THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS Trailer Reveals Reed Richards Is Investigating The Marvel Multiverse

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS Trailer Reveals Reed Richards Is Investigating The Marvel Multiverse

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS Trailer Reveals Reed Richards Is Investigating The Marvel Multiverse THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS Trailer Reveals Reed Richards Is Investigating The Marvel Multiverse

By JoshWilding - Feb 04, 2025 04:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Fantastic Four

Marvel Studios brought us the first trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps a little sooner than expected (a TV spot during the Super Bowl is still a possibility) and, if you somehow missed it, watch it here

By now, we're sure you've read our trailer breakdown. However, there was one scene we wanted to highlight on its own because it could have major consequences for both the Multiverse Saga and next year's Avengers: Doomsday

Reed Richards doesn't show off his superpowers in the teaser but we get a glimpse of his incredible genius. Much of what's on his blackboard is hard to decipher; look closely, though, and you'll see a diagram revealing that Mister Fantastic is attempting to create a bridge between realities. 

There's an entrance and an exit, with the latter labelled "Another Universe."

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Fans have long theorised that this team originated from Earth-616, only to somehow end up being stranded in an alternate reality. If so, that explains their absence from the MCU and gives them a good reason to travel to the Sacred Timeline. 

Alternatively, Reed may be aware of the danger Incursions pose and could be investigating them as a subplot taking him and the team directly into the next Avengers movie. We also can't forget rumours about Galactus being a Multiversal threat. 

Whatever the case, this Easter Egg feels significant and surely wasn't included here by mistake. 

Thanks to X's @Cryptic4KQual, we also have some 4K screenshots from The Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer which you can take a closer look at below. 

Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family—Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) 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 called 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, it suddenly gets very personal.

Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, and Natasha Lyonne have been cast in mystery roles. 

Director Matt Shakman worked with both Avatar: The Way of Water co-writer Josh Friedman and WandaVision's Cam Squires on The Fantastic Four: First Steps' screenplay, with Eric Pearson (Black Widow) later coming on board for a final polish.

The movie is set to be released in theaters on July 25, 2025.

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MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 4:17 PM
Reed in name only.
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 2/4/2025, 9:48 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - get bent.
UncleHarm1
UncleHarm1 - 2/5/2025, 12:27 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - I love that your username got cut off, just Make America Grea. Like Trump has only made the country worse, so forget the again. Just great for the first time would be nice. Our even just grea, better than nothing.
Forthas
Forthas - 2/4/2025, 4:18 PM
Like an Einstein Rosenbridge

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theBlackSquare
theBlackSquare - 2/4/2025, 4:25 PM
@Forthas - Look at that chalkboard. A normal person could cover that in two steps. It's so tiny and pathetic. Barely worth an arm stretch.

Gimme dat long shit. And curve dat bitch while you at it.

Make me STRETCH FOR DAT MATH.

Forthas
Forthas - 2/4/2025, 4:29 PM
@theBlackSquare - If Erik Selvig can come up with the same theory with less space then who is really the smartest person in the MCU?
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 2/4/2025, 4:48 PM
@Forthas - User Comment Image
Forthas
Forthas - 2/4/2025, 4:55 PM
@HashTagSwagg -

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 2/4/2025, 5:05 PM
@Forthas - Darcy of course...she Is a PHd you know
theBlackSquare
theBlackSquare - 2/4/2025, 5:18 PM
@Forthas - You saying Selvig is smarter than Richards? THAT'S A STRETCH.
Forthas
Forthas - 2/4/2025, 5:30 PM
@theBlackSquare - I thought it was a FANTASTIC observation!
kg8817
kg8817 - 2/4/2025, 6:05 PM
@Forthas - I miss when the MCU was injecting science to explain the unexplainable. Remember also when Thor said magic is just science we don’t understand yet?

Then comes Endgame and Tony figures out time travel by showing us a hologram.
Forthas
Forthas - 2/4/2025, 6:32 PM
@kg8817 - I totally agree! I am a fan of the more grounded films and the best way to ground super hero films is to offer an explanation of what seems like something that is fantastic. Even if the logic relies on pseudo-science the fact that the story goes out of its way to make a explanation somewhat tangible really makes a difference. People think that The Dark Knight films could happen in the real world when in fact it was filled with absurd science fiction that seemed real because it tried to provide some explanation that was loosely based on real science.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 2/4/2025, 7:10 PM
@Forthas - It's a tie between Riri Williams and Moon Girl Lunella Lafayette.

