Ewan McGregor Almost Starred in a SILVER SURFER Movie in 1997 and Here's Some Storyboard Art
You may or may not already know this, but there was a Silver Surfer movie in development in 1997 and it was going to be directed by Geoffrey Wright (Romper Stomper, Cherry Falls). Ewan McGregor was also wanted for the role of the Silver Surfer, and Steven Berkoff was set to play Galactus, but it never quite came together and ended up being scrapped.
We now have some storyboard art to share with you for this unmade film. It comes from artist Gabriel Hardman, who revealed the above information about the movie. He also added that the movie would have focused more on Silver Surfer’s human form since VFX at the time would have been too expensive.
The art offers us an idea of what they were going for with the film and shows us what Silver Surfer might have looked like.
I can’t help but be curious about how this movie might have turned out. But, Silver Surfer wouldn't make his big-screen debut until 2007's Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Doug Jones was supposed to reprise his role in a sequel, but that sequel never happened.
Now that the rights to Silver Surfer are back with Marvel, we are going to have to wait a bit before we see what they have planned. In the meantime, enjoy this storyboard art of what could have been.