Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
When will it be out?
Next Summer
June 15th, 2007
Cover of Fantastic Four #50 (1966) by
Jack Kirby (Source: wikipedia.org)
Who is the Director?
Tim Story - He directed the first Fantastic Four (2005) and the hit comedy Barbershop, starring Ice Cube.
Director Time Story (Source: Movies.yahoo.com)
Who is in it?
All the original actors from the first movie will be returning: Chris Evans (Not Another Teen Movie) as the fire powered Johnny Storm AKA The Human Torch. Michael Chiklis (The Shield) as the rock-skinned Ben Grimm AKA The Thing. Jessica Alba (Sin City, Dark Angel) as Sue Storm AKA The Invisible Girl. Ioan Gruffudd (King Arthur) as the super stretchy Dr. Reed Richards AKA Mr. Fantastic. Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck) also returning as the iron masked supervillain Dr. Doom.
The Fantastic Four (Source: Movies.yahoo.com)
What is it about?
The Silver Surfer comes to cause destruction on Earth as The Fantastic Four try to stop this mysterious and indestructible character.
The Silver Surfer Comic Book Cover Art of Annihilation:
Silver Surfer #2 (2005) by Gabriele Bell'Otto
(Source: www.marvel.com)
Is The Silver Surfer a hero or a villain?
Both. He starts off to be like a villain, but he later turns out to be a heroic ally.
Who will be playing the Silver Surfer?
He will be an all CGI character; meaning that he will be created in computers, similar to how they created the new King Kong or the slinky creature Golum from Lord of the Rings.
It is rumored that the Silver Surfer will be played by actor Doug Jones. He played the fish-like hero Abe Sapien in another hit comic book movie Hellboy (2004).
Actor Doug Jones
(Source: www.thedougjonesexperience.com)
The Silver Surfer is an INCREDIBLY popular character and is quite iconic in the comic book world. So it surprises me that he is finally making his film debut after all these decades. Like Spiderman, Blade, Daredevil, Ghost Rider and other cool Marvel comic book characters brought to life on the big screen, I believe that The Silver Surfer would have been worthy enough of a character to have debuted and starred in his own movie. That's why I find it quite a surprising, and smart move by 20th Century Fox, to add The Silver Surfer into the next Fantastic Four movie. Fans of The Silver Surfer comic books will flock to see their beloved character debut on the big screen; and fans of The Fantastic Four will flock to see the continuing adventures of their beloved characters returning to the big screen. You basically have the built in interest of TWO huge fan bases, excited to see the next new The Fantastic Four movie. Also, if you are a fan of both comics, like me, then you'll be getting two for the price of one! Saa-WEET!
For a detailed history of The Silver Surfer, visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Surfer
For more information on The Fantastic Four, try checking out the official movie website http://www.fantasticfourmovie.com/.
The Dark Knight
When will it be out?
Summer 2008
Batman Begins (Source: Movies.yahoo.com)
What is The Dark Knight?
The sequel to the smash hit Batman Begins.
For the non-comic book fans out there, The Dark Knight is another name for Batman. Sounds way cooler than naming it The Caped Crusader yeah?
Director Christopher Nolan (Source: Movies.Yahoo.com)
Who is the Director?
Christopher Nolan - He directed the highly acclaimed first film, Batman Begins (2005). He also directed the psychological thrillers Memento (2001) and Insomnia (2002) starring Al Pacino.
Actor Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
(Source: Movies.yahoo.com)
Who is in it?
Christian Bale (American Psycho) returns as Bruce Wayne AKA Batman AKA The Dark Knight.
Who will be the main villain?
Batman will be facing his arch-nemesis The Joker. The Clown Prince of Crime!
Cover of The Joker #! DC Comics
(Source: wikipedia.com)
Who will be playing The Joker?
Oscar Nominated actor Heath Ledger. He has acted in many entertaining films such as The Patriot, A Knight's Tale, Brothers Grimm, The Lords of Dogtown and Brokeback Mountain.
Heath Ledger in Lords of Dogtown (2005)
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As an incredibly versatile actor, it will be fascinating and exciting to see Heath Ledger playing a clown faced, psychotic mass murderer that threatens the people of Gotham City.
Cover of The Killing Joke (1988) by Brian Bolland
(Source: www.dccomics.com)
What is it About?
The story is being kept a secret for now, but comic book fans were thrilled and relieved to hear that director Chris Nolan will be basing his new Batman movie to be more like The Killing Joke; a very serious and dark story of how The Joker torments Batman. It also probably means that this will most likely be a much scarier version of The Joker; and not the goofy Joker that mainstream audiences are most familiar with. You can bet that the fanboys and fangirls will be smiling with pure delight when they finally get to see a version of The Joker that is faithful to the books!
Judging from the highly positive reaction towards Batman Begins, I'm sure that the mainstream audience and the non-comic book readers, will also be interested in seeing another real story of Batman again.
For more information, please visit the official Batman Begins website http://www.batmanbegins.com/.
So until next month...ENJOY LIFE AND ENJOY A MOVIE!
THANKS and ALOHA!
