New report says the Silver Surfer is coming to Disney+ before the Fantastic Four movie
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The Silver Surfer could be coming to Disney Plus — even before the upcoming Fantastic Four movie arrives in 2024.
At least that’s the rumor on the entertainment news site Cosmic Circus (opens in new tab)who claims that a Silver Surfer TV special could make its way to Disney Plus sooner or later.
For those who don’t remember, or would rather forget, the metal messenger appeared in 2007’s Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and generally appears when announcing the arrival of Galactus – a gigantic, world-devouring entity, alongside whom Thanos wouldn’t look bigger than his thumb.
We saw Galactus briefly in Fox’s 2007 film, although there’s no mention of the character or Silver Surfer in the MCU so far.
However, we’d love to see the Silver Surfer revisited in a fun Marvel format – and we know the company is making progress with more “presentations” that help introduce or highlight characters, while the longer work and cost involved required for 10 episodes are avoided. Three-hour TV series and feature films.
We’re already getting a Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special later this year, and Cosmic Circus has suggested we’ll see the mysterious, on-going Silver Surfer project debut similarly on Disney’s streaming platform.
It would make sense to do the same for Silver Surfer, especially given the slack critical response to the last movie the character appeared in.
Silver Surfer on Disney Plus: Will it Happen?
This feels like a thin rumor so far, but it seems likely in the context of the MCU. We know that since Disney’s acquisition of Fox was completed in 2019, the merged companies had big ambitions for IP previously owned by Fox (the possible X-Men link at the end of Ms Marvel shows a different route for some of those Fox IPs to link to the MCU as well).
We’ve already confirmed a Fantastic Four movie for 2024, and a Silver Surfer special would be a good way to set up that movie’s story ahead of a theatrical release – especially if Galactus is set up as the next great evil for the MCU .
Currently, that position goes to Kang the Conqueror, played by Jonathan Majors (The Harder They Fall), who will be the focus for the next Avengers movie, Kang Dynasty, which is due out in 2025.
But Marvel just might start seeding later villains in the years leading up to the release of Avengers 5. With so many movies, TV shows, and special presentations dropping every year, there are countless threads to weave together.
For Marvel-related content, check out our rundown of how to watch the Marvel movies in order, as well as our report on Florence Pugh’s rumored MCU involvement outside of the Thunderbolts movie.