The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Summary
Kang the Conqueror ’s future in theMarvel Cinematic Universeis up in the air , but a possibility from Marvel’sThe Fantastic Fourpresents the perfect replacement for Kang in the Multiverse Saga . Jonathan Majors debut as Kang the Conqueror inAnt - Man and the Wasp : Quantumania . Both before and after the movie , as well as in its mid - credits scene , the actor played Kang variants from all over the multiverse . While he did a fantastic job of making each Kang version experience alone , run to a thrilling buildup to the next Avengers movies , Majors was provoke from the Kang role by Marvel .
The reason for Marvel ’s decisiveness is thatMajors was rule shamed on two charges in a domesticated violation trial run . With Majors out , the MCU is currently without a main villain for the ongoing Multiverse Saga , which only adds to the criticism that the MCU has feel aimless since the remnant of the Infinity Saga . Marvel ’s slate of projectscould choose one of two ways : reforge Kang the Conqueror or pivoting to a new villain . The latter unite to a darkThe Fantastic Fourtheory that tease a new multiversal threat to the MCU .
The MCU is bringing a fresh rendering of the Fantastic Four as part of its Multiverse Saga , and here ’s what you need to know about this reboot .
MCU Theory: Galactus Eats The Fantastic Four’s Universe
The Team Is Rumored To Come From Another Universe
For some time now , The Fantastic Fourhas been bruit to take position in a dissimilar universe . First , the moving-picture show was thought to be set in the past , which still seems to be the shell , as the official concept art used by Marvel to unveil the mold ofThe grand Fourincluded teases thatthe team will be alive in the sixties . However , acharacter poster for the Human Torchshowed the skyline of a retro - futuristic city , make it very hard for the movie to be set in the past of the primary MCU timeline .
This is where Kang the Conqueror ’s replacement comes in . According to the darkThe Fantastic Fourending theory , the squad would go forth its universe as Galactus rust it , going to the main MCU — Earth-616.Galactus has been confirmed as the principal villain ofThe Fantastic Four , with actorRalph Ineson hurtle as the MCU ’s Galactus . The Fantastic Fourcould then almost all take topographic point in another universe while the squad of heroes induce against sentence to give up Galactus , jumping universes when the job becomes impossible . Galactus would then follow the Fantastic Four to the main MCU , becoming an existential threat .
Galactus Eating Entire Universes Makes Him A Bigger Threat Than Kang
A Different Kind Of Multiverse Villain
In Marvel Comics , Galactus is famously known as the " Devourer of Worlds . " However , The Fantastic Fourtheory claims he could get a power boost in the MCU , traverse the multiverse and devouring full universe of discourse rather of just planets . While the lineament is extremely different from Kang the Conqueror and thus would not be able to follow the same general architectural plan Marvel had for the Multiverse Saga if Galactus was select as Kang ’s MCU replacement , the character exhaust entire universes and coming to the chief MCUwould create a more immediate threat to the enfranchisement than Kang .
While Majors tried his best to make Kang the Conqueror and some of his variants menacing , his only MCU film as Kang ended up doing the fictitious character a disserviceby the time it was over . Kang was being touted as the Modern Thanos of the MCU , a threat not only to the novel Avengers and other MCU hero but to the entire multiverse ; however , he was more or less easy get the better of by the Ant - Man syndicate . Galactus as a universe - devouring scoundrel would be a much more agonizing terror for the next Avengers motion-picture show , bring major stake to the MCU .
How The Fantastic Four & Avengers Can Defeat Galactus
Marvel Comics Shows How
According to the MCU hypothesis , the Fantastic Four would not be capable to defeat Galactus in their first movie , hence them hold up to Earth-616 and him following them . However , Avengers 5 — presently The Kang Dynasty — could have the Fantastic Four get the aid of the new Avengers team to stop Galactus . With the combined might of the two team and Marvel Comics showing a fashion , the MCU ’s heroes should fix the Galactus scourge . or else of in good order beat Galactus as they would another scourge , the MCU ’s heroes could do by the fibre by managing to twist him away .
The Avengers and the Fantastic Four could combat Galactus throughout the movie while Reed Richards , the new Black Panther Shuri , and other champion MCU characters assemble a task force tocreate the MCU ’s rendering of the comics ' Ultimate Nullifier , a weapon of mass devastation that was used to make Galactus cower in fear and run away in his first Marvel Comics appearance . The Fantastic Fourwould then set up the first joint terror the team would present alongside the Avengers , replacing Kang the Conqueror .
Cast
The Fantastic Four : First Steps show Marvel ’s First Family navigating their roles as heroes amidst a 1960s - revolutionize , retro - futurist human beings . As they defend Earth from Galactus and the enigmatic Silver Surfer , they must also bear on the strength of their family chemical bond .
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