Doug Jones is The Silver Surfer?

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Source: Various Sources

Ain't it Cool News is reporting that Doug Jones, who played Abe Sapien in HELLBOY, has won the role of the Silver Surfer in the upcoming FANTASTIC FOUR sequel. The sequel is reportedly titled FANTASTIC FOUR AND THE SILVER SURFER.

Just last week Tim Story, the films director, confirmed that the Silver Surfer would be in the film, but also hinted that he would be mostly CGI. Story said, "The Surfer will be a new CGI design being developed especially for the movie. It's going to be incredible."

SciFi.com posted an article today saying, "SCI FI Wire has confirmed that Hellboy actor Doug Jones (Abe Sapien) will be making a casting announcement at Comic-Con International in San Diego this week concerning his participation in an upcoming, unnamed comic-based film. "There will be a major casting announcement regarding a popular comic-book film at Comic-Con," John Zander, Jones' publicist, said in an interview."

It could be that he is just lending his voice and likeness, or it could be that the Silver Surfer won't be all CGI after all. Time will tell!