‘The Fantastic Four’ teaser trailer promised a hidden secret in the form of an Easter Egg… and it looks as though we’ve already found it.
During an interview with Collider, ‘The Fantastic Four’ writer Simon Kinberg revealed that there might be a hidden secret lurking in the new trailer.
“In terms of Easter eggs there’s a lot in the movie and there’s one on the teaser that people can freeze frame and try to find.”
And we think we’ve found it.During the trailer’s brief tour of the Baxter Building – a Manhattan-based government research facility – we’re introduced to Susan Storm. And while she’s busy tapping away at her computer, a few numbers can be seen in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.
(For the record, that reads: 23.21.190.125)
On closer inspection, it’s obvious that these numbers are an IP address… and when entered into your browser’s address bar, they take you to the Comic Vine entry for Latveria – home of the enigmatic villain, Victor Von Doom.
**UPDATE: The IP address now redirects to either a Wikipedia entry for Latveria, Marvel Wiki entry or a Google Image search for Latveria Maps as well as the original Comic Vine page.**
Of course, this raises a big question – does this come into play at some point during the movie? Will that IP address be present on the big screen? It’s obvious that Sue is a little bit obsessed with the small, Eastern-European country… and it’s likely that Victor will in some way be linked to his home nation.
Does this mean we can expect a certain foreign dignitary at Reed Richards’ monumental experiment? Will we get to take a look at Latveria throughout the course of the film? For now, we’ll have to wait and see.
But if this Easter Egg is anything to go by, we can expect plenty of nods to the comic books.
‘The Fantastic Four’ heads to cinemas on 6 August 2015.
