvel show Loki.
In the trailer, we meet each of the group, including Moss-Bachrach’s The Thing, while Kirby’s character Sue Storm comforting Pascal’s Reed Richards, saying that while their powers have changed them, they are still the people they used to be.The clip also gives a teaser of each character’s powers in the film, due for release on July 25.
Richards’ abilities, the power to stretch himself, are absent however. The teaser also gives us a quick glimpse of Galactus, the villain of the movie, played by Ralph Ineson.Fans have largely embraced the new footage.
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