Doug Jones would “jump at the chance” to star in aSilver Surfermovie within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Jones previously played the character in 2007’sFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, which was not a hit with critics or fans. However, Marvel Comics fans were beyond excited to see Norrin Radd on the big screen and were hoping that his spin-off movie was going to happen in the near future. J. Michael Straczynski was hired by Fox in 2007 to script the spin-off, but it never came into fruition.
In 2018, Fox decided to bring Brian K. Vaughan to develop theSilver Surfermovie, though it would later be gobbled up byDisney’s acquisition of Fox. Now, Marvel Studios has all of the previously owned Fox properties under their umbrella, which includes theFantastic FourandX-Mencharacters. In a new interview, Doug Jones was asked whether or not he’d reprise the role of Norrin Radd. He had this to say.
“If they were going to bring the Silver Surfer back to film, [if] it was offered to me, I would jump at the chance. I loved playing him. He was soheroic and angelic and Christ-likeeven. He’s the kind of superhero that I want to be in my real life. And beautiful. He had the best ass I’ve ever had on film. So if I could play him again, I would jump at the chance, sure.”
Doug JonesportrayedNorrin Raddin theFantastic Foursequel, but his voice was provided by Laurence Fishburne. As of now, it’s not clear what Marvel Studios plans to do with the Fox properties that they recently acquired. The overall goal is to incorporate them, though only Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige knows how that will work out.
Ant-Manwriter Adam McKay has said that aSilver Surfermovie is at the top of his list to make. “That’s the one I want to do. I would do anything to doSilver Surfer,” he said back in 2018. “Visually… You could do what the Wachowskis did withSpeed Racer, with the Silver Surfer. At the same time, there’s a great emotional story in there, where a guy has to make the choice to save his planet.” A lot of comic book fans agree with McKay and hope that Kevin Feige has a solid plan to bring Norrin Radd back to the big screen.
As for incorporatingX-Mencharacters into the MCU, it appears that Marvel Studios could be doing it in a subtle way. The Wakanda Files book was released earlier this week and it holds a ton of MCU info inside of it, including the insinuation that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch may have been mutants this whole time. It certainly looks like there is some retconning going on to bring theFantastic FourandX-Mencharacters to the MCU. The interview with Doug Jones was originally conducted byComic Book.
