4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

Director:

Tim Story

Writers (WGA):

Don Payne (screenplay) and
Mark Frost (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

15 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Rise

Plot:

The Fantastic Four learn that they aren't the only super-powered beings in the universe when they square off against the powerful Silver Surfer and the planet-eating Galactus.

Plot Keywords:

Second Part | Missile | London Eye | Invisibility | Silver Surfer

Awards:

2 wins & 13 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Aug. 1	10:00 AM	MAX
Fri. Aug. 1	10:00 PM	MAX

Cast

Ioan Gruffudd	...	Mr. Fantastic / Reed Richards
Jessica Alba	...	Invisible Woman / Susan Storm
Chris Evans	...	Human Torch / Johnny Storm
Michael Chiklis	...	The Thing / Ben Grimm
Julian McMahon	...	Dr. Doom / Victor Von Doom
Kerry Washington	...	Alicia Masters
Andre Braugher	...	General Hager
Laurence Fishburne	...	The Silver Surfer (voice)
Doug Jones	...	The Silver Surfer
Beau Garrett	...	Captain Frankie Raye
Brian Posehn	...	Wedding Minister
Zach Grenier	...	Mr. Sherman / Rafke
Dawn Chubai	...	Anchorwoman
Chris Gailus	...	Anchorman
Kevin McNulty	...	Baxter Building Doorman
Andy Stahl	...	Tailor
Debbie Timuss	...	Hot Party Girl #1
Moneca Delain	...	Hot Party Girl #2
Crystal Lowe	...	Hot Party Girl #3
Kenneth Welsh	...	Dr. Jeff Wagner
Vanessa Minnillo	...	Johnny’s Wedding Date
Alicia Thorgrimsson	...	New York Pedestrian
Valerie Tian	...	New York Teen Girl #1
Jeanna Haddow	...	New York Teen Girl #2
Ali Costigan	...	New York Teen Girl #3
Patricia Harras	...	Fan Four Receptionist
Gonzalo Menendez	...	Lieutenant
Suzanne Ristic	...	Airline Woman
Giuliana DePandi	...	Entertainment Reporter
Lauren Sanchez	...	Fox News Reporter
Malcolm Boddington	...	Pub Owner
Cole Landels	...	Gift Shop Kid
Cameron Cleary	...	Flower Girl
Stan Lee	...	Rejected Wedding Guest
Silver Butler	...	Wedding Planner
Michasha Armstrong	...	Wedding Security
Hitoshi Ikezaki	...	Japanese Fisherman
Peter Kawasaki	...	Japanese Fisherman
Fareed Abdelhak	...	Egyptian Tour Guide
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Graeme Duffy	...	Gift Shop Employee (uncredited)
Ulla Friis	...	Danish News Anchor (uncredited)
Mike Mitchell	...	Welder (uncredited)

Directed by
Tim Story

Writing credits (WGA)
Don Payne		(screenplay) and
Mark Frost		(screenplay)
John Turman		(story) and
Mark Frost		(story)
Stan Lee		(characters) and
Jack Kirby		(characters)

Produced by
Avi Arad	....	producer
Michael Barnathan	....	executive producer
Stewart Bethune	....	associate producer
Allison Calleri	....	associate producer
Lee Cleary	....	co-producer
Chris Columbus	....	executive producer
Bernd Eichinger	....	producer
Ross Fanger	....	co-producer
Kevin Feige	....	executive producer
Stan Lee	....	executive producer
Mark Radcliffe	....	executive producer
Richard Sharkey	....	line producer: London
Ralph Winter	....	producer

Original Music by
John Ottman

Cinematography by
Larry Blanford		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peter S. Elliot
William Hoy

Production Design by
Kirk M. Petruccelli

Art Direction by
Daniel T. Dorrance		(supervising art director)
Sandi Tanaka		(as Sandra Tanaka)

