Galactus confirmed as the villain in Marvel's 'Fantastic Four' at Comic-Con drone show

Marvel Studios is teasing the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ahead of their highly anticipated Comic-Con panel on July 27.

The convention began with a surprise screening of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ for fans in Hall H, and ended with a spectacular drone show lighting up the San Diego sky.

The drones created images that hinted at upcoming MCU projects, including the new ‘Fantastic Four’ reboot. The cast for the new Fantastic Four movie, scheduled for release on July 25, 2025, includes Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and now it's confirmed that they'll face off against the iconic Marvel villain Galactus, whose image appeared after the Fantastic Four logo was revealed.

Ralph Ineson is set to play Galactus, the iconic villain who, previously featured in the 2007 Fox/Marvel film ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer’. He is a god-like entity that devours planets to sustain himself, showing little regard for humanity. He is usually accompanied by his herald, the Silver Surfer.

Marvel has a history of impressive stage theatrics, as seen in Comic-Con 2022 when actor Chukwudi Iwuji appeared in costume as the High Evolutionary from ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’.

Meanwhile, Pedro Pascal shared the first behind-the-scenes image of the core Fantastic Four cast, along with the message ‘our first mission.’

Directed by Matt Shakman, known for ‘WandaVision’, ‘The Fantastic Four’ will feature Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (the Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (the Thing). The supporting cast includes Ralph Ineson, Paul Walter Hauser, Natasha Lyonne, and Julia Garner.

The movie features a script by Josh Friedman, Jeff Kaplan, and Ian Springer. While plot details are still under wraps, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige revealed on The Official Marvel Podcast last month that The Fantastic Four will be set in 1960s New York City.

‘There was another piece of art we released with Johnny Storm flying in the air making a 4 symbol and there was a cityscape in the corner of that image,’ Feige said at the time.

‘There were a lot of smart people who noticed that that cityscape didn’t look exactly like the New York that we know, or the New York that existed in the ‘60s in our world. Those are smart observations, I’ll say,’ he added.

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