Brian K. Vaughan writing a Silver Surfer movie for Fox which will probably never be released
It sounds an awful lot like Fox is trying to get as many Marvel projects off the ground, all the while selling their Marvel properties to Marvel Studios. I don’t know why they’re doing this, but I do imagine that not many of them (if any) are actually going to see the light of day, once Marvel Studios finishes acquiring said properties. But! Brian K. Vaughan is pretty cool.
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Not too long ago, we heard about a Kitty Pryde movie in the works, focusing on the X-Men character previously played by Ellen Page in both X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Comic writer Brian Michael Bendis was hired to script the project and Deadpool director Tim Miller was ready to get behind the camera. Apparently, that project is still moving forward, even as Fox prepares to be acquired by Disney. And that’s not the only spin-off project being worked on by a Marvel Comics writer.
20th Century Fox has been covertly developing a Silver Surfer movie, based on the Marvel Comics character previously seen on the big screen in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Even more interesting is that acclaimed comic creatorBrian K. Vaughan is writing the hopeful movie.
The Hollywood Reporter has word on the Silver Surfer movie that is in early development. Even though this sounds a lot like Fox trying desperately to kick off as many Marvel projects as they can while their possible acquisition by the Walt Disney Company hangs in the balance, there’s a chance this could work. After all, Vaughan is a beloved comic writer (his titles include Runaways, Y: The Last Man, and Saga) who knows how to handle sacred characters, and he’s also received acclaim for his work on ABC’s Lost as well as Stephen King’s Under the Dome.
For those who don’t know, Silver Surfer is a metallic humanoid astronomer named Norrin Radd from the planet Zenn-La. When his planet was attacked by the planet devourer known as Galactus, he offered his services as his herald in order to save his people. Imbued with a small amount of Galactus’ power, Radd was forced to cruise around the galaxy on a surfboard-like vessel that allowed him to travel faster than light, all in search of planets for Galactus to consume. We’ve seen this story play out in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, but the character is much more complex and interesting than that abysmal sequel let on.