SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2007
FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER'S TIM STORY
Tim Story, director of both Fantastic Four movies, said that he did take heed of fans' reactions from the first film for the sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
"Of course one of the biggest things that I heard and knew about was the fact that they wanted Ben Grimmıs brow bigger and bigger," Story said during The Continuum's visit to the set in Vancouver. "We had it rather large at some point and found that the biggest problem I ran into was that you couldn't light his eyes.
"Any time I lit a set, his eyes would be in shadow, and (Michael) Chiklis, who was so amazing at being this character, the last thing we wanted to do was hide his eyes from everybody. so we actually had to scale back the brow from what we were originally thinking we were gonna go."
Story also noted fans wanted Doctor Doom "to be more of a bad-ass" and more action.
"They just wanted action, action, action, which was the main point that I got from most," Story said. "And I think we deliver on that 100 percent."
Story said he monitored the Internet. "In the early parts of, through pre-production and the early parts of filming, I continued to read things on the web and just anything that I can use and kinda bring to the screen, I would," he said.
Look for more from Story and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer news soon here in The Continuum.
FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and five- to eight-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE .
Titles include Gene Simmons' House of Horrors #1 from IDW Publishing, Black Metal Volume 1 from Oni Press and 24Seven Vol. 2 from Image Comics.
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AUGUST SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted August solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Avatar Press.
* BlueWater Productions.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Desperado Publishing.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* Fangoria Comics.
* Heroic Publishing.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Mirage Studios.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
BRIEFLY
* Spider-Man 3 brought in an estimated $7.5 million at the box office over the weekend, placing fifth. That pushed the film's total to $318.2 million.
* Transformers' Megan Fox will be a guest on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live on June 7.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
* Tuesday, May 29: Cartoon Network's Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer's Don Payne, The Dark Knight, Painkiller Jane, Marvel First Looks, Avatar Press for August, BlueWater Productions for September, Moonstone Books for September, Heroic Publishing for September and Devil's Due First Looks.
* Monday, May 28: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Oni Press for August and First Looks.
* Sunday, May 27: Spider-Man 3 and Incredible Hulk movie.
* Saturday, May 26: First Looks and Dark Horse's Elfquest busts.
* Friday, May 25: Marvel First Looks and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
* Thursday, May 24: Image Comics for June, Image First Looks, Sci Fi's Flash Gordon and DC Comics collections.
* Wednesday, May 23: Top Cow Productions for August, Legion of Super Heroes DVD, BlueWater Productions First Looks and Spider-Man 3.
* Tuesday, May 22: Marvel Comics for August, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Devil's Due Publishing for August.
* Monday, May 21: DC Comics for August, IDW Publishing for August, Archie Comics for August, Aspen Comics for August, First Looks and April sales.
* Sunday, May 20: DC Comics for August preview and Spider-Man 3.
* Saturday, May 19: Spider-Man 3 and DC First Looks.
* Friday, May 18: New Avengers #31, Digital Webbing for August and First Looks.
* Thursday, May 17: Smallville, Thor, Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks, Tomb Raider and The Dark Knight.
* Wednesday, May 16: Doctor Strange movie, The Spirit movie, 300 DVD, Dark Horse First Looks, Top Cow First Looks and Marvel First Looks.
* Tuesday, May 15: Smallville, Super Bad James Dynomite movie, Incredible Hulk and First Looks.
* Monday, May 14: Aspen Comics' Iron and the Maiden, Heroes: Origins, Painkiller Jane, First Looks and Image Comics' PX! Book One.
* Sunday, May 13: Heroes, Spider-Man 3, Cinemax for July, Avatar Press' 2001 Maniacs.
* Saturday, May 12: Spider-Man 3 box office, Devil's Due First Looks, Dark Horse First Looks.
* Friday, May 11: Witchblade, Marvel First Looks and HBO in July.
* Thursday, May 10: Image First Looks, Marvel First Looks, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Heroes and Family Guy.
* Wednesday, May 9: Dark Horse Comics for August, Spider-Man 3, DC First Looks and Top Cow First Looks.
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