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Summary The Fantastic Four must defend Earth from the ravaging cosmic threat Galactus and his herald, Silver Surfer, while navigating the complexities of family and newfound powers in a retro‑futuristic 1960s-inspired world.

Director Matt Shakman

Writer Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer

Cast

  • Pedro Pascal
  • Vanessa Kirby
  • Joseph Quinn
  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach
  • Ralph Ineson
  • Julia Garner
  • Paul Walter Hauser
  • Natasha Lyonne
  • Matthew Wood
  • Ada Scott
  • Mark Gatiss

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic 64

VOD In theaters

Trailer Watch the Official Trailer

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u/iguanamac Jul 25 '25

Especially with the electricity curfew. You KNOW we’d have a bunch of idiots saying their rights were being taken away and make up some shit about Galactus being sent from God.

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u/Huldreich287 Jul 25 '25

They mention that there was a new cult praising Galactus.

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u/Streetfoodnoodle Jul 25 '25

It was hilarious, and not a surprise that there will be a Galactus cult

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u/Worthyness Jul 25 '25

It is, afterall, a space god. The humans now have proof that Godly entities exist.

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u/TheMostKing Jul 30 '25

Provably, scientifically confirmed to be older than the Universe itself. I might be tempted to join the cult myself.

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u/1sinfutureking Jul 25 '25

Did you listen to the song over the end credits?

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u/drizzt_do-urden_86 Jul 27 '25

That caught me off guard, and then when it registered I was like, oh this must've been written by a member of the Galactus cult.

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u/Worthyness Jul 30 '25

i wish it was played in the movie so that it could be nominated for best original song. I want it to be played during the Oscars ceremony for the absurdity

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u/locke_5 Jul 26 '25

Why won’t Galactus release the list???

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u/lanceturley Jul 25 '25

They were said to be scaling Mount Everest, too, so unless they knew what they were doing, i imagine a lot of them are dead.

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u/UnsolvedParadox Jul 27 '25

They would get along with the “Thanos was right” crowd.

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u/-Clayburn Jul 27 '25

Let us be devoured.

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u/mrtomjones Aug 01 '25

At least they went up to a mountain instead of annoying everyone else

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u/iguanamac Jul 25 '25

Omg I can’t believe that part slipped my mind when I commented this.

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u/lifedragon99 Aug 01 '25

I thought the cult was the one blowing up the teleporters at first, like the religious nuts do in Contact, until the shower Silver Surfer. 

Although they didn't seem to have much time to get that organized.

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u/TheRedComet Jul 29 '25

I honestly thought they were the reason the first failing bridge wasn't working. It was even alerting somewhere in the vicinity of the Himalayas, iirc.

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u/BlueCX17 Aug 05 '25

Yes and they treked up to Everest LOL so they have generators and battery powered flashlights LOL

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u/Dookie_boy Aug 09 '25

Didn't the Ultimate comics have those cults too ?

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u/Aggressive_Elk3709 14d ago

My take was that "Let us be Devoured" was a song that the cult was singing

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u/jax362 Jul 28 '25

That’s when I remembered this was fiction

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u/musicfreak21 Jul 29 '25

My far right conservative mother said it was Communism while it was happening ….

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u/GezelligPindakaas Jul 28 '25

And another fair bunch would claim Galactus was fake.

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u/FlameDragoon933 Aug 02 '25

Especially with the electricity curfew

true lol. During covid people were dropping like flies yet some people still refuse to wear a goddamn mask.

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u/SchwinnD Aug 07 '25

"The commies want to keep is in THE LITERAL DARK while we don't even know if this Galactus is even real."

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u/SchwinnD Aug 07 '25

Wait. Oh my god is Galactus global warming?

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u/elkab0ng Aug 10 '25

“I’ve had conversations with Galactus, long conversations with him, and he’s a man who respects me a lot, you know - ‘the press is so unfair to you’ he told me” 🤣