The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic herald, the Silver Surfer.

July 25, 2025 | Theaters

Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards
Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm
Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm
Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm

The movie kicks off on Earth-828 in 1964, where the world is celebrating four years of the Fantastic Four. Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm became superheroes after being exposed to radiation during a space mission, and since then, they’ve become celebrities while also helping change the world.

Things get even more exciting when Reed and Sue announce that they’re expecting a baby. The whole world becomes fascinated with the idea of a baby with superpowers.

But then the Silver Surfer arrives on Earth with some very bad news: Earth has been chosen for destruction by Galactus, a giant cosmic being who literally eats planets. Reed investigates the destruction of other planets and realizes the Silver Surfer is telling the truth. The team heads back into space to try to stop Galactus before he reaches Earth.

The team is captured and brought face-to-face with Galactus. he senses something different about Reed and Sue’s unborn child, Franklin, so he  offers them a deal: give him the baby, and he’ll spare Earth.

Obviously, the Fantastic Four say yes, right? RIGHT? They say no.

The team escapes & During their trip back to Earth, Sue gives birth to Franklin.

A month later, the Fantastic Four return to Earth, and Reed reveals everything during a press conference and is shocked people are upset. 

Johnny starts figuring out the Silver Surfer’s language using their previous interactions and transmissions Reed intercepted from deep space.

As Galactus gets closer and the protests against the Fantastic Four continue to grow, Sue takes Franklin to meet with the protesters herself. She makes it clear that they aren’t going to sacrifice their son, but they also aren’t going to give up on everyone else. People are like ok ok. 

Reed then comes up with a crazy plan: instead of fighting Galactus head-on, they’ll teleport the entire Earth somewhere else. Using technology he’s been developing. 

Just as the plan is underway, the Silver Surfer returns and starts destroying the teleportation bridges. Johnny manages to stop her from destroying the final bridge in Times Square and reveals what he has learned. But she still refuses to help them. 

With time running out, the team decides to use Franklin as bait to lure Galactus toward the final teleportation bridge.

Galactus eventually arrives and makes his way through New York, eventually capturing Franklin before the team can spring their trap. Sue uses everything she has to hold Galactus back with her force field while Reed manages to rescue Franklin.

Johnny then tries to sacrifice himself, using his powers to give Galactus the final push into the portal. But before he can, Shalla-Bal returns.

She pushes Galactus through the portal herself.

The portal closes behind them, but Sue has used so much of her power that she dies. Just when it looks like the Fantastic Four has lost her, Franklin uses his own powers to bring his mother back to life.

The movie ends with the Fantastic Four heading off on another mission as the world celebrates their fifth anniversary.

Then we get a mid-credits scene set four years later. Sue is reading to Franklin at home when she gets up to grab another book. When she returns, Franklin is sitting with a mysterious man wearing a green cloak and holding a metal mask.

And yeah… that’s probably important.

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