Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer News

'Fantastic Four' to Get Darker Reboot

March 10, 2009 10:03:03

"Fantastic Four" could be getting a reboot treatment. IESB has reported that the 20th Century Fox are looking forward to give a fresh start for their commercially successful comic book movie with the plan of taking it into a more serious territory using an approach described as "less bubble gum" and more like "Iron Man" than "The Dark Knight".

The reboot news came in following Fox's option to remake "Daredevil" and develop a "Planet of the Apes" prequel. Furthermore, for this new start, the studio reportedly put director Tim Story and original cast, Michael Chiklis, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans and Jessica Alba, out of the equation.

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'Fantastic Four 3' Gets Grimmer and Grimmer

September 20, 2008 02:09:41

Hope for the development of "Fantastic Four 3" has once again being put out. Taking his turn to comment on the possibility of "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" sequel being materialized, Michael Chiklis pointed out even further to MTV News suggesting that the movie project may not see the light after all.

"No one's really given it the kibosh to me, but the silence has been deafening. The fact that no one's mentioned it or asked a question says that, more than likely, that's not going to happen," he noted. "I know that both of them were tremendously successful from a box office standpoint, but we've all moved on into other areas and other films."

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'Silver Surfer' Won't Have 'I, Robot' Helmer as Director

July 25, 2008 02:07:30

Contrary to the previous rumor, the "I, Robot" director Alex Proya is not attached to "Silver Surfer", the possible spin-off of "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer". The denial has been offered by the 44-year-old filmmaker himself when he is attending the presentation of Summit Entertainment's "Knowing".

On the occasion held at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con, the Australian film director insisted that the earlier report is just a mere rumor. "Unfortunately that is just a rumor. I don't know where that came from," he explained. "I do like Silver Surfer, but I'm not going to be doing it."

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Writer Discusses About Possible 'Silver Surfer' Film

June 20, 2008 04:06:20

Right on the heel of "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" release in June 2007, it was reported that J. Michael Straczynski, the "Babylon 5" creator, had finished the scribbling for the action fantasy movie spin-off. But, about a year after the announcement was made, words about the stand alone "Silver Surfer" movie has gone astray. That is until Straczynski opens up about it recently.

Talking to AMCtv.com, the screenwriter for Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" admitted that there is hesitation to move on with the project given that "Rise of The Silver Surfer" has been considered to be a disappointment. "It was one of those weird synchronicities. Whether or not it ever gets made I don't know because they were kind of disappointed in how Fantastic Four 2 did," said the 53-year-old. "And given how this will be a subset of FF2 in terms of the marketing strategy, I think there is hesitation there about putting it forward. The script is pretty good, I like it, but whether or not it goes into production, I have no idea."

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No 'Fantastic Four 3' in the Making?

March 22, 2008 01:03:07

Though earlier reports speculated that a follow-up installment to the superhero flick sequel "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" might be in the works, it was now claimed that 'Fantastic Four 3' may not be made anytime soon. According to MTV Movie Blog, the possibility of the making of the second sequel has been slammed by one of its actors Chris Evans.

To the movie network, the depicter of Johnny Storm who is also known as The Human Torch insisted that the third film installment for the 20th Century Fox's action film won't be pursued. "I'm pretty sure we won't do [another] one," said the 26-year-old actor. "I'm assuming that one is a closed book...It takes up a lot of time. It's a big commitment. I'm happy with walking away." He then gave his reasons stating that if there would be a third film, all of the actors involved would have known about it earlier.

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Fantastic Four 3 in the Works?

January 24, 2008 01:01:02

Attending the press day of her latest film "The Eye", Jessica Alba spoke out about "Fantastic Four 3". According to IESB's interview with her, the "Dark Angel" television star hinted that there will be a third installment of the superheroes "Fantastic Four" series.

