The primary trailer for Marvel Studios’ “The Implausible 4: First Steps” simply dropped, kicking off Part Six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The highly-anticipated trailer provides us a glimpse of the movie’s Nineteen Sixties retro-futurist setting, wherein Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn), and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) are seen navigating a number of superhero-related challenges. These 4 do-gooders are usually not simply allies working collectively however one thing akin to a household, and every certainly one of them has undergone a life-altering transformation after a sure incident that’s alluded to for just a few seconds. Earlier than the trailer dives into the workforce’s superhero shenanigans, nevertheless, we’re handled to a candy second between Ben/The Factor and the humanoid experimental robotic H.E.R.B.I.E, who’re seen cooking dinner collectively on the Baxter Constructing.
Whereas we don’t see Reed in motion or utilizing his super-stretching powers on this trailer, we do see Sue flip invisible and Johnny launching himself within the sky whereas he is aflame. In the meantime, Ben is the one member of the Implausible 4 who’s completely altered after the incident that triggered the group’s superpowers, which is why he retains his (radioactive) brown rock-like look always. Nonetheless, if superheroes are required to flex their skills and save the native populace, which means bother is brewing someplace of their yard. Positive sufficient, we get a glimpse of the massive dangerous in “The Implausible 4: First Steps,” replete with the sky exploding as stated entity is seen looming over New York Metropolis. This Marvel villain is none aside from the cosmic being Galactus (Ralph Ineson), who is understood for consuming planetary life forces within the comics. However who precisely is that this highly effective villain and how much battle may be brewing between him and the Implausible 4?
The Implausible 4 trailer may be hinting at an ominous Galactus motive
Galactus was first launched in “Implausible 4 #48,” wherein the comedian guide’s titular group is warned in regards to the cosmic being’s inevitable arrival on Earth. It’s price noting that Galactus isn’t any puny villain that may be simply overcome by brute power. Reasonably, he existed even earlier than the Large Bang, and is likely one of the most feared beings within the cosmos. Galactus can be a planet devourer who has wiped whole civilizations fully off the galactic map attributable to his ravenous starvation, performing as a balancing power between Dying and Eternity (who’re likewise cosmic entities that function the bodily manifestations of those respective ideas within the Marvel Comics universe).Â
So, what’s Galactus doing right here on Earth, and might the Implausible 4 achieve curbing his primordial starvation? The retro-futurist Nineteen Sixties society of “The Implausible 4: First Steps” would possibly be a evident trace that the film doesn’t happen on Earth-616 (the model of Earth from the MCU’s Sacred Timeline) in any respect. As a substitute, the movie might happen in a parallel timeline doomed to be invaded and devoured by Galactus — besides, that’s, for the titular 4, who will presumably discover themselves hurtled onto the 616 model of Earth in that occasion. It is not a far-fetched principle both; world-ending robotic drones often known as Gah Lak Tus have devoured all life-bearing planets of their path in Marvel’s comics and even merged with Galactus in Joshua Hale Fialkov’s “Starvation Vol. 11.”
Why is that this assimilation incident essential? To place it briefly, the “Starvation” comedian books are a part of Marvel’s “Cataclysm” sequence, which takes place after a significant post-Ultron time-space rift that permits Galactus to journey to a model of Earth the place he can regenerate himself. And which model of Earth did Galactus initially come from earlier than his merger with the Gah Lak Tus? That is proper: Earth-616. If “First Steps” is certainly adapting facets from this comedian guide storyline, then it might make sense for the Implausible 4 to power Galactus again to Earth-616 and defeat him there, placing an finish to his damaging, unchecked conduct.
“The Implausible 4: First Steps” is scheduled to open in theaters on July 25, 2025.