The thing I find most amusing about 20th Century Fox's bizarre decision to have Galactus appear as a giant space cloud in
Fantastic Four: Rises of the Silver Surfer, is that four years later Warner Bros. would make the SAME exact mistake with
Green Lantern and have their main villain, Parallax, be a big giant space cloud too. (hands up in the air) Seriously, who are these morons at these studios that think a superhero fighting a giant space cloud is a good idea? Just for that alone directors Tim Story and Martin Campbell should be forced to spend the rest of their careers making dog food commercials.
With my little rant out of the way, let's get to some cool concept art that conceptual illustrator,
Daniel James Cox, created for
Fantastic Four: Rises of the Silver Surfer. The arwork (
via Film Sketchr) is of a humanoid form for Galactus, that was not seen/used in the film. Keep in mind, back in 2007 when Tim Story was asked about the decision to present Galactus as just a cloud he explained that plans of a Silver Surfer spin-off film kept him from revealing Galactus true form. He didn't want to box in future director of the Silver Surfer spin-off with his take on Galactus, and thought that big reveal should be left for that film. That ill-fated decision is one of many reasons the
Fantastic Four franchise fizzled out, which in turn killed any chances of a Silver Surfer solo film.
Artwork by Daniel James Cox
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Catch a wave of "terrific adventure" and "non-stop action" in this fun and fantastically entertaining smash-hit! "Invisible Woman: Sue Storm and "Mr. Fantastic" Dr. Reed Richards are about to be married when a mysterious alien... the Silver Surfer... crashes the proceedings and heralds Earth's impending destruction. With time running out, the Fantastic Four reluctantly teams up with the nefarious Dr. Doom in a thrilling effort to save our planet!
FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF SILVER SURFER was directed by Tim Story, based on a screenplay by Don Payne and Mark Frost. The cast included: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon and Kerry Washington. With a budget of $130 million, the film pulled in $289 million at the worldwide box office.