The team in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (20th Century Fox)
Marvel Comics has had an erratic history of adapting its stories to the big screen. There were adult hits like Blade ; blockbuster franchises like Spider-man ; and absolute fiascoes like Hulk . Fantastic Four , which came out in 2005, fell somewhere in between and closer to Hulk than Spider-Man. But this summer Fantastic Four tries to redeem itself with a new installment: Rise of the Silver Surfer (opening June 15 throughout San Diego).
In 2005, Fantastic Four introduced us to Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffodd), Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis), Sue Storm (Jessica Alba) and her younger brother Johnny (Chris Evans). The four were on an experimental space mission when their ship came in contact with bizarre cosmic rays that changed all four and gave each super human powers. Reed acquired the ability to stretch and contort his body, and he took on the name Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend Sue developed the ability to become invisible and create force fields; she got the name Invisible Woman (made more PC from the comics Invisible Girl). Ben turned into a rock-like creature of great strength and assumed the name The Thing. And Johnny became the Human Torch, which should be pretty self-explanatory. The first film focused on their transformations as they got accustomed to the novelty of their super powers. It also introduced their arch nemesis Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon).
Logan
August 30, 2007 at 08:16 PM
Stan Lee's getting bounced from the wedding was taken directly from the comic book.
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Beth Accomando
August 30, 2007 at 08:27 PM
Really? I didn't know that. But either way, it's his best film cameo yet.
Thanks for the info.
