ROTTEN TOMATOES: New "Fantastic Four" Image: See the Silver Surfer!

New "Fantastic Four" Image: See the Silver Surfer!

by Jen Yamato | December 22, 2006

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We'll cut to the chase: read on to see the first image of the Silver Surfer himself from "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer!"

Peep the first shot of the "Fantastic Four 2" good guy/bad guy, who actor Doug Jones confirmed to RT is not, repeat not, a CGI creation (although the folks over at 20th Century Fox are obviously putting some digital wizards to work on him):

Just like The Thing, the Silver Surfer won't just be the muscle suit. "I would be remiss if I said it's just that. 20th Century Fox really is spending a lot of money putting together the very best visual effects done by Weta with the very best practical effects done by Spectral Motion to create a look that is really going to stun you on film. He is absolutely, I'm not kidding. He's stunningly gorgeous."

As you "Fantastic" fans already know, the sequel to 2005's comic book adaptation will see the cosmically-enhanced Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, and the Thing encountering the planet-hopping Silver Surfer and his evil employer, Galactus.

Click for more images from 2005's "Fantastic Four"

And if you want an early peek at Jessica Alba & Co. back in spandex, you can see the "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" trailer in theaters this weekend playing with "Night at the Museum."

"Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer" will blast into theaters June 15, 2007.

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Ssillississ writes:
on Dec 22 2006 01:37 PM

The Thing, in that horrendous suit, will look pretty silly next to that CGI-enhanced Silver Surfer. I hope they just go CGI on the Thing. He really looks terrible.

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ttboy80 writes:
on Dec 22 2006 01:48 PM

umm... not so sure this is worse that the horrific thing.

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Reel 2/Dialogue 2 writes:
on Dec 22 2006 03:45 PM

[b]Alex Ross should sue[/b]
So... does Hollywood count motion capture as CGI? Also...

[I]He is absolutely, I'm not kidding. He's stunningly gorgeous.[/I]

[B]NOW THAT'S A MAN CRUSH!![/B]

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Kid_Ikarus writes:
on Dec 22 2006 03:45 PM

that looks NIIIIIIIICE!! How in the hell is that not CGI tho?

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lrm8 writes:
on Dec 22 2006 04:26 PM

not going to lie, was skeptical, but looks awesome. real awesome. hopefully he gets his own movie

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Ron_Burgundy writes:
on Dec 22 2006 04:27 PM

The picture is obviously CGI enhanced. It looks too clean to be live action. I think Doug Jones is smoking something when he thinks SS won't be 99% CG.

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Kid_Ikarus writes:
on Dec 22 2006 04:34 PM

i agree.

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Defmonkey writes:
on Dec 22 2006 04:39 PM

ZOMG!!!!

That is really fricken awesome. SS is one of my fav characters in Fantastic Four.

And yes, that is a Man Crush

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mojodaddy writes:
on Dec 22 2006 05:02 PM

I saw Night at the Museum. The trailer for FF2 was pretty cool. It was basically just the Torch chasing the Surfer. He looked great. Hopefully this franchise will be like X-Men and just get better over time. Night at teh Museum was ok.

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Nathiest writes:
on Dec 22 2006 05:40 PM

[b]HOLY C...![/b]
Silver Surfer looked freaken cool! Best movie trailer I've seen in awhile. The new Transformers trailer was ok but this FF:Silver Surfer trailer? WOW!

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Defmonkey writes:
on Dec 22 2006 08:39 PM

Is this trailer on youtube or anything of that sort yet? I looked but didn't find anything.

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the_NatureBoy_WOOOOO writes:
on Dec 23 2006 02:24 PM

That looks nothing like the Silver Skeeter. And were the hell is Quail Man?

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arouet writes:
on Dec 23 2006 02:25 PM

[b]hmmmm[/b]
I agree, the SS looks great but just seeing that picture of the Thing keeps me from wanting to see it- he looks terrible- the Thing is supposed to be big- he looks smaller than Reed Richards- what an awful choice that was to put him in that suit. How can I take a movie seriously when the Thing looks that silly. He is more suited for Saturday Morning cartoons.

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nathanpoitras writes:
on Dec 23 2006 07:19 PM

[b]look on the bright side[/b]
As stupid as this looks, it can't possibly be any worse than the first movie was, and yeah, there better be a major overhaul of the Thing, he looked so bad in part 1.

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bigbrother writes:
on Dec 24 2006 01:35 PM

They should have got Roger Corman to do the costume for the thing. His movie was a steaming pile of crap, but the Thing didn't look to bad, and they couldn't have spent more than 50 bucks on it. Just think what he could do with a real budget. Only half-joking :)

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Matanuki writes:
on Dec 26 2006 01:23 PM

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Heavens no! If we want this franchise to get better, and I'm sure we all do, then the X:Men film franchise is by far not a good model. And neither is Batman, while we're at it. Took them five movies to get Batman right. Took em three to destroy the integrity of the X:Men mythology. Spiderman might be the best example so far of a comic book film franchise improving with each installment. So let's hope, if anything, they do like Spiderman.

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saiga6360 writes:
on Dec 26 2006 03:16 PM

Trailer is out. Silver Surfer looks badass and I can't wait to see him punk everyone

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