The Truth About the Silver Surfer Spin-Off Rumors

The Truth About the Silver Surfer Spin-Off Rumors

Writer J. Michael Straczynski clarifies his remarks about the Silver Surfer movie project.

By LEEE777 - Nov 25, 2009 04:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Silver Surfer
Source: SilverSurfer.com




Many online movie news sites took screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski's recent statements about Fantastic Four movies to mean that the Silver Surfer project was dead. Well, today Straczynski clarified his statements about Silver Surfer, saying that Fox's proposed spin-off is still very much alive and in active development:

Guys…guys…GUYS…whoa, slow down, back the bus up a second.

When I was asked about the Silver Surfer script, I responded about the one I’d written around the time that FF2 was launched, and was designed to pick up where that one left off.

When FF2 didn’t do as well as hoped for, that script was set aside, but that has NOTHING to do with the Silver Surfer script that is NOW under development at Fox with other folks. As far as I know, that is proceeding apace. So the hysteria that’s gripped the nets about “ohmygod the Surfer movie is dead!” is not correct, as I was again referring to only that one specific script tied into FF2, NOT what’s being done now.

J. Michael Straczynski



LEEE777 - Well i wont say i told you so but lol. Anyway like i have said once the "Green Lantern" movie is out, trust me this baby will be green lit if not sooner and i for one cannot wait.
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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 4:23 PM
This guy stole the SILVER SURFER role!!!



Guy needs his dues, he's ready for his own movie!! ; )
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 11/25/2009, 4:44 PM
Such a relief! I can't wait for another awesome Fantastic Four-related movie from Fox Studios! I bet it'll be top quality, just like the first two! Hopefully they get Jessica Alba in there, she gave a simply brilliant performance!

And let's not forget the AMAZING interpretation of Doom they used, he must be in there too!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 4:58 PM
H8ters can [frick] OFF! ; D

This movie needs to be made!!


P.S. And for someone that liked that Sh1t BORIGINS TYLER, your comment means nothing! : D

InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 11/25/2009, 5:05 PM
Dude, you liked both Fantastic Four movies, AND Ghost Rider. Don't even try to tell me what sh*t is.

I don't even like Origins that much. I recognize that it's a really bad CBM, and a bad movie in general. However, I enjoyed the action and performances, and that kept me entertained. That is the only redeemable thing about the movie, it entertained me.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 5:16 PM
TYLER @ BORIGINS is beyond sh1T!!!! ; D

And thats not what you said many posts ago buddy lol!

Dude, seriously though, can you not see that a SILVER SURFER Spin-off would be [frick]ing amazing!!!

FOX has already said we'll see the real GALACTUS and will not connect it to the FF movies!!!

They know they [frick]ed up and they know secretly they [frick]ed up ORIGINS!!! Thats why DEADPOOL will have no connection to that as reported!

We can hope FOX has learn't their lesson on early Superhero flicks, this is why their rebooting FF as well!

Im hoping WOLVERINE 2, DEADPOOL, MAGNETO, GAMBIT, SILVER SURFER, DAREDEVIL reboot, and FF reboot will all blow us away!!

Betty
Betty - 11/25/2009, 5:24 PM
Cool. I'm glad they're still thinking about making this. I've read some great SS stories.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 5:27 PM
BETTY @ Me too bro, me too!!

I've just reread the Vol.3 series, amazing stories!
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 11/25/2009, 5:33 PM
Lee: I've always said that Origins entertained me. I never said it was a good movie. I have said that the performances and action were good, and what did I say in my comment? The movie was bad, but entertained me, and had good performances and action.

So if they say it, they must be telling the truth! Of course they're not going to say "We're bringing back the same thing everyone hated and laughed at." They're playing to the crowd, simple as that.

How are you so immediately hailing this movie as amazing, yet you know Fox's track record?

So after you famously declare your hatred of Origins, you're more than willing to jump back into Fox's greedy hands? It is the exact same thing with Magneto, only it makes even less sense, considering it is another X-origin film.

The IDEA is great, but Fox will f*ck it up, just like they f*cked up FF 1/2, Ghost Rider, X3, Origins, etc.

