Don't Worry, The MCU Proved Galactus Can Work 3 Years Ago

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Summary

AlthoughThe Fantastic Four ’s Galactus is a challenging character to adapt to the magnanimous projection screen , theMCUalready bear witness a comic - accurate Devourer of Worlds can work perfectly in live - action . Ralph Ineson has joinedThe Fantastic Four ’s maven - studded castin the theatrical role of Galactus , the potential main villain of the Phase 5 moving picture . GivenThe Fantastic Four ’s retro setting , it ’s possible that the squad ’s first MCU movie will take place in an alternating universe , and that their battle against Galactus will somehow lend them to the MCU ’s Earth-616 .

In the source material , Galan a.k.a . Galactus is a cosmic entity older than the universe itself , drive to ingest major planet by his insatiable hunger . Galactus ' genuine flesh can not be grok by most beings in the multiverse . Instead , Galactus appears to each civilisation as a representation of themselves . Still , the Devourer of Worlds is several times larger than Earth , and he subsist in a solar - system - sized base called"the Worldship " . Due to his immense proportion and world power , Galactus can not be kill by regular means . All of these timbre make Galactus a unique resister , but also a unmanageable one to render to live - natural process .

Galactus Presents Fantastic Four With A Big Problem

Galactus Is Too Large And Powerful To Be An Actual Character

Galactus ' master appealingness is his Lovecraftian nature and his vast sizing , which forces the Fantastic Four and the rest of the Marvel existence to find creative means to defeat him . After all , not even brawny poor boy like Hulk and Thor can but plug Galactus into compliance . However , Galactus is too big and ethereal for alive - action . The Devourer of Worlds ca n’t fit in the frame with the Fantastic Four if he delay at his original size , making him a more difficult opponent to connect with than popular villains like Thanos and the Green Goblin .

Balancing Galactus ' size and power with a solid degree of characterisation could still be a challenge .

Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfersidestepped this problem by make Galactus an non-living cosmic cloud , removing the character ’s ethereal mystique along the fashion . WhileFantastic Four : salary increase of the Silver Surfer ’s controversial Galactuswas realistic enough , it failed to be a conscious adversary . The MCU will surely take a more close plan of attack to the part inThe Fantastic Four , but balancing Galactus ' size and power with a whole degree of characterisation could still be a challenge .

Eternals Provided The Answer For The Fantastic Four’s Galactus Issue

The MCU Already Tested The Waters With The Celestials' Live-Action Introduction

as luck would have it for Galactus , the MCU successfully introduced cosmic entities of similar size and origin . stage 4’sEternalsfeatured the Celestials , who were uncover to have work Earth ’s story and threatened the whole universe with the possibility of their subjugation . The Celestials Tiamut and Arishemwere also shown to be satellite - sized forces of nature that the homo - sized Eternals oppose , not unlike the dynamics between the Fantastic Four and Galactus . Taking the Celestials as the basis , The Fantastic Fourwill go one step beyond and enrich Galactus with Ralph Ineson ’s voice — and possibly , with his gesture - charm performance as well .