Fox no doubt expects FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER to perform at least as well as the original did at the box office (though they're, of course, hoping it outperforms the original by a wide margin) so it's no surprise that they're already looking to develop (Note: registration required to access the site) a solo project for the film's titular argent star. They've set TV and comic writer J. Michael Straczynski to pen the screenplay and, in an effort to appease the fans that were downright disgusted by RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER's ******* PG rating, they're hoping The Surfer's film skews considerably darker and grittier than his blue spandex-wearing companions' pictures. Straczynski, a former writer for "The Twilight Zone" and "Babylon 5", is quite familiar with The Surfer's world, having recently published the first of four issues of a "Silver Surfer: Requiem" series. More importantly, though, what do you guys think about The Surfer getting his own flick?
It's sucks so bad they have to slash the price from the beginning
chew ), the cheese factor was greatly reduced (although not eliminated), and there was actually a plot and a larger scale threat/agenda for the heroes to deal with compared to the first film. I think that if the critics hadn't seen the other one, they would be more friendly towards this--but the negative feelings about the first will inevitably be carried over into this one and people won't give it a chance. As far as Galactus goes, I can see that they wanted to introduce both him and Silver Surfer here, yet save a true reveal for the spinoff. Time (and box office returns) will tell whether or not that happens, but I think you can argue that there was something in that cloud.
