Fantastic Four 2: The Rise of the Silver Surfer

[ML Fan]

The Fantastic Four other thread is a little full, so, I opened a new thread, continue discussing and posting news and information about Fantastic Four 2: The Rise Of The Silver Surfer here.

Teaser Trailer not with Eragon?

According to a source close to production, the teaser trailer debut for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer could very likely be delayed. It's possible that although the trailer may not be completed in time for it to be attached to Eragon, Fox will still be able to get the trailer out in December, paired with Night at the Museum on December 22nd - a date only one week later than currently expected.

If these details are indeed true, it is our belief that Fox wants to really tweak the trailer so that when it hits theaters, people won't be able to stop talking about it. The first glimpse at this movie could make or break it for a lot of people, and so it is very important at this stage that Fox is careful with the content they are releasing. This is however a great sign, it really shows that they are learning from past mistakes (i.e the first picture of the Thing that was released for the first movie, for those that remember!)

We can confirm that the trailer is going to be action-packed, and will definitely be featuring footage of the Silver Surfer in action- more than just one passing glimpse. It is also looking as though it will most likely debut online, a day or two before it hits theaters. More confirmation on that nearer to the time!

Info from www.f4movies.com

[ML Fan]

Fantastic Four 2 will continue filming until Dec 22....then all actors have to return to their home towns (a requirement of their working visa)..most productions Smallville/Supernatural etc all actors have to go home until after new year. Then Fantastic Four 2 will resume filming again until near end of January (they are currently very far behind schedule). They will be doing re-shoots in February 2007. The wrap party is this Sunday night for Fantastic Four 2.

Here's the link, www.tv-community.de/viewtopic.php?t=2247&start=75&sid=b9e96a0a96665260f23f8935adc09803

Thank you to Maestro for the info.

[ML Fan]

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Alba Breaks Car, But There's A Silver Lining On 'Fantastic' Sequel Set
Action already going strong on Canadian set of 'Rise of the Silver Surfer.'

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — It's a dark, drizzly afternoon in this otherwise endearing Canadian city, and the cold has your teeth chattering so much that even a Tim Horton's coffee isn't helping. As your breath hangs out in front of your face, you walk onto the Vancouver Film Studios lot, past a few fully dressed aliens from "Battlestar Galactica" who are making chit-chat, and locate soundstage J3. You see a sign reading, "For security reasons, this door must remain locked and SHUT at all times!" affixed to a door pegged open with a crushed paper cup. You let yourself in. It's a miserable afternoon to be in Vancouver, but it's a perfect day to go surfing.

Invading the set of next summer's big-budget sequel "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," the first thing you notice is the family atmosphere. Returning director Tim Story and the various castmembers — most wearing T-shirts and hats boasting old movies they've worked on, from "Daredevil" to "D-Tox" — tease each other lovingly, and right at the center of it all are the ones they call Yo, Jess, Chickie and Chris. For this flick, however, they have two other co-stars that comic book geeks have been waiting decades to see onscreen.

Walk into the middle of the enormous J3 stage and you see the inanimate member of these characters, propped up 20 feet in the air and surrounded by lime-green walls and floors. It's called the Fantasticar, and it'll eventually become the high-flying, multi-segmented vehicle that Reed Richards (a.k.a. Ioan Gruffudd, a.k.a. "Yo") will invent in "F42" to serve as their Batmobile. On this day, however, it looks like a giant, silvery carnival ride.

"Oops! I broke the car!" shrieked Jessica Alba (a.k.a. Sue Storm, a.k.a. "Jess") as she climbs a ladder into one of the convertible's four seats and strikes her character's force-field pose, banging loose a piece of Plexiglass with her elbow. The crew is as fast to patch it up as it is to place two mattress pads under Alba's spandex-clad rear end (yes, she giggles, one of the world's sexiest woman needs a booster seat). Alba rocks along to her iPod as she holds up an earpiece to one of the car's "secretly hidden" mics between takes.

