Last month, a cast list for Avengers: Infinity War surfaced on Metacritic, which listed an actor by the name of Curt Clenenin as portraying Norrin Radd, better known to Marvel fans as the Silver Surfer.
Now, we do know that Marvel has been keen on introducing the Silver Surfer into the Marvel Cinematic Universe for some years now, with Kevin Feige reportedly offering Fox the opportunity to hold on to Daredevil in exchange for the rights to the Surfer and Galactus. And of course, with Disney in the process of acquiring 20th Century Fox’s film and TV assets – including the rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four – it is of course only a matter of time before the Silver Surfer does make his MCU debut.
However, it appears it won’t be in Avengers: Infinity War.
“I don’t think we own Silver Surfer,” Infinity War co-director Joe Russo revealed to Yahoo! Movies. “But it’s fan-wish fulfillment and, you know, if this Disney-Fox deal goes through there’s going to be a lot more characters coming into the Marvel universe, so some of those crazy fan theories might come true.”
So there you have it. Unless Joe is lying to throw us off the scent, it seems we’ll have a little longer to wait before we see the Silver Surfer back on the big screen…
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An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Avengers: Infinity War opens on April 27th 2018 and will feature an all-star cast including Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Paul Bettany (Vision), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Sean Gunn (Rocket, Kraglin), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Benicio Del Toro (The Collector), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Terry Notary (Cull Obsidian), Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Ebony Maw), Carrie Coon (Proxima Midnight) and Peter Dinklage in an as-yet-unrevealed role.
