Cinemaquem is Franklin Richards, from ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’?

Besides marking the debut of Fantastic family in the Marvel (MCU) cinematic universe, Fantastic Four: First Stepswho hits theaters from this Thursday (23), introduces a fifth member on the team: Franklin Richardsson of Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us) and Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby, Napoleon), which ends up playing an important role in history. But who is he and why is he important?

The following text contains spoilers of Fantastic Four: First Stepswhich opens this Thursday (24) in theaters!

Who is Franklin Richards?

In Fantastic Four: First Steps, Reed and Sue They believe that Franklin It is an ordinary baby, who would not have been affected by cosmic radiation that turned their parents into superheroes. However, when Galactus (RALPH INSON, The witch), proposes to stay with the baby to save the land, they find that the child is more special than it seems.

Later, the World -eaten explains that the power of Franklin It is so great that he would be able to take his place and save him from the eternal hunger that consumes him, forcing him to destroy planet behind the planet to satisfy her.

THE Fantastic quartetof course, do not give the baby to the villain and need to get another way to get rid of Galactuswhich eventually happens. However, after getting rid of the threat, another appears behind Franklin Richards: Victor von Doomthe Doctor Destinationnew villain of the Marvel cinematic universe, which will be lived by Robert Downey Jr.the old Man of Iron.

But why is Franklin Richards so important?

Until this moment, you still can’t know what the Doctor Destination either Franklin Richards -Since the villain appears only in a short post-credit scene of the new Fantastic quartet – But the history of the characters in the comics and the plans for the future of MCU suggest that he intends to use the child to create his Battleworlda world that brings together several Marvel universes, such as a quilt of scraps of different realities.

In the comics, Franklin Richards It is one of the most powerful beings in the universe, capable of altering different realities as well to understand. Power is quite similar to that of Scarlet (Elizabeth Olsen), who created a perfect reality for himself and his family in Wandavisionminiseries of 2021.

He is also responsible for restoring the multiverse after a collapse … Exactly what has been happening in Marvel’s cinematic universe for a few years. The theory is even closer to reality when thinking that the closing film of Multiverse saga and Avengers: Secret Wars.

Although the ideal house has more than one saga with the title of Secret warsthe expectation is that the film franchise adapts the history of 2015, in which the greatest heroes on Earth need to deal with Battleworld. However, so far, there is nothing confirmed.

What is the story of Fantastic Four: First Steps?

In Fantastic Four: First Steps, Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby, Napoleon), Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn, Stranger Things) and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The bear) It is the heroes of the Earth-828, who acquired the powers of elasticity, invisibility, control of fire and superhuman force, respectively, after an unsuccessful mission in space.

However, when Fantastic family It is confronted with the threat of the space godGalactus and its enigmatic herald, the Silver surfer (Julia Garner, Ozark), and the price to save the land from World -eaten It becomes too loud to pay, their heroism is put to the test and they need to find a way to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family. Watch the following novelty trailer:

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