Set Decoration by
Elizabeth Wilcox

Costume Design by
Mary E. Vogt

Makeup Department
Richard Arguijo	....	mold maker: Spectral Motion
Jason Barnett	....	special makeup effects technician: Spectral Motion, Inc.
Rosalina Da Silva	....	key makeup artist
Emanuela Daus	....	first assistant makeup artist
Mike Elizalde	....	prosthetic makeup department head
Thomas Floutz	....	special makeup effects artist
Kimberly Graczyk	....	makeup effects lab technician
Sarah Graham	....	special makeup effects artist
Robin Myriah Hatcher	....	assistant to Mike Elizalde: Spectral Motion Inc.
Jana Hudson	....	first assistant makeup artist (as Tania Hudson)
Michelle Johnson	....	hair stylist: Jessica Alba
Louis Kiss	....	special makeup effects artist
Richard Kohlen	....	first assistant hair stylist
Renate Leuschner	....	wigmaker
Fern Levin	....	first assistant makeup artist
Harlow MacFarlane	....	special makeup effects artist
Sharon Markell	....	first assistant hair stylist
Malcolm Marsden	....	first assistant hair stylist
Clayton Martinez	....	makeup effects technician
Julie McHaffie	....	key hair stylist: second unit
Teresa A. Meyer	....	key makeup artist: second unit
Holland Miller	....	special makeup effects artist
Bart Mixon	....	prosthetic makeup artist: "Thing"
Evelyne Noraz	....	makeup artist: Jessica Alba
Tamar Ouziel	....	assistant makeup artist
Christopher Mark Pinhey	....	special makeup effects artist
Yoichi Art Sakamoto	....	special makeup effects fabricator
Roy Sidick	....	key hair stylist (as Roy A. Sidick)
Wendy Snowdon	....	creature effects makeup department head
Kyla-Rose Tremblay	....	special makeup effects artist
Monique Venier	....	special makeup effects artist
Hiroshi Yada	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion

Production Management
Stephanie Antosca	....	production supervisor: Washington DC
Billy Badalato	....	unit production manager: Asia (as Billy Badalato)
Stewart Bethune	....	unit production manager
Chris Dowell	....	post-production supervisor
Ross Fanger	....	unit production manager
Jason D. McGatlin	....	unit manager
Chu Chen On	....	line producer: Hong Kong
Mark Swenson	....	production supervisor: Los Angeles aerial unit
Wendy Wong	....	production manager: Hong Kong

