This presents exciting new opportunities for Marvel Studios, and could plant seeds forPhase 6’sAvengersmoviesand beyond.

This suggests that Franklin Richards may be introduced to the MCU inThe Fantastic Four: First Steps.

We have a couple shots from the first teaser.

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Then, at a family dinner, Sue reveals she is pregnant.Are you the protectors of this world?

Your planet is now marked for death, an alien woman says to the Fantastic Four.

Then all of the electronics, or at least the lights, in the world go out.

Reed Richards and Sue Storm in The Fantastic Four First Steps trailer

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A man asks Mister Fantastic, Are we safe?

He responds, I dont know.

We see him try and fail to solve some kind of problem.

Franklin Richards fixing the multiverse after Secret Wars in Marvel Comics

After a couple of action shots, it wraps up with Mister Fantastic saying, We will protect you.

The final shot is of the Silver Surfer, a female version it seemed like - Shalla Bal?

  1. #15, so it makes sense that he would appear in live-action first.

Reed Richards' Mister Fantastic fighting Doctor Doom in Marvel Comics' Secret Wars

Initially, Franklin and the Future Foundation built life rafts that allowed some individuals to survive destructive incursions.

This means thatFranklin Richards' debut inThe Fantastic Four: First Steps could support a wild MCU reboot theory.

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