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Marvel’s Fantastic Four reboot reportedly finds its Silver Surfer and it’s a surprise for fans

This is some awesome casting.

Marvel’s highly-anticipated reboot of the Fantastic Four announced its primary cast back in February but the upcoming superhero film has reportedly added another key cast member and it’s a move that will surprise many superhero fans.

Ozark star Julia Garner will join the cast of Fantastic Four as the iconic Silver Surfer, according to a report from Deadline. Like the rest of the cast, Garner is a fast-rising star in Hollywood who got her start on TV, earning three Emmys for her work in Ozark as well as another nomination for the limited series Inventing Anna.

The gender-flip casting move will certainly come as a surprise to some but there’s plenty of precedent from Marvel Comics. Garner will reportedly play Shalla-Bal, a character who first appeared all the way back in 1968 and has donned the mantle of the Silver Surfer multiple times over the years various Marvel Comics stories.

The film is set to begin filming this summer for a summer 2025 release.

Marvel reveals its long-awaited Fantastic Four cast with a fun Valentine’s Day graphic

We have a Fantastic Four cast and a release date!

It’s been five years since Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige announced the Fantastic Four was finally coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con. Now on Valentine’s Day of 2024, we finally know who will be playing Marvel’s “first family” and when the film will hit theaters.

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Accompanied by a snazzy new logo with a 1960’s aesthetic (perhaps suggesting the time period in which the film will be set?), Marvel dropped a graphic featuring the new cast as well as the film’s official release date of July 25, 2025.

Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon-Moss Bachrach and Joseph Quinn will take on the roles for the MCU.

 

Marvel Studios has a lot riding on this movie after a disappointing 2023 at the box office followed by strike-related delays that have led to a lull in their normal breakneck pace of new releases. Let’s take a closer look at the cast for one of the MCU’s most important movies to date.

Marvel boss Kevin Feige said clues point to Avengers’ next Thanos-level threat — here’s who is most likely

Who – or what – is up next for The Avengers after Thanos?

We’re officially closer to the end of Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe than the beginning and if you still have a ton of questions, well, that may just be the point.

The transitionary period for the film franchise has seen us say goodbye to series stalwarts Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff and a few other fan favorites—or at least variations of those favorites. As Phase 4 continues exploring the multiverse, we’ve gotten a glimpse at what life could’ve been like had events played out a little differently.

But Phase 4 hasn’t brought us that much closer to another Thanos-level threat that requires a franchise-spanning team-up. Or maybe it has.

MCU mastermind Kevin Feige recently told Total Film the studio is closing in on its next phase and viewers should begin seeing some common threads develop:

“As we’re nearing the end of Phase 4, I think people will start to see where this next saga is going. I think there have been many clues already, that are at least apparent to me, of where this whole saga is going. But we’ll be a little more direct about that in the coming months, to set a plan, so audiences who want to see the bigger picture can see a tiny, tiny, tiny bit more of the roadmap.”

Obviously the first thread is already out there: The Multiverse.

That might just be a means to the next Big Bad, however, and not the MacGuffin the Infinity Stones were. So we put on our best, non-descriptive baseball hats and put together (entirely fictional) odds for who—or what—will cause the Avengers to assemble next.

With six films left on the Phase 4 docket, including Thor: Love and Thunder here’s a look at who’s most likely to rival Thanos’ arrival in the MCU.

Note: This list veers into some of the newer MCU projects, so if you aren’t caught up, read with caution.