JMS on Surfer’s Origin


The WonderCon is going on right now, at one of the panels Marvel writer, J. Michael Staczynski was interviewed about what to expect in the Silver Surfer spin off.

For what the Silver Surfer movie entails Straczynski says it will cover the
origin of the character. He said it will feature Galactus, noting that the
latest Fantastic Four film held off on showing Galactus to reveal him for this
film.

Now I was slightly disappointed about The Devourer of Worlds being a cloud, but Tim Story mentions on the commentary of the DVD, that there hands were tied from the very beginning, because 20th Century Fox, who can’t handle franchises without a major director leading the way, wanted to hold it off for a solo film of Norrin Radd.

I thought the makeup on the Surfer looked excellent, especially in the interrogation room scene when he’s talking to Jessica Alba.

On the subject of talking, the fact at the end of the movie there was an inconsistenty in the voice, when Galactus arrives it’s Doug Jones, and before the Surfer leaves to confront his master, it’s Lawrence Fishburne. My gripe is is who are you going to cast in the lead or do you just recast?

What do you think?