J. Michael Straczynski Confirms the Silver Surfer Movie is NOT Dead
Numerous news and blogs continue to report the false rumor that the Silver Surfer movie is dead. Some aren’t reporting that it’s dead, but are reporting that the film is in doubt. All of these reports are false.
The core rumor appears to have started with IGN who took some comments made by J. Michael Straczynski in an interview with Collider out of context.
Now, J. Michael Straczynski has personally clarified the issue to correct the mistake, and has posted this clarification on a number of websites running the story:
Guys…guys…GUYS…whoa, slow down, back the bus up a second.
When I was asked about the Silver Surfer script, I responded about the one I’d written around the time that FF2 was launched, and was designed to pick up where that one left off.
When FF2 didn’t do as well as hoped for, that script was set aside, but that has NOTHING to do with the Silver Surfer script that is NOW under development at Fox with other folks. As far as I know, that is proceeding apace. So the hysteria that’s gripped the nets about “ohmygod the Surfer movie is dead!” is not correct, as I was again referring to only that one specific script tied into FF2, NOT what’s being done now.
J. Michael Straczynski
Whilst JMS is not currently actively involved with the new film, he has confirmed (to his knowledge) that the film is still proceeding and, at the very least, that all comments associating him to confirmation that the film isn’t proceeding are wrong. Hopefully now this rumor can end.
Seriously this is great news. People who say a Silver Surfer movie is pointless are retarded. This movie could rock if done well!