The Fantastic Four teaser trailer has already dropped, and Marvel enthusiasts are already spinning, for good reason. Not only is the legendary team long overdue for their MCU introduction in Phase 6, but plot twist: Sue Storm is pregnant. Yep, the First Lady of Marvel's First Family is expecting a baby, and no, it's not a mid-credits scene; it's canon.
The speculations say that the Fantastic Four team is already settled in their world, so Marvel avoided the cringe-worthy origin story and jumped straight to superhero family planning.
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According to CinemaCon, footage (which still hasn't been released online—yes, that's rude) of the new Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer features Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) and Sue Storm finding out they're having a baby, which inspires what can only be called a traditional superhero response: hopeful, emotional, and slightly frantic.
As Reed attempts to rationalize the news, Sue slams him with the ultimate emotional plot twist—"We're" going to be parents." The scene allegedly cuts to a torn but resolute line: "We can do this."
Because nothing screams family bonding like preparing for cosmic threats and diaper duty simultaneously. For more details, we have to wait for The Fantastic Four: First Step trailer to be released.
This version of the Fantastic Four is already in place and rescuing the world as a seasoned team, so Sue's pregnancy bump isn't just for plot points; it's setting up something huge. Fans are now buzzing with theories, and the name on everyone's lips?
Franklin Richards. Yep, Marvel might be casually introducing one of the most powerful mutants in history in a baby stroller in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. As soon as the news came out, someone took to his X account and commented:
"Does the fetus turn invisible too or..."
The moment the news that Sue Storm is pregnant broke, X fans had no hesitation diving into the actual questions, such as if the baby gets her powers in utero. With the potential for Franklin Richards to join the MCU, timelines, power levels, and even prenatal invisibility were trending.
The web was ablaze with crazy (and funny) speculation, making the pregnancy announcement both a plot point and a science experiment gone wild. Because with The Fantastic Four, even babies in utero may have superpowers and questions about existence.
Before the fandom had even had time to digest Sue Storm's pregnancy announcement in The Fantastic Four trailer, the internet already went into meltdown mode. Conspiracy theories, memes, and flat-out chaos ravaged X as fans took a single plot element and turned it into a multiverse of responses.
Of course, the internet lost its collective mind, with fans already wondering if the baby will be born with cosmic powers, a miniature blue jumpsuit, and an inbuilt force field.
From superhero baby prophecies to invisible fetus arguments, it was evident: the trailer didn't only present Marvel's First Family, it inadvertently initiated the First Meme War of Phase 6. Let's dive into the beautiful chaos that is fan reactions.
Netizens have reacted as Sue Storm is reportedly pregnant in 'The Fantastic Four'
Some of the fans posted theories, and others attended just to joke around and fan the flames. Because when Marvel breaks the news that Sue Storm is pregnant, the internet is a comedy club with no censor:
"When baby Franklin rewrites the multiverse and reboots the MCU in Secret Wars," a user @MANOMAGlC hilariously commented.
"When she goes invisible does the baby just look like it’s floating?," another user @EzekielOden thought out loud.
"MUTANT OVERLOAD," a netizen @dylanisunique sarcastically expressed.
Others weren't there for the facts, the theories, or even the trailer, they came just to bring comedic anarchy. When Sue Storm is pregnant, it somehow serves as a cosmic cue for people to report for duty as part-time comedians and full-time agents of internet anarchy.
Punchlines flew, reason took a hike, and all of a sudden everyone was a superhero baby physics and prenatal invisibility expert.
"Oh that is crazy," a user @JamesMulamb hilariously commented.
"omg we have a fantastic baby on our hands," another user @Junokawai sarcastically stated.
"Let’s pretend shook," a netizen @cami1023ds expressed.
And then, naturally, there was the peanut gallery, those mythical commenters who had no actual contribution to make, only vibes and one-liners. The instant Sue Storm's pregnancy appeared on the timeline, they arrived like clockwork to spew jokes nobody invited but everybody required:
"It’s gonna become the Fantastic Five now lol," a user @TomatoGuyYT cleverly pointed out.
"So she'll be off on maternity leave," another user @Bartrick_ian wrote.
"Agatha Harkness as the nanny," a netizen @Cinema_Bums suggested.
