‘Vice’ Director Adam McKay Expresses Interest in Directing a ‘Silver Surfer’ Movie

With some of the characters from Marvel comics finally getting their chances to be in the MCU, people are curious to see which characters that have been associated with Marvel in the past will join the Avengers in the Cinematic Universe in the future.

The one that Marvel recently got the rights back to from 20th Century Fox is the Silver Surfer. The character made his debut in Fantastic Four #48 and has been a well known antagonist in the Marvel comics. The character also appeared in the sequel to the 2005 Fantastic Four movie with the title, Rise of the Silver, with less than favorable reception from fans and critics alike.

In a recent interview with Josh Horowitz regarding his new upcoming film, Vice, Adam McKay expressed that he would be very interested in directing his own version of the title character. The director exclaimed that the film could be visually impressive in the same way the Wachowskis did with Speed Racer and would also be a treat to direct due to the character having such an emotional story to him.

The director even joked about calling Kevin Feige regarding the idea as well. However, it could be likely that McKay can be attached to the project regardless, not just due to his critically well received directorial work with The Big Short, but also he has been a part of Marvel films in the past with him writing the screenplay for Ant-Man, so it could be likely that McKay could direct the Silver Surfer onto the big screen at sometime in the future.

Ryan Pineda: When it comes to film, animation, video games and other mediums, I can discuss for hours about how much on why certain films and animated media made me the person I am today. I adore the artistic merit that comes from a lot of pop-culture media and will definitely love to have a conversation about favorite movies any day! I have graduated in 2017 with a BA in Film and Television at the University of Arizona. Been passionate about writing about films due to always having an interesting outlook on the medium. Will always see a film and will definitely be sure to recommend it to someone that I know for a fact would love that movie. Not only that but will also give reasons for why I think that film did or did not work as a movie, and the same can go for other pieces of media like television, video games and especially animated projects.
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