When asked about how long people have to wait for "FF3", the 2007 FHM Sexiest Woman answered that she didn't have a clue though noted down that the film might be on hold due to the strike. About it, she said, "I have no idea. I know the writers strike and the impending actors strike has kind of put a wrench in everything production wise. That film takes a lot of prep, a good six months of prep and about six months to shoot. With the strike, I think, maybe it's put on hold."

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Weekend North American Box Office of June 15-17, 2007

June 18, 2007 11:06:04

With the continuous flow of movie sequels hitting the theaters, sure it is rather unsurprising to see one taking over after another for the top place on the box office battle, and coming out as the latest in the band is "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer", the 20th Century Fox's follow-up to its 2005 "Fantastic Four."

Debuting at $58.1 million in ticket sales, the superhero flick triumphantly soars to secure the No. 1 title in the competition as the number proves far bigger than the $19.7 million booty that last week's champ "Ocean's Thirteen" has garnered, thereby forcing it to go one notch to the second position this time.

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Dispute Raises Over "Silver Surfer" Coin

May 28, 2007 11:05:45

Intending to create an unusual marketing on its upcoming superhero flick "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer", 20th Century Fox ends up causing a stir instead.

The company has collaborated with private corporation Franklin Mint to alter 40,000 U.S. quarters to feature an image of the Silver Surfer on the tails side, but the action in turn did not please the U.S. Mint as the government agent learned about it last week. The latter even considered that the studio and the Franklin Mint were breaking the law since it is illegal to turn a coin into an advertising vehicle.

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Four "Fantastic" TV Spots Hit

May 22, 2007 05:05:58

It is already less than a month before moviegoers can see "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" grace the big screen this summer and so, no wonder promotions on the flick are being carried out on the fast track now, which sure will bring great amount of delight to the superhero fans.

In the follow-up to the four TV spots for the movie aired on NBC yesterday, May 21 during the season finale of sci-fi drama series "Heroes", the network has launched a mini site for the superhero flick online at it's "Heroes" site featuring all the clips shown.

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New "Surfer" Clips Coming

May 19, 2007 11:05:40

Still on heavy promotion for its F/X-laden flick "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer", 20th Century Fox has delightfully brought up to the surface both new TV spot and film clip for the movie on the web.

Both available on iklipz , the TV ad can be seen here and the promotional clip here. The former, while appearing to show most of the same scenes featured in the recent trailer, provides a humorous gag that has Invisible Woman inherit Human Torch's powers plus the new voice of Silver Surfer. As for the latter one, it presents our heroes' first encounter with this herald to Galactus at Reed Richards and Sue Storm's wedding.

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Fantastic Four Got the Milk

May 09, 2007 01:05:06

Wanna know what's actually behind the strength of superhero quartet Fantastic Four? Apparently, it's none other than milk as they all can now be spotted having a milk mustache on their faces.

Yes, in the anticipation of "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" to hit the theaters, the team has become the latest icon featured in "Got Milk?" advertisement, a campaign made by National Milk Processor Board to promote the health benefits of drinking the nutritious liquid. Poster containing all the four characters as presented in the movie takes its debut in the May issue of Marvel Magazine.

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Full-Length "Silver Surfer" Trailer Slides into the Web

May 01, 2007 01:05:12

Finally, the wait is over for the fans of the Marvel Comics superhero quartet in their hope to get more detailed look on the highly-anticipated "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer."

Definitely will satisfy their curiosity of the movie, Apple has submitted on its site the final full-length trailer for the flick in QuickTime format. The good news is that the trailer wonderfully is available in several options, including High Definition and iPod Video.

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"Silver Surfer" Graces MySpace

April 25, 2007 02:04:32

Allowing fans to get further look on its highly anticipated "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer", 20th Century Fox has smoothly brought up an official page for the movie online at MySpace.

Able to be accessed from here, the page contains a lot of new images that fans can treasure as well as icons and wallpapers. A widget will also be available on it starting May 15, 2007.

