Marvel rumored to gender-swap Silver Surfer character with a woman in 'Fantastic Four' reboot

The woke Marvel machine shows no signs of stopping after outlets have reported that the iconic Silver Surfer character may soon be a woman in an upcoming film.

Fresh off a disastrous showing for "The Marvels," along with a trouncing of parent company Disney at the hands of "South Park," the comic book creators are rumored to have gone full speed ahead with a remake of the "Fantastic Four," slated for a 2025 release.

As reported by Bounding into Comics, industry insider Jeff Sneider recently dropped the hammer that the Silver Surfer character would now be a woman, replacing the male character with an existing Marvel female who would for some reason drop her original superhero story arc in exchange for the surfer.

"So you know Galactus is going to be part of 'Fantastic Four.' The idea is that one of his four heralds is going to be female – I have heard that the Silver Surfer is going to be female," Sneider said.

The reporter reiterated this claim on his podcast a week later when he said, "Yes, you can expect to see a female Silver Surfer, as I noted on last week’s 'Hot Mic' podcast."

Sneider wasn't the only one to predict the change, and with multiple sources for the alleged storyline, the veracity of the claim becomes far more likely.

Weeks prior, a noted industry scoop-finder who goes by the moniker "My Time to Shine Hello" told his 150,000 followers that "Galactus' herald in the [Marvel Cinematic Universe] Fantastic Four reboot will be a woman."

Galactus is an incredibly powerful character in the Marvel universe, and his heralds are characters he endows with some of his powers. Silver Surfer has been one of those heralds.

The rumor even goes back to 2019, when reporter Mikey Sutton claimed that a new "Fantastic Four" movie would open with a transfer of power from the Silver Surfer to female character Frankie Raye, who was previously played by actress Beau Garrett.

Marvel Studios was also reportedly looking to make the female character as powerful as the recently flopped Captain Marvel.

In the 2007 film "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," the title character was played by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne; neither of whom are women.

Of course, Marvel is not afraid to terraform its characters' race or gender even if they've been around for over 80 years.

In a 2015 reboot, the series replaced the typically blond-haired, white male character named Johnny Storm (previous played by Chris Evans) with actor Michael B. Jordan.

The character was created in 1939.

Marvel Studios did not respond to request for comment.

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