Julia Garner has joined the cast of Marvel Studios’ “Fantastic Four” reboot, TheWrap learned Wednesday. Garner is said to play Shalla-Bal, a version of the Silver Surfer character. Production begins this summer.
Garner joins a cast that already includes Pedro Pascal (as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (as Ben Grimm/The Thing) and Joseph Quinn (as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch).
The film follows a family of scientists who gain superpowers after being exposed to radiation on a mission in outer space. Matt Shakman, the director behind “WandaVision,” will be directing the project from a script that has seen writers Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer and Josh Friedman contribute.