While Jess fidgets with her blond wig and blue contact lenses, let's go over the basic reason why things have come down to this: After saving the world from (Doctor) Doom in "Fantastic 4," the sequel picks up with the New York rooftop wedding of Sue Storm and Reed Richards. Hundreds of guests are at the lavish ceremony (with the notable exception of "F4" creator Stan Lee, who's turned away by security during one of his trademark cameos), which is promptly disrupted by a muscular silver man flying past on a surfboard. Soon, the group realizes that Silver Surfer is creating enormous silver craters all over the world, laying the groundwork for his planet-devouring overseer Galactus to come along later and suck the life out of Earth. Chasing the fast-moving figure from Washington, D.C., to London to Shanghai and beyond, the Fantastic Four must figure out whether the Surfer is good or evil, and how they can stop his mission.

As Story prepares the scene, a door to stage J3 opens and in walks a vision that — to comic fans, at least — might be more beautiful to them than the sight of their first-born child. It's a statuesque, Zen-like figure, covered head to toe with dark gray muscles and enshrouded in a trench coat. The Silver Surfer has just entered the room.

Later, an on set special-effects maestro will give a peek at his laptop, displaying a drool-inducing chase between Chris Evans (a.k.a. Johnny Storm, a.k.a. "Chris)" and a fully realized Surfer, who turns glass to liquid as he slides down the side of a sleek building, leads Storm through a crowded Holland Tunnel and eventually gets the better of him once they fly so high that Storm's flames are extinguished. In today's Fantasticar scenes, however, the Surfer needs a ride from his quasi-friends, since a plot by Doom has robbed him of his luster in more ways than one.

Yo sits in the front seat of the sleek vehicle, while Jess and the one they simply call "Surfer" ride in the only side-by-side seats in the middle. The rear seat will eventually house the Thing (a.k.a. Michael Chiklis, a.k.a. "Chickie"), while a flame-spitting stick stands in for Evans' character flying next to the Fantasticar. The vehicle itself has few discernible edges and boasts black seats with red Dodge Ram symbols. The giant symbol of an encircled 4 rests on the hood in the same color as the rest of the car, and the vehicle is the combined product of three distinct, smaller vehicles that it splits into with a flick of Reed Richard's switch (Alba and the Doug Jones' Surfer shoot their scenes in the broken-out middle section the next day).

Noticeably, the Fantasticar has no weaponry. "The drivers are the weapons," someone says when the question is asked.

"Clear the car," Alba shouts playfully, removing her iPod earphones as Story readies the crew. "Watch your noggins and make sure I'm in focus!"

An enormous fan kicks in, blowing back the hair of Gruffudd and Alba. A technician grabs hold of what looks like a child's science project — a small boxy object on top of a basic board — and the enormous carnival ride mimics its every move. Yanking the small box to the left sends Alba jerking in the same direction, while tilting it back leaves the statuesque Surfer staring straight up into the sky. This goes on for several minutes, as the actors fight off a nonexistent Doctor Doom and occasionally even try to deliver dialogue to each other.

"OK," a stand-in for Evans reads, summing up the situation of the four, now turned five. "We're now officially enemies of the United States of America. Victor's out there somewhere with unlimited powers, and we've got a giant intergalactic war that's about to destroy our planet in less than 24 hours."

"I was once called Norrin Radd," the sullen Surfer explains.

Alba responds, "Nice to meet you, Norrin."

Even on this raw, drizzly Vancouver day, it's difficult to miss the silver lining: The surfer has arrived.

Info from www.mtv.com

[ML Fan]

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EXCL: Kerry Washington on FF2… and 3?
Source: Edward Douglas December 18, 2006

We're pretty big fans of Kerry Washington here at ComingSoon.net/Superhero Hype!, so we were very excited when we learned that she'd been cast as the role of The Thing's girlfriend, Alicia Masters, in Fantastic Four, but saddened when she only appeared in one small scene.

She's already finished shooting her scenes for next year's sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer, and while interviewing her for her new indie drama The Dead Girl, we had to find out why we didn't see more of her character, since Alicia is such an important part of Ben Grimm's life. "There was originally four scenes, and some of it got out, obviously. We'll see how this one is edited," she told us when asked how Alicia fared in the sequel.

