Fox is developing aSilver Surfermovie, but are we ever actually going to see it? Fox is quietly developing a ton ofX-Menspin-off movies, which comes to the surprise of some. Because of the Disney/Fox deal, which was announced in December, but may not go into effect until next year. It was assumed that Fox is slowing down on developing projects that may not get made under the Disney umbrella. That’s not the case, as it’s now being reported that Fox has comic book legend Brian K. Vaughn penning the screenplay for aSilver Surfermovie as we speak.
Details are currently scarce, but a new report states that Fox is “secretly” developing severalX-Menand Marvel superhero spin-off movies in the background, using the characters they have at their disposal. That includes aSilver Surfermovie from Brian K. Vaughn. At the moment, that’s about all we firmly know about the project, but it joins an ever-growing lineup of potentialX-MenandFantastic Fourrelated projects that Fox is working on as they try to expand their superhero movie brand beyond just the coreX-MenandDeadpool.
We recently got word thatDeadpooldirector Tim Miller is working on a secretX-Menproject that is suspected to be a Kitty Pryde movie, with comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis responsible for the script. There’s also the upcomingDeadpoolspin-offX-Force, which is expected to begin shooting later this year, as well as theDoctor Doommovie, which was first announced during last year’s San Diego Comic-Con and comes fromFargoandLegion’s Noah Hawley. As an unnamed Fox executive put it in this new report, “We are going 100 miles per hour.”
All of this could be good and well for fans of stuff that will be radically different from what is going on in theMarvel Cinematic Universe, but this report also questions the possibility of these movies actually happening when/if the Disney/Fox deal is approved by regulating bodies. And it’s a good question. Is Disney really going to make aDoctor Doommovie? Bob Iger has stated that R-ratedDeadpoolmovies can still happen at Disney, but one has to imagine that’s because they’re not willing to walk away from a mountain of cash. That doesn’t feel like the kind of thing that Disney or anyone involved with the Marvel Studios would have got done.
In any case, thisSilver Surfermovie is absolutely, at least for now, being developed. Hopefully it does go through, asFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfertruly botched the beloved character, as played by Doug Jones andvoiced by Laurence Fishburne. Speaking of that, Fishburne recently hinted at another role with Marvel and, since he playedSilver Surferonce before, some dots were speculatively connected on that front. AndTerry Crews has expressed interestin the title role. Though, it’s hard to imagine that’s what Brian K. Vaughn is working on right now. Fox is still making it “business as usual” and appears to be operating as though the Disney deal isn’t even a thing. This news comes to us courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter.