Black girls have been the smartest people in the MCU for awhile now.

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Batmangina
Batmangina - 2/4/2025, 8:59 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - I'm ALWAYS down for
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CharlesLeeRay
CharlesLeeRay - 2/4/2025, 10:07 PM
@kg8817 - nah, they were just cowards back then to state magic, gods, demons, etc, actually exist. Back in 2012 it was all about emulating the Ultimate universe, with Shield as the center of everything.
"In my world science and magic are the same", "We are not gods! We live and die"; even Jane homologating asgardian medical decives to the earth ones; or even building a device to neutralize the bloody reality
infinity stone.
Say what you want about Taika, but at least he got the balls to disclaim all of that and causally just say they are gods.

"What were you the god of again?"

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AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 2/5/2025, 6:23 AM
@HashTagSwagg - biggest waste of talent in Marvel history...
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 2/5/2025, 8:45 AM
@AgentofSH1ELD - They got a long ass list of wasted talent.
theBlackSquare
theBlackSquare - 2/4/2025, 4:21 PM
That chalkboard looks like it was purpose built for some STRETCHY ARM MATH.
Thebronxknight
Thebronxknight - 2/4/2025, 4:24 PM
I like his look for Reid. It brings something new. It reminds me of Starks dad when he was young and a little Ricky Ricardo.
Corruptor
Corruptor - 2/4/2025, 6:03 PM
@Thebronxknight - He actually looks more like Stark than Stark does, never mind Stark's dad.

RDJ bad casting.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 6:43 PM
@Corruptor -

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SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 2/4/2025, 9:49 PM
@Corruptor - nice try. Worst troll attempt ever.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/5/2025, 9:42 AM
@Thebronxknight - Both emulating Walt I think.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 2/4/2025, 4:24 PM
Reed is the only character whose powers we didn't see. Not satisfied with the CGI, perhaps?
KwisatzHaderach
KwisatzHaderach - 2/4/2025, 4:29 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - Hardest power set to realistically pull it off. The Thing’s CGI isn’t finished, so they’re probably not revealing Reed’s until it’s dome
NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 2/4/2025, 5:53 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - I think that Reed might not have his powers yet, or gets his later than everyone else’s in the film. His is the only one that’s not really mentioned in the trailer either. And he mentions that Sue, Ben and Johnny got theirs the “first” time they went to space. If they’re going a second time I’m sure a plot point will be his coming in later, which would be a nice touch. It could add a bit of survivor’s guilt that he’s the only one that came back relatively normal. Again this is just an assumption, not sure if anyone else has pointed it out
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 6:45 PM
@NightBoyWonder -

Interesting. You may be right. Good thinking.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 2/4/2025, 6:45 PM
@NightBoyWonder - i like this assumption
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/5/2025, 9:43 AM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - He's gonna have light based powers instead.
Deadinside
Deadinside - 2/5/2025, 2:03 PM
@ObserverIO -
👍 They're not as strong as regular based powers...! ☮️😜
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 2/5/2025, 11:49 PM
@NightBoyWonder - That would be cool. Changes up the same story we've seen 100 times before but doesn't stray too far from it.
Gambito
Gambito - 2/4/2025, 4:25 PM
Why???? Doesn’t he have anything else to do with his day? Dear lord this movie is gonna bomb
KwisatzHaderach
KwisatzHaderach - 2/4/2025, 4:30 PM
This movie looks like everything it should be
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/4/2025, 6:47 PM
@KwisatzHaderach -

I didn't know Fantastic Four movies should have a female Silver Surfer instead of the real Silver Surfer.
HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 2/5/2025, 1:40 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - I didn't know Siler Surfer was real.
supermanrex
supermanrex - 2/5/2025, 9:52 AM
@HOTSHOT - if it was a man they would be complaining that the surfer is silver and not white. or dont let them cast a black man to be silver surfer who they would complain about still even though surfer is gonna be silver 99 percent of the movie besides an origin flashback at most.
ShellHead
ShellHead - 2/4/2025, 4:33 PM
So what movies do y'all actually like?
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 2/4/2025, 4:44 PM
@ShellHead - "Citizen Kane and The Boondock Saints"
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