In the comics, Alicia Masters gets caught in the middle of a love triangle between The Thing and The Silver Surfer, so we wondered if we'd be seeing some of that sort of thing in the Surfer's film debut. "Yeah, that's not so much in this film," she said, adding that there won't be any riding around on CG surf boards for her either. "I like being a part of the franchise. I like the people I work with in that franchise. It would be great and fun and wonderful if I could do even more on the third one."

Ah, so they are already talking about doing a third movie in the series? "Not definitely, but probably," she said smiling, probably at the thought of having to answer more fanboy questions about the franchise for the next few years.

Look for more with Kerry on ComingSoon.net next week, when she talks about The Dead Girl and her other recent and upcoming films. Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer is scheduled for June 15, 2007.
Here's the link, www.superherohype.com/news/featuresnews.php?id=5023

[ML Fan]

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Fantastic Four Teaser Trailer Description!
Source: Atticus December 21, 2006

SHH! Boards member 'Atticus' posted the following description of the Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer teaser trailer that's about to hit theaters with "Night at the Museum." (Spoilers ahead!)

It starts of with quick shots of Reed and Sue walking down the aisle. We see Johnny smiling proudly and the Thing wiping away tears.

There's a flash in the sky, and Reed looks over at Johnny who replies, "C'mon, I just bought this!" (Referring to his tux) He rolls his eyes and leaps over the edge of the building yelling, "Flame On!"

What follows is an amazing chase sequence between Surfer and Torch through a tunnel. At one point the Surfer passes THROUGH a subway bus and the Torch fx really look excellent as he flies through the very narrow gap between vehicles.

Surfer ends up way above the streets of NY with Torch in hot pursuit. We then see him turn around, literally catch and hold Torch by the throat until he 'flames off' and begins to fall...
Here's the link, www.superherohype.com/news/fantasticfournews.php?id=5036

[dzero]

The Silver Surfer

[ML Fan]

The Fantastic Four 2: The Rise Of The Silver Surfer offical website is now up, here's the link, www.fantasticfourmovie.com/

[ML Fan]

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The Silver Surfer surfaces in 'Fantastic Four' sequel
USA Today - With computer-generated imagery techniques similar to those used to create Gollum in The Lord of the Rings, the slippery Surfer, voiced by Doug Jones, "will look somewhere between gun metal and fluid metallics so you can see the body
motion, the breathing, the muscle tone, the mood," says Marvel Studios CEO Avi Arad.

The Surfer's mood is key to the story. After striking a deal with the evil Galactus to save his planet, the once-human Surfer wreaks havoc throughout the cosmos. "He is
a highly emotional being, trapped inside fluid metal," Arad says.
Info from USA Today.

[dzero]

Here is a link to the teaser trailer.
www.apple.com/trailers/fox/fantasticfourriseofthesilversurfer/


I think the Silver guy looks pretty cool .

[shywriter]

dzero said:

I think the Silver guy looks pretty cool .

Well, geez, he must be! Getting you to mention him and not one peep about JA!!

[dzero]

shywriter said:

dzero said:

I think the Silver guy looks pretty cool .

Well, geez, he must be! Getting you to mention him and not one peep about JA!!

LOL he had a lot more screen time than she did ;D.

[ML Fan]

There are more photos from the "Fanatastic 4 2" wedding scene now posted here, www.tv-community.de/fantastic-four-2-rise-of-the-silver-surfer-t2247,start,75.html

[Aerie]

Thanks to Maestro for the poster. www.tv-community.de/index.php



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[ML Fan]

The "Fantastic Four 2" trailer is now available from Superhero Hype here, www.superherohype.com/news/fantasticfournews.php?id=5037 and at www.Yahoo.com.

[ML Fan]

Fantastic Four 2 Products Coming
Source: A1ant December 31, 2006

'A1ant' tells us you can expect these upcoming items for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer:

Some little info on a few items coming out for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer in 2007:

1) Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Book)

Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Star (April 24, 2007)

2) Fantastic Four: What Lies Between by Peter David (Book)

Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Pocket Star (June 24, 2007)

3) Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Video Game)

"A new third-person action video game featuring Marvel Comic's legendary super-powered foursome, based on both the long-running comic series and Twentieth Century Fox's upcoming FF film sequel."

Release: (June 6, 2007)
Here's the link, www.superherohype.com/news/fantasticfournews.php?id=5053