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"Silver Surfer" Has Laurence Fishburne's Voice

April 19, 2007 01:04:25

Turns out that Doug Jones will not deliver his own dialogue as The Silver Surfer in 20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer."

Variety has confirmed that the voice of the Power Cosmic wielder will be provided by actor Laurence Fishburne instead, who has already joined the flick this week. Fishburne, best known for his role in "The Matrix" trilogy, previously was speculated to be in the running for the voice of God-like villain Galactus yet Variety did note that Fox hasn't decided whether the character will even speak.

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Vanessa Minnillo Goes "Fantastic"

October 26, 2006 12:10:59

Straying into the big screen, "Entertainment Tonight" correspondent Vanessa Minnillo has signed on to have a starring role in "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer", the follow up of last year's hit movie "Fantastic Four."

Lining up with the new cast members such as Beau Garrett and Andre Braugher apart from the original one containing Michael Chiklis, Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, and Chris Evans, Minnillo will portray the love interest of the Human Torch, played by Evans. However, it's still unclear whether the role filled by the beauty is the same one Garrett was linked to earlier this month.

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Production Starts on "Fantastic Four" Sequel

September 05, 2006 01:09:16

Going smooth into production, "Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer" has begun its filming process, the flick director Tim Story has confirmed through his official Blog. "Felt like old times," so he has written. "Everyone's back in the mix and really picking their characters up where we last left off."

A sequel of the last year's hit of "Fantastic Four", "Rise of The Silver Surfer" is still produced under the 20th Century Fox banner with an eye for a June 15, 2007 release. The story revolves around the heroic quartet's efforts to stop the destruction of Earth prepared by The Silver Surfer while at the same time facing the return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom.

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A New Title for "Fantastic Four" Sequel

August 18, 2006 02:08:53

A change has been made to the "Fantastic Four" sequel, but need not worry, it just applied to the title only. 20th Century Fox has confirmed that the second installment of the franchise has fitted itself to a new name of "Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer", shifting from the old one, "Fantastic Four and The Silver Surfer."

Aside from the title, all thankfully remain the same. Principal cast members like Michael Chiklis, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, and Jessica Alba are returning as the superhero team and so is director Tim Story. Mark Frost is still on duty to pen the script with Stan Lee, Avi Arad, Bernd Eichinger, plus Ralph Winter seating as the film's producers.

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Can'T w8 fOr iT..!!!

posted by hot_blooded_gir on Jan 08, 2007

I think they should of never let go of Doug Jones, his voice is 100 times better than Fishburne, no ofense he is a good actor/performer but his voice does does not fit the Silver Surfer, this was a bad call!!!

posted by kyle27green on May 20, 2007

"What is Tim Story thinking really", they should of never let go of Doug Jones, his voice is 100 times better than Fishburne, no offense Fishburne is a good actor/performer but his voice does not fit The Silver Surfer, this was a bad call!. I am really upset, I am a big fan of the Fantastic Four & The Silver Surfer and I think that Fishburne's voice is to strong & to deep, it just doesn't sound right, I respect Mr. Fishburne, I have enjoyed his movies and I will support him in any movie/film, I just think he is not the adequet voice for The Silver Surfer.....as a matter a fact I think he would play a Great voice as Galactus, that would be a Brilliant idea, do you think anyone can do something about this? maybe they should let the Fans Vote on who they rather hear as the voice for The Silver Surfer...

posted by kyle27green on May 23, 2007

I am a comic book reader of longstanding, and have enjoyed several of the screen adaptations of comic books, but both Fantastic Four films have been textbook examples of how NOT to translate a comic book to the screen. Seriously, I thought they couldn't make a worse film that the original Fantastic Four, but I have been proved wrong. From the gratuitous attempts at showing Alba as naked as possible, to the less-than-convincing physical presence of the Thing, to the miscasting of Alba and whoever plays Reed, to the pointless changes in the story, to a bland visual style (performed upon one of the most visually dynamic creations in comic book history) to the endless scenes of dull dialogue. Nothing goes right, here as in the first film. Galactus is a hungry cloud with no actual personality at all, and the obnoxious military man seems totally unaware of who and what the Fantastic Four are. Plot holes, flat acting, uninvolving action scenes. The movie acts as a sort of fraud pulled on comic fandom.

