Last week during and interview, writer J. Michael Straczynski (Silver Surfer: Requiem) said that in his version of the Silver Surfer script the action would take place after the events of Fantastic Four 2. Because of the fact that 20th Century Fox is looking to “reboot” the franchise there is a chance that Straczynski’s script will not be made into a feature film. Some people assumed that this was a sign that there was no Silver Surfer film in the works at all. However Straczynski emailed IGN to set the story straight:

J. Michael Straczynski said;

“Guys… guys… GUYS… whoa, slow down, back the bus up a second.

When I was asked about the Silver Surfer script, I responded about the one I’d written around the time that FF2 was launched, and was designed to pick up where that one left off.

When FF2 didn’t do as well as hoped for, that script was set aside, but that has NOTHING to do with the Silver Surfer script that is NOW under development at Fox with other folks. As far as I know, that is proceeding apace. So the hysteria that’s gripped the nets about ‘ohmygod the Surfer movie is dead!’ is not correct, as I was again referring to only that one specific script tied into FF2, NOT what’s being done now.”