James Gunn Once Wrote A Story Treatment For SILVER SURFER

James Gunn Once Wrote A Story Treatment For SILVER SURFER

Guardians of The Galaxy director James Gunn has already made his love for Dan Slott and Michael Allred's Silver Surfer know, but now he has revealed that he once wrote a story treatment for Silver Surfer.

By YeepYeep - May 01, 2015 08:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Silver Surfer
Source: Facebook

James Gunn has already brought a team of cosmic superheroes to the big screen with Marvel's Guardians of The Galaxy, and now he reveals that he once wrote a story treatment before Tim Story and Fox's Fantastic Four was in the works. The director revealed this fact in a Facebook post where he shared that one of his quotes made the cover of Dan Slott and Michael Allred's  Silver Surfer #11.

Hey my quote is on the cover of this month's Silver Surfer so pick it up. Little known fact: When I first moved to LA in 1999, one of the first people I met on a meeting was an exec at Fox. He told me they wanted to make a Silver Surfer movie, and I might be right for that, so I wrote an extensive treatment. It was a huge story, cosmic as hell, and featured the Silver Surfer turning on Galactus (but no Fantastic Four - this was before the first FF film). At the same time, I was approached by director Jay Roach and his producer Shauna Robertson about writing a live-action Spy Vs. Spy film. That film seemed more likely to get made, and I loved Jay and Shauna, so I took that gig instead. It was my first studio film job. Of course, in eventuality, neither movie ever got made. But people liked the Spy Vs. Spy script, so I got a lot of work because of it. That said, I sometimes wonder what it would have been like had I truly jumped into the cosmic Marvel pool 16 years ago. Instead, I shall satisfy myself reading the great work of Dan Slott and Mike Allred every month!


So what do you guys think of this? Would you like to see James Gunn take on a Silver Surfer movie?
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KilledHal9000
KilledHal9000 - 5/1/2015, 8:29 PM
Good find but a little late...
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 5/1/2015, 8:30 PM
marvelstudios
marvelstudios - 5/1/2015, 8:39 PM
Sucks that Fox has the rights.
StreakOfBlue
StreakOfBlue - 5/1/2015, 8:56 PM
I know next to nothing about Silver Surfer.
XMenMarvelFan
XMenMarvelFan - 5/1/2015, 8:58 PM
;)
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 5/1/2015, 9:30 PM
If Fantastic Four is a success, Fox will undoubtedly introduce the Silver Surfer.
KilledHal9000
KilledHal9000 - 5/1/2015, 10:21 PM
@ SuperheroFan96

Oh I see, cool. No, good article. I guess I was just upset with some other articles on this particular website. I honestly didn't mean to take it out on you.
Starfox
Starfox - 5/1/2015, 10:22 PM
Oh how I would love to see a James Gunn Silver Surfer. Can't wait for what Trank does though
hufflepuff69
hufflepuff69 - 5/1/2015, 10:27 PM
I'm sad now
beto
beto - 5/1/2015, 10:42 PM
Did he challege Galactus to a dance battle there?
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 5/2/2015, 12:56 AM
Hopefully F4 fails and we can get Marvels first Family and Surfer back in time for Infinity War.
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon - 5/2/2015, 2:33 AM
Silver Surfer belongs at Marvel.

That is all that I will say.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 5/2/2015, 4:59 AM
Tim Story's Silver Surfer will always be the best! :/
Goldboink
Goldboink - 5/2/2015, 5:30 AM
They would do a contemporary reimagining and give him a black costume and make galactus a giant space tornado (again)
xinstituto
xinstituto - 5/2/2015, 5:38 AM
Even if he had made a silver surfer movie, that wouldnt be that good, Fox producers, you know.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 5/2/2015, 6:24 AM
James Gunn is awesome.
cronnyberg
cronnyberg - 5/2/2015, 8:03 AM
The silver surfer arc in Annihilation is probably one of my favourite things in all comics:
ScottMontgomery
ScottMontgomery - 5/2/2015, 9:11 AM
I mean in a perfect world Silver Surfer would have been in Guardians of the Galaxy anyway
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 5/2/2015, 9:14 AM
Imagine Fox gave him Fantastic Four instead of that hack Tim Story...
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 5/2/2015, 12:05 PM
@beto Guardians of the Galaxy comic book had Starlord walk stark naked into a maximum security prison. Dancing as a bizarre distraction to confuse Ronan is softcore for this franchise-also it was a legitimate distraction.

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