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Straczynski at Work on SURFER Spinoff

By: News Editor
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Source: Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that writer J. Michael Straczynski is currently working on a script for a Silver Surfer spinoff.

20th Century Fox is apparently interested in a "darker direction to attract the slightly older demographic of its X-MEN films."

Recently Straczynski wrote fifteen issues of FANTASTIC FOUR for Marvel Comics.  He also wrote SILVER SURFER: REQUIEM, and three more are being worked on.




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Comments/Responses
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sharpe95th • Jun 13, 2007, 02:31pm •
I think everyone saw this coming like a oncoming speeding freight train on fire, billlowing smoke, blowing its horn and blinking its light...

madmanic999 • Jun 13, 2007, 04:07pm •
Absolutely.... we will have to see how FF:RSS turns out first...

Merin • Jun 13, 2007, 05:55pm •
JMS does space opera GREAT.
Babylon 5.
As a HUGE Surfer fan, this is about as good as news can get.
If FF2 is good, I'll be on cloud nine!

saxx76 • Jun 13, 2007, 06:26pm •
I'm not giving this franchise a dime if Galactus is just a floating cloud! I want to see him in his purple uniform/oversized helmet goodness.

ninjavvitch • Jun 13, 2007, 08:02pm •
Agreeing with sharpe95th.

We ALL HAD to KNOW this was coming!

Also if anyone can give that spacey look and feel of the Silver Surfer it is JMS so I'm with Merin on this part.

Also with saxx76 if Galactus is a "CLOUD" I'll be mega pissed!

What I'm curious about IF they do a Silver Surfer movie will it be a prequel to the FF:RSS in which we see Norrin Radd with the Zenn-La angle and how he met Galactus or will this take off from where FF:RSS ends off?

If the origin is covered in FF:RSS then it likely will be a fresh take off from there.

Who will be the first villain Surfer takes on?

Will it be Mephisto? The Stranger? The Watcher maybe? Could it cover a connection with The Defenders and cameo appearances by Dr. Strange, Namor, Nighthawk, Valkrie and Hulk, etc????

Or will it deal with Surfer's battle with Galactus for his ultimate freedom and regaining of his powers?

Or will they do an amalgamation of storylines to make up a combined movie storyline?

Any ideas?

spiderhero • Jun 13, 2007, 08:12pm •
Yes! Please! Please let JMS do a Surfer movie. It would be great.

maverickrenegade • Jun 13, 2007, 08:51pm •
i am a huge fan of the Surfer ... i am seeing FF2 for free with a buddy that works at a movie theater to see if i like it because lets face it ... FF wasnt the best movie to have spent my money on. I will however swear off ANY surfer movie if there is no Galactus in FF2 ... it they cant pull it off in FF2 how will they pull it off in a SS movie? who knows ... who cares ... only 2 days until i find out if i even care

exfan • Jun 13, 2007, 09:30pm •
I see only one bad ass to compete....Mephisto !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whiskeymovie • Jun 13, 2007, 09:42pm •
I am excited to FF2, but I guess spin-offs are going to become the new remake craze. Most spin-offs have been crap like Catwoman and Elektra. I am trying to think of a good spin-off but I am all hopped up on Thera-Flu and can not. Can anyonethrow out a movie that was a good spin-off? And not like Serenity from Firefly. Like Catwoman from Batman.

ucfro • Jun 13, 2007, 11:46pm •
Haven't you guys seen the recent commercials? It is pretty obvious Galactus is a cloud.
Not sure about the cloud idea, but a large head would be a little hard to pull off on film

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