'Silver Surfer' Is Not Dead By Joey Ernand on November 30, 2009 "Ninja Assassin" writer J. Michael Straczynski cleared up some confusion regarding the "Silver Surfer" standalone project that was once thought to be DOA. Here's what he wrote in an email: "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." Got it? They wanted to make a Surfer movie after the Fantastic Four sequel introduced him. But when that sucked/underperformed, Straczynski's version was scrapped and now they're starting fresh. Go figure. The guy who directed "Barbershop" and "Taxi" makes two crappy superhero movies, and now, not only are they rebooting one character introduced in the sequel, but the entire franchise itself. Who would've thought? Oh Fox. Once again, you astound me. Source: iGN Tags: Marvel, Silver Surfer, J. Michael Straczynski, Action, Adventure, News