posted by Averagejijoe27 on Mar 30, 2009

As difficult as it was, I decided to view 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' as a film, not as a chance for redeeming a franchise. I thought this method might take away any fan boy predilections I had, in anticipation of this second installment to 'The Fantastic Four' universe. So, for a moment let's forget that the first film was without artistic merit. Let's forget that the story about a family of superheroes is arguably the most adored of all comic book properties. 'Rise of the Silver Surfer', opens with a planet light-years away, being obliterated. After the opening credits, we are on Earth getting ready for Sue Storm and Reed Richards to tie the knot. During the preparation, the scientist instead of concentrating on the details of his impending nuptials is busy studying a cosmic anomaly. We soon find out that this cosmic energy is in fact an alien on a surfboard zooming down to Earth to prepare it for destruction. These two story lines are the principle actions guiding the story. There are two other subplots. One is in regards to Dr. Doom being 'resurrected,' while the other involves Johnny Storm's selfish nature endangering his family. Four plots that should make an epic film span a terribly short running time of 1 hour and 30 minutes. Did it work? Did they abandon the goofy nature of the first film and reinvigorate the franchise with an epic story about the fate of the entire planet. No on both counts. The humor is entirely aimed at children (which goes along with its PG rating.) 'Thing' is played for laughs without any degree of intensity. Johnny Storm's crisis of conscience robs all of the charisma established in the first (even if it wasn't much.) Sue Storm is more of a nag than an asset to the team. In addition, there is nothing to signify Reed Richards as the leader to a powerful team of superheroes. He comes off as a self-esteem deprived, blow hard jackass. There isn't one iota of chemistry between any of the characters. The wretched family dynamics are trumped only by Dr. Doom, who can only be described as the worst villain to ever grace the screen. Julian McMahon's portrayal of Victor Von Doom seems barely suited for a Sci-Fi cable channel movie, let alone a mega-budget studio film (not that they always choose the best talent, but come on!). For a story such as this, the amount of claustrophobia throughout, borders on pure agony. It lacks anything even resembling 'scope of vision.' The only audience 'Rise of the Silver Surfer' is suited for is children between the ages of 5 & 10. Anyone over that age looking for an entertaining piece of escapism will run into a wall of condescension. Now, let's look at it with comic-book eyes. As most may know, The Silver Surfer works for a planet-devouring villain, Galactus. The Surfer scouts out planets, using his board as a cosmic beacon for Galactus to follow. There is no definition, no rules; they just make them up as they go along. There is no Watcher, so we are told about Galactus through an unbearably cheesy heart-to-heart with Sue and The Surfer. There isn't a shred of genuine impending doom because they never establish what Galactus really is (in the press kit, under character description, it should just read-big damn tornado). The director Tim Story and his band of screenwriters have once again broken the hearts of FF fans all over. They have no respect. They have no understanding on what makes the 'Fantastic Four' story work, or any story for that matter. I gave Tim Story a break the first time around, but not this time. He should'V looked back at the first one, compared it to the comic book films that work and just said, "Damn! I gotta sit this one out before I do it all over again!" However, he didn't do that. He looked at the numbers from the first one and assumed that money always equals success. Now as for the screenwriters; give them a Cartoon Network show and let them have at it. If they have any talent, it could be realized there. However, FF2 wasn't a total failure. The Surfer is phenomenal (with the exception being Lawrence Fishburne's distracting voice). His entire body seemed to be in constant motion. I was mesmerized for every moment he was on screen. The special effects team did an outstanding job. However, what is perplexing about the look of the Surfer is what it did to the other special effects. Reed's ability to stretch looked even more unnatural than in the first. Sue's shield, Johnny's fire, everything else was sidelined. It was as if the team only concentrated on The Surfer. I have been teetering on the edge of spoiling the end. I won't, but damn I want to. Any self-respecting Silver Surfer fan would scream! It is horrible. It makes no sense and it will enrage fans even more than Alba being cast as Sue Storm. I will only say this-Hollywood Cop Out. No doubt, this movie will make money. I was shocked by the public's positive reaction to the first film. Audiences will be so dazzled by the effects that they will forget that they are watching a terrible movie. I knew in my heart it would happen, but I had hoped our optimistic nature would pay off. I was wrong. I won't make that mistake again, no matter what the 'Fantastic Four' future may hold. 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' is a disrespectful, sleight of hand circus show devoid of any elements that make a movie a movie.