And now you're saying they learned their lesson by rebooting FF, yet don't you always say you hate reboots, especially with Fantastic Four?
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 5:40 PM
TYLER @ Blah blah blah! ; D

SILVER SURFER & GREEN LANTERN are going to be SPACE MASTERPIECES!!!

Just wait an see!
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 11/25/2009, 5:42 PM
Whatever, i like all Fox movies :) [frick] it! I [frick]ING LOVE ALL COMIC BOOK MOVIES!!!!! Even though some are crappy, i could watch every single one that has come out over and over again.
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 11/25/2009, 5:43 PM
Thanks for proving my point. You can't defend your own arguments.
Spilox
Spilox - 11/25/2009, 5:44 PM
Silver surfer never was a much talked about character over here. So i never realy read any story's about him.
Can anybody recommend some? Thanks :D
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 5:52 PM
TYLER @ I cant be arsed arguing with a school kid every [frick]ing time you b1tch about projects lol!! : D

OZY @ Whats that got to do with this???

But yeah man, i'd luv to see that movie too, maybe played by WENTWORTH MILLER!

Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 11/25/2009, 5:53 PM
Tyler----Sounds like your saying lets call the Silver Surfer off completely because I didn't like The Fantastic 4. That doesn't make too damn much sense to me. It falls allong the same lines as Thors gonna suck because Electra wasn't any good.
Eventually Fox is going to realize they can make a good adaptation for just as much money as a bad one. I for one will be there to see it.If there was ever a character with awsome movie potential its the Surfer.(Yes I hated the entire,he gets his power from his board crap)but That wouldn't be difficult to fix in a solo movie and he was bad to the bone in FF2. Aside from the power in the board fact.
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 11/25/2009, 5:54 PM
Silver Surfer movie will [frick]ing own!!!
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 11/25/2009, 5:58 PM
Hawks: No, I'm not saying call it off completely. I'm responding to Lee's super excitement over the movie getting made, despite what I've already said in my previous comments. Thor and Elektra don't fall in the same line, Thor is being handled by Marvel Studios who have proven to make excellent CBM's. Elektra was not made by MS.

Lee: A school kid? Bitch about projects? You act like and do both of these things man. How many times have you bitched about a reboot? Or Origins? Or Doomsday in Smallville? Or me CRITICIZING (big difference between bitching and criticizing) movies?

I'm tired anyway. I've had to go into large detail with the Smallville Season 10 article, and I already have here, I need a break.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 6:00 PM
TYLER @ Your bitching about a movie that isn't even made yet, what am i missing lol????

Cool @ OZY!!! He's my Pick too, i'll go an check ya fan cast dude!! I got both games too, killer games!
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 11/25/2009, 6:14 PM
And you're blindly putting your faith in it. Goes both ways.
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 11/25/2009, 6:14 PM
Tyler--- What I'm saying is that fox brought in some serious coin with their movies, not paying much attention to the source. Then they started seeing how much cash films that like Iron Man and TDK took in and started to listen to what the fans actually wanted. Hence talk of FF reboots, Silver Surfer movies not connected to FF and so on. They are going to get it right pretty soon. And no thats not faith in the studio, its faith in the executives that run it figuring out how their competition made more money than they did.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 6:19 PM
HAWKS @ Exactly man, exactly!! ; )
lc
lc - 11/25/2009, 6:21 PM
ffs@leee and tyler your figthing over f*cking nothing
grow the hell up!! bloody kids i swer go to bed and dont make me b ic th slap ye lol
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 11/25/2009, 6:22 PM
aaaahhh distancing themselves from FF2, huh? very wise. Very strategic.

I would say this is positive news in many respects

@ Spilox: The very best Silver Surfer stories are to be found in his original solo run, and in his appearances in FF over the years. There is a very good edition of Essentials if you can handle the black and white and there are reprints and trade paperbacks available.

Here's where the Essentials book is available from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Silver-Surfer-1-TPB/dp/078510271X

Sorry I don't know how to make it a link. Oh look.. hey Spilox look down that Amazon page at the customer review section. The first review gives better detail than I could off the top of my head. Lots of good info there.
jazzman
jazzman - 11/25/2009, 6:23 PM
they have to bring back Laurence Fishburne since he voiced Silver Surfer
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 11/25/2009, 6:25 PM
Hawks: Then why was Origins so far off from the source? It came out after TDK and Iron Man, yet it was obvious Fox hadn't learned from them.

