355 Chris Hemsworth, D23, Fantastic Four, and holiday specials

MCU Fan Show - Marvel Studios commentary

Sean Gerber

Tv & Film

4.5 • 912 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Sean Gerber reacts to Chris Hemsworth’s comments about the prospects of another Thor film after Avengers: Doomsday (and Secret Wars). Sean also examines the newly announced dates for the D23 Expo and how Marvel Studios may approach that event and SDCC next summer. Then, it’s time to open up the MCU Mailbag to answer listener questions about the audience’s current relationship with the MCU, how the Thunderbolts* post-credits scene impacted the reception of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, hopes for future Marvel holiday specials, and Inhumans.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. Welcome to MCU Fan Show episode 355. My name is Sean Gerber, flying solo for this
0:17.5	installment, but still very happy, very excited to be back recording an episode of MCU fan show.
0:23.0	After an unplanned hiatus, I know we haven't had a chance to do a show since our spoiler
0:28.3	review of the Fantastic Four First Steps. Hopefully you've all had a chance in that time to see the movie
0:33.4	many more times because it deserves to be seen. It's a really, really great movie for all the reasons that we explained in our spoiler
0:40.1	review and we will continue explaining in upcoming episodes of MCU fan show and fan show plus.
0:46.2	And hey, fan show plus, there's that podcast we do exclusively for premium subscribers
0:50.6	at patreon.com slash Sean Gerber and on Apple Podcast, the Apple Podcasts
0:55.0	subscriptions where there have been some new episodes since our fantastic for spoiler review.
1:00.6	But for this episode of MCU fan show, I want to talk about some MCU news. And I put the call
1:07.6	out for the MCU mailbag. That is where listeners get a chance to fill up that MCU mailbag with.
1:13.8	They're always great, always fun, always very thoughtful, insightful questions regarding
1:18.7	Marvel, regarding all things, MCU.
1:21.2	And I love to answer those questions over on Fan Show Plus.
1:24.1	But as is typically the case when I put the call out for those questions,
1:28.6	it is an embarrassment of riches that comes back to me with the MCU mailbag, overflowing,
1:33.5	it's not a actual physical mailbag, but just bear with me,
1:36.4	overflowing with some really awesome and fun questions.
1:40.0	So I'm going to include some of those here on MCU fan show episode 355,
1:45.0	and then I will answer even more of them on Fan Show Plus,
1:49.0	which again you can find at patreon.com slash Sean Gerber
1:52.3	or on Apple Podcasts via Apple Podcasts subscriptions.
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