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Arnold	....	key second assistant director
Ashley Bell	....	third assistant director
Silver Butler	....	second second assistant director
Jamie Christopher	....	first assistant director: second unit
Lee Cleary	....	first assistant director
E.J. Foerster	....	second unit director
Daniel Gill	....	third assistant director (as Dan Gill)
Gary Hawes	....	third assistant director
Emily Perowne	....	assistant director: visual effects unit
Robert Rogers	....	trainee assistant director
Megan M. Shank	....	third assistant director
Caroline Stephenson	....	first assistant director: pick-ups
Rhonda Taylor	....	third assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Jason Beale	....	art assistant
Richard Bennett	....	conceptual artist
Richard Bennett	....	illustrator
Brent Boates	....	illustrator
Peter Bodnarus	....	set designer
J. André Chaintreuil	....	digital set designer
Aric Cheng	....	set designer
James H. Chow	....	property master
Michael Cook	....	property assistant: second unit
Derek Del Puppo	....	lead carpenter
Darrin Denlinger	....	storyboard artist
Sharon Dever	....	construction buyer
James Doh	....	storyboard artist
Paul Duffy	....	paint foreman
S.B. Edwards	....	set painter
Warren Flanagan	....	concept illustrator
Tim Flattery	....	concept artist
Dan Fraga	....	storyboard artist
Brent Gloeckler	....	head sculptor
Dean Goodine	....	property master: second unit
Ray Harvie	....	storyboard artist
Dan Hermansen	....	assistant art director
Leah Hong	....	graphic designer
Patrick Kearns	....	on-set dresser
Franziska Keller	....	art department coordinator
Dusty Kelly	....	stand-by: second unit
Carol Kiefer	....	art department coordinator
John Kobylka	....	on-set carpenter
Barry Kootchin	....	head scenic artist
Ray Lai	....	graphic designer
Tim Larsen	....	painter
Janis Lee	....	scenic artist
Catherine Leighton	....	assistant property master
Charles Leitrants	....	construction coordinator
Cheryl Marion	....	set designer
Jaydene Maryk	....	art department assistant
Joe May	....	set designer
Ignacio McBurney	....	assistant set decorator
Sean McGee	....	assistant property master: second unit
Jay Mitchell	....	set designer
Michele Moen	....	concept illustrator
Dan Petrescu	....	lead painter
Andrew Reeder	....	set designer
Jay Robinson	....	lead painter
Guy Roland	....	set dresser
Francisco Rosa	....	lead painter
Al Rourke	....	construction foreman
Yoichi Art Sakamoto	....	special makeup effects fabricator
Nathan Schroeder	....	illustrator
Clint Schultz	....	graphic designer
Rodrigo Segovia	....	set designer
Dean Sherriff	....	illustrator
Wyatt Soutzo	....	painter
Bryan Sutton	....	set designer
Gary Thomas	....	storyboard artist
Ron Turner	....	concept illustrator
Grant Van Der Slagt	....	assistant art director
Adrien Van Viersen	....	storyboard artist
Paolo G. Venturi	....	assistant art director
Lloyd Vincent	....	stand-by propman
Sandy Walker	....	set buyer
Barbara Wilson	....	assistant art director
Patrick Zahorodniuk	....	graphic designer
Milena Zdravkovic	....	concept illustrator
Dan Pemberton	....	construction coordinator: additional photography (uncredited)
Troy James Sobotka	....	leadman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Deb Adair	....	additional sound mixer
Scott Aitken	....	sound mixer: second unit
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Michael Axinn	....	adr editor
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	sound re-recording mixer
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Scott Curtis	....	foley editor
Christopher Flick	....	foley editor
Galen Goodpaster	....	first assistant sound editor
Craig Henighan	....	sound designer
Craig Henighan	....	supervising sound editor
R.J. Kizer	....	adr supervisor
Vanessa Lapato	....	adr editor (as Vanessa A. Lapato)
Howard London	....	adr mixer
Helen Luttrell	....	dialogue editor
Chuck Michael	....	sound effects editor
Harry B. Miller III	....	sound editor
Martin Mitchell	....	boom operator: second unit
Rob Nokes	....	sound effects field recordist
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Greg Orloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Angelo Palazzo	....	sound effects editor
Fred Peck III	....	sound re-recordist
