Marvel's upcoming The Fantastic Four movie has found its female Silver Surfer actor. On April 3, Deadline reported that Ozark and Inventing Anna actress Julia Garner has joined the cast as the Shalla-Bal incarnation of Silver Surfer, in a departure from what had been featured on-screen in the Fox Fantastic Four films.
The 30-year-old star has won three Emmy Awards for her performance as Ruth Langmore on Ozark, as well as a Golden Globe for her work as Anna Delvey on Inventing Anna. She most recently starred as Hanna in The Royal Hotel movie alongside Hugo Weaving and Jessica Henwick. She is also starring in the upcoming Wolf Man movie, which is scheduled to release in January 2025.
Garner is joining The Fantastic Four cast that includes Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm / Human Torch, and Ben Grimm / The Thing.
What is Marvel's The Fantastic Four about?
Details about the new The Fantastic Four movie remain under wraps, but based on the artwork revealed in February 2024, it looks like it will be set in the 1960s. The film will be directed by WandaVision's Matt Shakman, who previously teased his filmmaking approach on the movie during .
"It's different in so many ways," Shakman said in an October 2023 interview with Collider. "I wish I could be specific. I wish I could say more. But we are doing things very differently from a story standpoint, from an approach to the filmmaking standpoint, that really fits the material. I wish I could say more. I would love to, but I can't. But I think it's going to be unlike anything you've seen before, and certainly unlike anything at Marvel that you've seen before."
"We have been nonstop," Shakman said of the pre-production work on the movie. "Despite the strikes, yes, we've been working with the effects and with production design and building our world, and that's been incredibly exciting. You know, how do you translate those skills into live-action in dynamic ways? Because some things that work beautifully in John Byrne and Jack Kirby are a little tougher when you're filming them. How do you make sure that things are exciting but also grounded in a scientific thing, which is also part of the Fantastic Four that I love? There's some stuff I'm super excited about. I can't say too much, you know?"
Directed by Shakman off a script by Jeff Kaplan, Josh Friedman, Ian Springer, and Eric Pearson, The Fantastic Four is scheduled to release in theaters on July 25, 2025.
