Galactus and silver surfer, since fox still owns those movie rights. Years before the marvel cinematic universe, bodybuilder and threetime mr. Is marvels silver surfer returning to the silver screen. Theories have popped up constantly regarding the mcu ever since disney brought the fantastic four and xmen characters back into the marvel. Its not too farfetched to think that a silver surfer will eventually happen, especially if they are looking to. Marvels unmade silver surfer movie revealed in storyboard art. Striking new fanart gives us a good idea of what a silver surfer movie could like when he makes his marvel. In the late 80s and early 90s, the rights to the fantastic four and their related characters, including silver surfer, were held by german company constantin film.
Rise of the silver surfer, with doug jones the shape of water providing his physical presence and laurence fishburne his voice. Nova tries to convince the surfer to stop the attack, but the surfer seems devoid of all emotion he once had for living things, informing nova that it must be this way for. With that being said, the sources are unnamed, so this will have to go into. I think superman will win because he is stronger and silver surfer will underestimate. An unmade silver surfer movie is revealed in never before seen storyboard art. As he races around the globe wreaking havoc, reed, sue, johnny and. The fantastic four learn that they arent the only superpowered beings in the universe when they square off against the powerful silver surfer and the planeteating galactus. I would do anything to do silver surfer because, visually, you could do what the wachowskis did with speed racer with the silver surfer.
The silver surfer is a marvel comics superhero created by jack kirby. Why its time for a silver surfer movie hollywood reporter. According to a rumor reported by mcu cosmic, marvel has recently gained the rights to namors character, meaning marvels king of the seas could be coming to the big screen any day. Around the same time, a movie producer by the name of lee kramer boyfriend of oliva newton john came to stan lee and suggested that they do a rock opera based on the silver surfer. In the midst of confusion as the company is absorbed by disney, fox is apparently working on a silver surfer standalone movie. Silver surfer eventually made his cinematic debut in 2007s fantastic four. Frankie rayes appearance in rise of the silver surfer suggest that her heroic persona of nova, a herald of galactus, is also included. One unrealized marvel movie from the 1990s was 20th century foxs silver surfer, which was to have been directed by aussie filmmaker geoffrey wright 1992s romper stomper. Endgame writers interested in making a silver surfer movie. In late 1976 stan lee and marvel were approached by producer lee kramer with a proposition for a rock opera movie based on the silver surfer. Rise of the silver surfer was released 10 years ago, a movie centering around the herald of galactus was planned as a spinoff, no doubt starring doug jones once again in.
Since the film rights to the fantastic four had already been optioned to another film company, the story couldnt feature the ff or any other marvel characters apart from the surfer and galactus. Obviously we know that didnt happen as the daredevil rights reverted back to marvel and the netflix series was created, which meant fox kept the rights to silver surfer and galactus 2015 fantastic four movie was made to keep the ff character rights. Silver surfer movie in active development at marvel studios. Marvel studios may set up classic defenders team for. And while it is probably safe to assume that most of the ffs rogues gallery are a apart of the rights package, the inclusion of masters seems to definitely confirm the presence of her father, the.
Marvel character movie rights that disney doesnt own. How ffs movie rights led to the last leekirby comic cbr. Endgame and the foxdisney merger, the marvel cinematic universe would benefit from bringing in one of its most popular cosmic characters. Marvel character movie rights and upcoming movies mtr. The silver surfer character was created by the legendary jack kirby in 1966 and first made the jump to liveaction in 2007s sequel fantastic four. The only problem was that the rights to the fantastic four were currently owned by someone else marvel got them back a few years later and sent them right back.
The ground rumbles and the citizens of new york city tremble in fear as the monstrosity known as the doomsday man rises from the bowels of the earth. Ewan mcgregor almost played silver surfer back in the 90s. Marvel studios reportedly developing silver surfer movie. One of the artists who worked on the silver surfer movie being developed in the 1990s has shared some storyboards from the unmade project which would have seen ewan mcgregor playing galactus. Fox is reportedly developing a standalone silver surfer movie. Now that the rights are back with marvel, maybe they could lock in mckay to direct the film that he is obviously passionate about. During this attack they encounter nova richard rider. His appearance marked the introduction of the galactus mythos, with silver surfer as one of his heralds. Silver surfer is an iconic character which we last saw in fantastic four movie we can see the rights are always an issue as we can see xmen spiderman rights etc the silver surfer owned by. Guardians of the galaxy director almost made an awesome.
He tries to help the human race, but they all fear him and attack him. Blending cel and computer animation, the series is rendered in the style of silver surfer cocreator jack kirby while inspired by various silver surfer comic book stories, the series alters the original mythos in some key ways. Rise of the silver surfer, as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, the silver surfer, comes to earth to prepare it for destruction. The report also mentioned a standalone doctor doom movie is coming out as well as six new xmen movies by 2020, although this news was already. The character also appears in a number of movies, television, and video game adaptations. Olympia winner frank zane was cast as the silver surfer in a fantastic four movie. But should marvel not jump at the opportunity to retake possession of galactus and the silver surfer, perhaps to make their own surfer movie down the time, there is always the potential for the. A silver surfer movie is in the works at fox nerdist.
Rise of the silver surfer hardly touched on the eponymous characters tragic backstory and how he became the servant. The silver surfer is now trapped on earth after rebelling against galactus. According to sources close to we got this covered, marvel studios is planning a new vehicle for silver surfer, given that theyre about to get the rights to the character back thanks to the. Superman and silver surfer fly at same speeds unless surfer uses hyperspace but he cant fight in hyperspace. Marvel studios planning silver surfer origins movie. The silver surfer and the rise of the graphic novel 1978. Vice director adam mckay recently mentioned but not in any great detail, so who knows how serious his interest even is that hed be interested in bringing marvels silver surfer back to the big screen the filmmaker, who had been approached to direct the third guardians of the galaxy a while back, would be relaunching the film career of an otherworldly grey chap who. With ioan gruffudd, jessica alba, chris evans, michael chiklis.
However, he did not mention a silver surfer movie when he made the avalanche of marvel cinematic universe announcements during san diego comiccon and the d23 expo a few weeks ago. The silver surfer is next seen bringing galactus to a planet known as orbucen so he may consume the planets energy. Silver surfer joins the mcu in marvelous movie poster fan art jon fuge mar 2, 2020. Fantastic four rights back at marvel for a new movie in.
Fox still holds the rights to most xmen characters. Even then, if they do an infinity gauntlet type movie, theyll more than likely be missing two key figures. The most notable change is the removal of the fantastic four from the galactus trilogy, the story that serves as the foundation for the first three episodes. Only the silver surfer, a being whom the people of earth have ridiculed and alienated time and again, can save them now. Also, as i mentioned with 20th century fox, the relationship between these two studios is pretty hostile. Side characters like galactus, doctor doom, the silver surfer and the watcher played critical roles in the original infinity gauntlet comics stories of the 90s and could very well be. Now, finally marvel has got the rights back and theres new hope for fans, with the avengers.
Marvel reportedly developing a silver surfer movie. Whether its revealing easter eggs and secrets hidden in your favorite films, exposing movie mistakes, highlighting the best deleted scenes, or. Fox wants to trade marvel the silver surfer and galactus. According to a report from gww, their inside sources are saying that marvel studios is actively developing a silver surfer movie as you know, marvel recently got the rights back to all the fantastic four characters, and we know that there is a fantastic four film in development. Rise of the silver surfer, physically portrayed by doug jones and voiced by. The gwws sources have heard that marvel studios is actively developing a silver surfer movie.
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