Alex Proyas to direct Silver Surfer (Speculation/Rumor)

[Brian Braddock]

Damn straight.

They nailed the Surfer perfectly.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

With Proyas as director, shooting off a JMS script using those amazing SS effects utilised in FF2 (best thing in the movie) - this movie has the potential to be epic.

Let's hope that Fox share that belief.

Agreed, but i doubt they do share tha belief for some reason.

 

[TheVileOne]

I have no idea why you guys are still talking about Proyas doing this. For one thing Proyas wants nothing to do with 20th Century Fox ever again.

 

[Retroman]

^^Proyas himself has now debunked the rumor at Comic Con.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/07/24/alex-proyas-kills-silver-surfer-rumor/

Like i said, i think Baz Luhrmann is the man Fox are or were after to direct this.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^Link wont work, what did he say?

 

[TheVileOne]

It was a rumor that never needed debunking because was it based on outright BS falseness.

 

[Retroman]

^If you want to put it that way.

^Link wont work, what did he say?

Here it is...

Alex Proyas Kills Silver Surfer Rumor
Posted on Thursday, July 24th, 2008 at 2:19 pm by: Peter Sciretta

I, Robot director Alex Proyas has denied rumors that he is attached to a big screen adaptation of The Silver Surfer.

“Unfortunately that is just a rumor. I don’t know where that came from,” Proyas told the crowd at Comic Con. “I do like Silver Surfer, but I’m not going to be doing it.”

 

[TheVileOne]

It started from fanboy wishful thinking and ignorance.

 

[Rac]

More to that:

Alex Proyas Explains Chilly Fox Relationship Means He’ll Never Direct Silver Surfer Movie
Published by Shawn Adler on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 11:54 am.

'Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer'While at Comic-Con last month, acclaimed director Alex Proyas blew the lid off rumors that he was going to be directing a “Silver Surfer” spin-off, claiming the news of his involvement was nothing more than idle internet chatter.

There may be more to it than that, he told MTV News. Although he wouldn’t go so far as to say there was ever an official offer, why would he never even consider a “Silver Surfer” movie?

“Because it’s a Fox picture,” the “Dark City” helmer said. “And I’m determined never to work with them ever again because of my experience on ‘I,Robot.’”

That’s bad news for fans of the first family of crimefighting and their various spin-off characters (like Surfer) since, as Chris Evans told MTV first last March, a ‘Fantastic Four 3” is probably never going to happen.

Of course, nobody really liked “Fantastic Four 2,” especially the subplot with the Surfer, Proyas argued.

“It’s like the origin of Silver Surfer was in that movie, and I’m going, ‘This is such a f–king great story, why throw it away?’” Proyas wondered. “I think they messed it up.”

So with Surfer out of the way (and, for that matter, the F4 or the X-Men, both Fox properties) is there a comic book hero or villain Proyas would like to adapt?

“You know, there aren’t that many left,” he sighed. “Silver Surfer would have been something I would have loved to have done. He’s one of the last cool ones left, really.” (Hear about one property Proyas is adapting — Dracula — on the MTV Movies Blog).

“But yeah,” he added. “If you have any thoughts, give me a call.”

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/08/2...-means-hell-never-direct-silver-surfer-movie/

 

[The Major]

WB needs to get Proyas on GL. Pronto.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Hell yeah.

If we can't get a Proyas directed SS, then a Proyas directed GL is the next best thing.

I definately wanna see Proyas given the opportunity to deliver an epic superhero space movie in some form.

 

[tamron]

WB needs to get Proyas on GL. Pronto.

If that happened, I'd be over the moon. I don't know if I'd be able to contain my joy.