Rumor Control: There is Nothing to Suggest Michael Green is Writing the Script for the ‘Silver Surfer’ Movie
A new rumor has begun circulating that Michael Green (Heroes co-executive producer and co-writer of the upcoming The Green Lantern) is writing the screenplay to the Silver Surfer movie.
The origin of this rumor seems to have stemmed from an article on Reelz Channel. The article in question, titled ‘Silver Surfer is NOT Dead‘, quotes J. Michael Straczynski’s clarification earlier this week that his now obsolete script has nothing to do with the other Silver Surfer script under development at Fox, leading Reelz to report:
The other script that Straczynski mentions is likely the one that Michael Green, co-executive producer of Heroes and the co-writer of Green Lantern, has been working on for Fox. Green’s script will likely reboot the franchise, in light of the lackluster performance of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
To clarify, Michael Green has been hired by Fox to write the reboot screenplay for the new Fantastic Four movie. There has been no information to suggest he is also working on the Silver Surfer movie.
Whilst the Reelz article does, perhaps inadvertantly, suggest Green is likely working on the Silver Surfer film, the fact is the name of the scribe – if indeed there is one at this time – remains unknown. It should be remembered that active development of a screenplay includes a whole lot of processes in addition to the actual writing. It is entirely possible that at this early stage Fox have yet to select a script or a screenwriter yet.
When they do, I’ll post it here.
I think after the last Silver Surfer movie (the FF one) that it would be best if the makers distance this one from the new Fantastic Four. It makes sense to make an all new one that also feels different else it risk the same issues as the first.
Wonder who is writing it, just you do in the article I’ve linked to. I’m a fan of the comics big time and don’t want it ruined. Is it too late to hope Straczynski is the man?
Until the script for the Silver Surfer movie is actually green-lit, it’s never too late to hope. But odds are in favor of him not being involved. Who knows, perhaps he’ll be brought in to re-write the script that is presently under development, that wouldn’t be unusual. As a fan of Babylon 5, I hope it happens, even if I doubt it will.