Since it was announced that he'd be a part of the Fantastic Four sequel, the Silver Surfer has been the subject of speculation a-plenty.
Now, a studio insider claims to have seen the work being done on the costume to be worn by Doug Jones.
Here's his report as shown on Ain't It Cool News:
"I have a confirmation from a colleague from Spectral Motion FX that the Silver Surfer, played by Doug Jones, is NOT going to be a computer generated or motion capture based character like Davy Jones from Pirates 2. The character is being created using a body-suit that is sprayed in a chrome-ish, silver paint scheme.It also appears that the face of the surfer is a fixed, contemplative expression in the head piece appliance with limited mouth movement that will be articulated by Jones' performance in the suit. Additionally, there have been numerous challenges related to placing him within a green screen environment."
The tipster then offered this editorial comment: "Is it me or does it seem odd that an effect that was perfected in 1990/91 with Terminator 2's 'T-1000' is being passed over in favor of using a sophisticated Power Rangers suit? Why this is not Motion capture or a 3D based character work is beyond me. Economics? Performance? After John Knoll's landmark mo-cap work on Pirates, should there be any other contemporary effect choice/tool for this 2 year window of FX production? Very odd choice, seems risky in the land of fickle fan boy culture. We'll see how it plays."
