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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Release Date: June 15, 2007
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Tim Story
Screenwriter:
Don Payne
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Gonzalo Menendez, Laurence Fishburne
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG (for sequences of action violence, some mild language and innuendo)
Official Website: FantasticFourmovie.com | MySpace.com/RiseoftheSilverSurfer


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Plot Summary: Marvel's first family of superheroes, The Fantastic Four, meets their greatest challenge yet in "Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer" as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confront the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost. More here
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INTRO: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Reed (Ioan Gruffudd), Susan (Jessica Alba), Johnny (Chris Evans) and Ben (Michael Chiklis) face an intergalactic messenger who has arrived to prepare Earth for its destruction. While the enigmatic being wreaks havoc around the world, the heroic quartet must also contend with the unexpected return of their enemy, Victor Von Doom...

THE SILVER SURFER
Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the Silver Surfer first appeared in the comic book The Fantastic Four #48 (March 1966). The Silver Surfer is a space-faring adventurer and explorer who roams the cosmos on his cosmic-powered board as the herald for Galactus, the devourer of worlds, searching for new planets for Galactus to consume...

THE FANTASTICAR
As important as the Baxter Building is to the Fantastic Four's mythology, so is the Fantasticar, the flying transport vehicle that originally debuted on the pages of Fantastic Four #3 in 1962, where it earned the nickname "the flying bathtub." However, as technology has changed, the Fantasticar, too, has evolved through many different versions in the past 40+ years up to its current sleek and streamlined design...

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
With the script and cast in place, the producers set up the production offices at Vancouver Film Studios just east of downtown Vancouver. Many of the filmmakers who were part of the first "Fantastic Four" and the "X-Men" films, all Vancouver-based, returned to lend their respective talents to the mammoth production of FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER...

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CAPTAIN COMICS: A primer on the Silver Surfer
Kansas City Star, MO
 - Jun 13, 2007
By ANDREW A. SMITH "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," which premieres Friday, features a number of concepts that first saw daylight in the Marvel...

The Fantastic Four's Jewish Family Values
Jewish Press, NY 
- Jun 13, 2007
In the sure-to-be blockbuster movie opening this week, “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” the First Family of superheroes will meet their greatest...

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer + summer movies.
GreenCine, CA
 - Jun 12, 2007
... there isn't much out there on Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer worth pointing to yet - but the other summer movie stuff is stacking up,...

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Gets Mixed Early Reviews
CanMag, CA
 - Jun 10, 2007
Sadly, this is the same formula that applies to Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. We can speculate all day on how this film is going to be -- I'm...

Silver Surfer rises in comics, too
BostonNOW, MA
 - Jun 12, 2007
It's the special FX extravaganza Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer. For all of you comic book fans out there (and the non-comic-book fans who love...

Garrett Talks Fantastic Four 2 and Frankie Raye
Comics2Film, MI
 - Jun 12, 2007
... comics legend has been added to the 'Fantastic Four' movie franchise with the introduction of Frankie Raye in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. ...

Jessica Alba's granddad wanted her join the nunnery!
DailyIndia.com, FL 
- Jun 13, 2007
The sexy star will now be seen on the big screen when 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' hits theatres. She reprises her role as the blonde and...

Michael Chiklis loves his new role in the latest 'Fantastic Four ...
Orlando Sentinel, FL
 - Jun 13, 2007
He reprises the role in the second Fantastic Four film, Rise of the Silver Surfer, opening Friday. But Chiklis, 43, didn't know what he was getting himself...

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is Rated PG?!
CanMag, CA 
- Jun 4, 2007
For all of you who thought maybe, just maybe, Fox would get it right with Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, we have been delivered a little bit of...

Report from the UK: Four Fantastic Secrets
E! Online
 - Jun 12, 2007
I'm standing on the banks of the River Thames here in London, after sitting down with the cast of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer....

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Official Website: FantasticFourmovie.com | MySpace.com/RiseoftheSilverSurfer
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