They COULD get them right with the reboots, etc., but it isn't a sure-fire fact. They could simply f*ck it up worse than the originals, it's not inevitable or set in stone that they'll get it right soon.

I want them to get it right, I really do, but all I'm saying is that with their track record, I don't have much hope for their future projects.
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 11/25/2009, 6:30 PM
Tyler, I agree. But let's keep an open mind. Y
ou never know whats going to happen. Expect the worst, but hope for the best yknow?
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 11/25/2009, 6:31 PM
LEE: Wow, you responded with "Blah blah blah" rather than calling anyone a "bum boi" - those new meds are working huh? :P

The fact is, Fox havent made a decent CBM yet - what makes anyone think that Silver Surfer will be any different!?

Elektra, Fantastic Four 1 & 2, Wolverine, Daredevil, X-Men 1 - 3

The DD: Directors Cut was ok and Wolverine was enjoyable but in all honestly crap and apart from mixed opinions on the first 2 X movies I'd say that nearly everyone here agrees that the rest are awful!

Im not saying dont make a SS movie but I dont want one - the only reason Im looking forward to Spider-Man 4 is because Raimi made 2 great Spider-Man movies before 1 bad one. If he had made 3 awful movies I doubt anyone here would want a fourth as much as most of us do!

I really dont get how anyone can have faith that Fox will suddenly start making good CBM's especially after recent news stating that X-Men: First Class will be like Harry Potter!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 6:32 PM
Lc @ Ouch lol!! ; D

DARTH @ Ive got a few of the original run ive managed to get over the last few years (Big Silver Surfer fan here) got VOL.1 number 3 & 4 an afew others, want number one but it costs too much! : P

OZY @ I thought you just played that? And hell yes AC 2 is an awesome game you'll luv it!

JAZZ @ DOUG JONES only choice!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 6:36 PM
JOSH @ Lol!!! I knew you'd be up TYLERS bum, u always are heh heh and WOLVERINE wasn't enjoyable at all, it was total sh1t! ; D

And X-MEN 1 & 2 are classics??? How the [frick] can you rate BORIGINS over them???!!!

End of the day until we hear more, im excited about a SILVER SURFER movie!!

AN OPEN MIND is what a TRUE CBM fan should have! ; )
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 6:37 PM
Cool @ OZY, you'll luv it!!
DDD
DDD - 11/25/2009, 6:39 PM
I agree Hawks@! Fox execs are trying to fix
what their individual movie-makers have done
with Marvel properties because they have lost
a pile of money on the movies that were not
done right. They're trying to make them more like
Marvel has done with Iron Man and DC with Dark
Knight.

FOX has made a lot of very good movies through
the years, many of them Oscar winners so their
studio is very well capable of making a good
movie!

If they look at what we the fans have
been saying about staying more in line with the
character's original characteristics and look
at the movies done right, that made a ton of money,
they can begin to make movies that are true to
the characters and get more peole in the theater
seats!

I think they are starting to learn what is good in
a CBM from Marvel and some from DC and are getting
their crap together! If they start making excellent
Marvel movies I will gladly pay my money to see the
movies!

After all they aren't in the movie business for their health but to make a profit!
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 11/25/2009, 6:40 PM
@ Aw leee that's awesome! Cool. I only have a few of the original run.

@ LEEE777 how come lc is so mean lately? I get the feeling she's JEALOUS OF US! of this web site! Isn't that weird?
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 11/25/2009, 6:40 PM
OZY: Im not sure about Snyder directing an AC movie but I can imagine it! Great casting choice with Miller - he'd make a great Altair! Not sure who I'd cast as Ezio though...(just finished AC II and its awesome!!!)

LEE: Hilarious. Whats your favourite part of AC II so far? :P
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 6:40 PM
DDD @ I couldn't of put that better myself, kudos dude!

; )
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 11/25/2009, 6:46 PM
WOOOOO HOOOO!

doug jones is the man!

HELL YA! to a SILVER SURFER MOVIE!

ALL HAIL NORRIN RADD!!
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