Eryne Prine	....	assistant sound editor
Kunal Rajan	....	assistant sound effects recordist
Erin Michael Rettig	....	sound engineer
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer (as Charleen Steeves)
Graham Timmer	....	sound mixer: second unit
Jason Tuttle	....	sound post assistant
David Weisberg	....	adr mixer
Kelly Zombor	....	boom operator
Ronny Cox	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Wendy Czajkowsky	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Bill Higley	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Graham Timmer	....	daily sound assistant (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Roland Blancaflor	....	prosthetic department supervisor: Spectral Motion, Inc.
Darin Bouyssou	....	mold department: Spectral Motion Inc.
John 'Buff' Buffery	....	special effects rigger
Mary Elizalde	....	CFO: Spectral Motion Inc.
Brandon Engstrom	....	special effects technician
Jose Fernandez	....	lead sculptor: Silver Surfer
Russell Lukich	....	painter
Russell Lukich	....	special effects makeup
Kevin McTurk	....	special effects makeup: Spectral Motion
Larry Odien	....	key mechanical designer: Spectral Motion
Amber Skowronski	....	special effects technician: Spectral Motion, Inc.
Andrew Verhoeven	....	special effects
Mike Vézina	....	special effects director
Jill Warner	....	special effects production assistant
Brad Zehr	....	special effects technician
Robert Kato DeStefan	....	body shop technician: Dr. Doom (uncredited)
Russell Shinkle	....	specialty costume fabricator: Film Illusions Inc. (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Kevin Aguirre	....	previsualization artist
Malcolm Aitchison	....	technical support team lead
Evrim Akyilmaz	....	matchmover
Jessica Alcorn	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Eric Algren	....	Flame artist
Casey Allen	....	Inferno artist
Eric Almeras	....	digital compositor
Adrienne Anderson	....	visual effects production manager: The Orphanage
Daphne Apellanes-Ackerson	....	paint/roto artist: The Orphanage
Joe Ardent	....	technical director
Dave Asling	....	miniature effects supervisor
Jeff Atherton	....	visual effects coordinator: Hydraulx
Derrick Auyoung	....	animation technical director: Weta Digital
Alvise Avati	....	senior animator
Michael Bain	....	senior camera technical director: Weta Digital
Cheryl Bainum	....	executive producer: HATCH
Scott Balkcom	....	digital compositor
Bill Ball	....	CG artist
Michael Baltazar	....	technical director: Weta Digital
Berj Bannayan	....	software engineer: SOHO VFX
Dana Basinger	....	resource technical assistant: The Orphanage
Joe Bauer	....	facility visual effects supervisor
Travis Baumann	....	digital effects artist: Digiscope
Jamie Baxter	....	matte painter/compositor
Scott E. Baxter	....	digital compositor: Hydraulx
Kelly Bechtle-Woods	....	lighting technical director
Thad Beier	....	visual effects
Kevin Bell	....	compositor: GKR
Paula Bell	....	senior digital paint artist
Ori Ben-Shabat	....	compositor: Image Engine
Niki Bern	....	digital compositor
Shweta Bhatnagar	....	matchmove artist: Weta Digital
Stefanie Boose	....	visual effects producer: Image Engine
Kirstin Bradfield	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Adam Bradley	....	roto/paint artist: Weta Digital
Brent Breedveld	....	pre-visualization supervisor
Kristie Breslin	....	pre-production manager: Weta Digital
Jared Brient	....	lighting/texture artist
Dawn Brooks	....	visual effects coordinator: Fox Studios
Matthew Bullock	....	digital modeller: Weta Digital
Joerg W. Bungert	....	digital colourist
Jose Burgos	....	technical director: weta digital
Shannan Burkley	....	matte painter
Jeremy F. Butler	....	senior animator
Julian R. Butler	....	lead character setup
Robert Byrne	....	shots technical director
Daniela Calafatello	....	modeler: The Orphanage
Diane Caliva	....	visual effects editorial supervisor: The Orphanage
Owen Calouro	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Paul Campion	....	texture painter: Weta Digital
Cedric Canlas	....	digital modeler
Pete Capelluto	....	pipeline engineer
Korey J. Cauchon	....	visual effects producer: Hydraulx
Nicholas Cerniglia	....	digital artist
Can Chang	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Jung Min Chang	....	modeller: Weta Digital