posted by Coolioo7 on Mar 30, 2009

Where do I even begin? I read comic books as a child in my younger adult years. The Fantastic Four was one of my favorites. I stopped reading due to 2 reasons. #1. The price of comic books #2. The quality of writing. Before you say that I am just a comic book geek, I am not that. I have a job, relationship and live in the real world. I can remember every story, character and cover of all the FF books that I read over a span of 25 years. I gave this film the benefit of the doubt, as the Silver Surfer stories were some of the best written. The first FF film was really bad. Lame story, lame casting and one of the worst portrayal of a villain I have ever seen in any media. But hey, the Silver Surfer and Galactus were going to be in this sequel, can't go wrong with the world devourer. Boy, was I wrong. The Surfer looked like Ultraman from the old 1967 series from Japan. Galactus looked like an inferior "V'ger" from the first Star Trek movie. So, the Surfer simply changes his mind and does a kamikaze into the heart of "Galactus"? How can a being or any entity give enough power, to someone that serves it, to destroy the entity it serves????? It makes no sense whatsoever. Horrible writing. Now, let's get to the acting. Two words, Jessica Alba. Who the hell cast her originally in these movies? Sure, she's a piece of ass but she couldn't act her way out of a dog food commercial. Bad casting and even worse acting. Was it me or was I the only one that thought her lips were going to explode at any moment? She could die of chapped lips. None of these characters transfers into "real life" ala "Spider-Man", "Batman" or Superman. It simply does NOT work. This is nothing but yet another BABYSITTER movie. Something the little kids would like and the preteens can go see because it is ANOTHER PG-13 movie that their parents can dump them off at for a few hours. That is what 95% of movies are made for nowadays. Baby sitting. That is why the pressure to get your film in at PG-13, so the kiddies can go see it at the mall. Thank God for the Cohen Brothers and other filmmakers who have the balls to make films like "No Country for Old Men". Spend your $9.75 to support films like that instead of sewage like this waste of 92 minutes of my life. I can never get that back.

posted by JamesB on Mar 30, 2009

I haven't laughed my way through an entire film in many years. This movie was so wildly bad it made my brain hurt. First of all, if you name a movie "Rise of the Silver Surfer" put the Silver Surfer in the movie for longer than a sub-plot about a wedding. And when you put him in the movie, make him cool, instead of being a crybaby about his woman back on planet Krypton. Secondly, wow. Dr Doom's "vital information" and reason for being in this movie is to tell the F4 that "the surfboard is important to the surfer". Certainly this valuable information is a concrete reason to allow a super-villain to join your team. Thirdly, if Galactus is so tough, why does it take one guy on a surfboard to blow him up? No explanation about what Galactus is or what he does. Apparently he is just a dust cloud that can be destroyed if you fly up his butt and get real angry-like. Fourthly, the F4 ride a flying Dodge. Wow. Spectacularly awful. Worst film I've seen in over a decade

posted by Pwnd on Mar 30, 2009