All we get to know about the upcoming trailer of The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Here's what we know so far about the new The Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer, and it's delivering family dinner meets cosmic apocalypse. According to CinemaCon, Kevin Feige revealed an exclusive trailer from The Fantastic Four: The First Steps, and let's just say, Marvel is not taking it easy.
The trailer begins with the familiar superhero family dropping by a talk show, setting in stone the fact that within this alternate MCU universe, the Fantastic Four are already well-known heroes.
But actual dinner table angst commences when Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) and Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) arrive fashionably late for dinner only to drop the bomb of all plot bombs: Sue is pregnant.
Have Johnny Storm cracking jokes, Ben Grimm likely just wanting to eat in peace, and then—boom!! Silver Surfer (Julia Garner) brings the mood down with the news that Galactus is on his way to destroy the planet.
From Sue and Reed's tearful vow to their unborn baby to Reed research-stressing in a lab like a guy desperate to prevent a group project from tanking, it's a rollercoaster.
The trailer concludes with Silver Surfer dramatically flying off from literal flames—because in the MCU, no baby announcement is ever complete without the specter of planetary destruction looming in the background.
Now we have to wait for the trailer to be dropped!
The official teaser of The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Marvel gave us a cosmic appetizer with the reveal of the Fantastic Four: First Steps teaser, and sure enough, the team is officially back—stretchy hands, attitude, rocks, and all. But the real scene-stealer? Not Reed's jawline or Johnny's pyro—it's HERBIE, the team's surprise robot buddy, rolling in like the fifth Beatle of the MCU.
Just when you're sitting there and feel, 'I've seen it all now,' Marvel is like, "Here's a cute droid to help prevent a planet-eater." And speaking of the World Devourer, we get our first glimpse of Galactus, the ginormous, famished space monster who treats planets like Pringles.
He's there, he's enormous, and he's not happy with Earth. Nowhere to be found, however, is Julia Garner's Silver Surfer, who's reportedly being cut from the teaser but still riding with Galactus. She's probably off surfing a wave or just upping the ante like a good Marvel pro.
To sum it up, the teaser suggests that Marvel's First Family's MCU debut could be chaotic, emotional, and crazy. The teaser shows robot friends, cosmic dangers, surprise pregnancies, and a planet-eater. If this is just the "first steps," then the Fantastic Four are about to face the most dramatic group project in the multiverse.
The cast of The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The Fantastic Four squad packs some heat, and by 'heat,' we mean smart as all hell, emotionally deep, sometimes literally on fire, and made of actual rock. Pedro Pascal is busy stepping away from babysitting Grogu to be Reed Richards, a genius who stretches a lot and also saves the planet in his downtime.
Vanessa Kirby is Sue Storm, the only living person who has to save the world, manage her raging brother, and turn invisible to avoid her family during the holidays.
Joseph Quinn is Johnny Storm, who just graduated from melting minds in the Upside Down to melting things as a human torch and who totally once mouthed Chris Evans's "Flame on!" in the mirror.
Ebon Moss-Bachrach is Ben Grimm, also known as The Thing, bringing rock-hard abs and emotionally hard rock, all of which can only be captured via CGI and the advice of Mark Ruffalo, who basically runs a Hulk-based support group at the MCU.
And then there's Ralph Ineson as Galactus, a big old planet-eater who was so terrifying, Kevin Feige had to show his Fortnite model as a PowerPoint slide. And finally, Julia Garner does a walk-off as Silver Surfer, swooping through the galaxy on a cosmic board in a motion-capture helmet that screams, "I destroy civilizations, but make it cute."
In short, The Fantastic Four: First Steps looks to be half cosmic adventure, half family drama, and half crazy baby shower in space. We've got Sue Storm pregnant, Reed Richards stressed, Johnny Storm flaming with personality, Ben Grimm just trying to eat dinner in peace, and a robot named HERBIE lowkey stealing the show.
Toss in a giant cosmic villain who treats Earth like a snack and a Silver Surfer who’s fashionably absent but spiritually present, and you’ve got a Phase 6 kickoff that’s already got fans spiraling (with memes).
Marvel clearly said, "You want plot twists? What about parenthood, planet destruction, and a burning brother-in-law, all in one trailer?"
The Fantastic Four are back, the multiverse shakes, and somewhere, Sue Storm is likely Googling "Can my baby turn invisible in the womb?" as Reed constructs a lab-grade crib fueled by cosmic rays.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be released on July 25, 2025.
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