Wrestling superstar The Rock looks set to star in a comic-book flick sometime in the near future, it’s just uncertain which one it will be. Though he is reguarly mentioned in relation to a Sub-Mariner movie, talking to IGN FilmForce (filmforce.ign.com), Johnson (aka The Rock) said he’s actually had talks about The Silver Surfer as well.
The latter has been in the works for about seven years now. Marvel’s been hungry to do it since day one – at one stage Wesley Snipes was mentioned as a possible lead, and later, Vin Diesel expressed interest. There has been quite a few different scripts (one by Andrew Kevin Walker – Se7en) written too.
Should the big guy nod his head in approval to Surfer, he’ll be playing “Norrin Radd – former hearald of the mega-tyrant Galactus, [who] offers his life to protect his native planet, placing him in the service of Galactus as a silver suited sentinal. As a galaxy cruising protector endowned with superhuman strength, he is able to control and direct cosmic energies, with enough force to destroy a city. After visiting Earth, the Surfer finally betrayed Galactus and refused to supply his world-devouring appetite. His punishement was confinement to earth – but he escaped and currently soars the starways as a universal protector” [Source: Marvel Directory (www.marveldirectory.com)].
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