Surf’s up! Julia Garner has officially arrived to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The “Ozark” actress finally made her debut as the Silver Surfer in a new trailer for “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” released April 17. In the footage, her character is seen arriving on Earth to warn the Fantastic Four that their planet has been marked for death.
Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn) then flies toward the Silver Surfer and grabs her board, only for her to knock him away and send him flying back toward Earth. A few more shots of the Silver Surfer are shown throughout, including one of her flying on her board through an explosion.
Laurence Fishburne previously voiced the Silver Surfer in 2007’s “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.” But in “First Steps,” Garner will be playing a female version of the character named Shalla-Bal, who is the herald of Galactus.
Galactus is also featured in “First Steps,” played by Ralph Ineson. The trailer shows the giant villain towering over the city and ends with his large foot stomping through the street.
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A new Fantastic Four makes Marvel debut in ‘First Steps’ movie trailer
“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm, who go to space and return with superpowers. In the April 17 trailer, Sue Storm reveals to Johnny and Ben that she’s pregnant.
“You are going to be the best dad,” Johnny tells Reed Richards. “Just kidding, you are out of your depth.”
“First Steps,” which hits theaters in July, marks the Fantastic Four’s long-awaited debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s also the characters’ first time on the big screen since 2015’s “Fantastic Four,” a notorious bomb widely considered one of the worst superhero films of all time. After Disney acquired Fox in 2019, Marvel Studios gained the rights to try its own rendition of the characters and bring them to its film universe for the first time.
Julia Garner debuts as spiffy Silver Surfer in ‘Fantastic Four’ footage
And Marvel is betting big that audiences will dig the foursome. Pascal, Kirby, Quinn and Moss-Bachrach are all already confirmed to be reprising their roles in next year’s “Avengers: Doomsday.” The film will star Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, a traditional Fantastic Four villain.