Stephen Chan	....	visual effects assistant
Robert Chapin	....	visual effects
Mike Chapman	....	technical director: The Orphanage
Daniel Chavez	....	assistant visual effects coordinator
Fiona Chilton	....	visual effects producer: The Orphanage
YouJin Choung	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Daniel Chuba	....	visual effects executive producer
Seth Cobb	....	digital effects artist
Brian Conlon	....	Flame artist
Peter Connelly	....	compositor
Rob Conn	....	digital effects artist: Weta Digital
J. Todd Constantine	....	matchmove artist: Weta Digital
Cameron Coombs	....	digital compositor
Joshua Cordes	....	animation supervisor: Hydraulx
Daniel James Cox	....	visual effects concept artist: Weta
Dan Cox	....	effects animator/compositor: Giant Killer Robots
Nick Crew	....	assistant coordinator
Jim Croasdale	....	senior paint artist
Colin Cunningham	....	lighting artist: SOHO VFX
Sam Dabbs	....	digital compositor
Rif Dagher	....	research & development
Enid Dalkoff	....	digital compositor
Mike DeGrazzio	....	digital imaging technician
Yoshi DeHerrera	....	3D laser scanning
Mark Della Rosa	....	3d animator: Soho VFX
Graeme Demmocks	....	digital artist
Sean Devereaux	....	Inferno artist: Hydraulx
Ross DeYoung	....	technical director: The Orphanage
Marco Di Lucca	....	senior modeler: Weta Digital
Tim Dobbert	....	match move supervisor: The Orphanage
Jonny Doig	....	production coordinator: Weta Digital
Hugo Dominguez	....	paint/roto artist: Weta Digital
Clayton Douglas	....	visual effects artist
Warren Douglas	....	3D artist: Soho VFX
Steve Dubin	....	visual effects producer
Greg Dunn	....	systems engineer: The Orphanage
William J. Earl	....	technical artist
Erich Eder	....	digital compositor
Samuel Edwards	....	render wrangler
Nadav Ehrlich	....	3D animator: Soho VFX
Michelle Eisenreich	....	visual effects producer: Hammerhead
Mohsen Eletreby	....	visual effects editor: Hydraulx
Nino Ellington	....	resource technical assistant: The Orphanage
Nicholas Elwell	....	visual effects production assistant
Adam J. Ely	....	digital artist: Giant Killer Robots
Ramahan Faulk	....	digital modeler: Weta Digital
Tyler Fermelis	....	texture artist: GKR
Jessica Fernandes	....	digital models department manager: Weta Digital
Deak Ferrand	....	Galactus concept designer: HATCH
Landis R. Fields IV	....	effects technical director/rigger: Giant Killer Robots
Landis R. Fields IV	....	technical director: The Orphanage
Paul Flanagan	....	animator: effects and lighting artist, Weta Digital
Jason Fleming	....	digital compositor: Weta Digital
Ben Forster	....	senior animator: Weta Digital
Fiona Foster	....	pre-production manager
Fortunato Frattasio	....	digital effects artist
Nick Fredin	....	previz animator
James French	....	previz animator
Diego Garzon	....	technical director: Giant Killer Robots
Diego Garzon	....	technical director: The Orphanage
Nicholas Gaul	....	digital modeler: Weta Digital
Janice Genn	....	visual effects on-set coordinator
Greg Gibson	....	systems engineer: The Orphanage
Rocco Gioffre	....	visual effects supervisor: Svengali FX
David Gladstein	....	pipeline research and development: The Orphanage
Greg Gladstone	....	compositor
Greg Gladstone	....	effects animator
Moritz Glaesle	....	compositor: Weta Digital
Ned Gorman	....	digital effects producer
Rich Grande	....	paint/roto artist: The Orphanage
Richard Grandy	....	paint/roto artist: The Orphanage
Don Greenberg	....	Inferno artist: Hydraulx
Jon Green	....	matte painter: The Orphanage
John Griffith	....	pre-visualization artist
Belinda Griffiths	....	texture painter
David 'Rudy' Grossman	....	senior technical director: lighting
Miguel A. Guerrero	....	visual effects
Mark Haenga	....	modeller: Weta Digital
Anne Hall	....	lighting technical director
Ben Hall	....	systems administrator
Jonathan Harman	....	computer graphics supervisor: The Orphanage
Ed Hawkins	....	compositor
Jon Heckman	....	digital compositor
Quentin Hema	....	digital paint and rotoscoping supervisor
Allen Hemberger	....	lead technical director
Tulio Hernandez	....	sequence lighter: Hydraulx
Jeff Heusser	....	digital compositor
Tim Hey	....	compositor: Weta Digital (as Timothy Hey)
Christian Hipp	....	lighting technical director: Weta Digital
Richard Hirst	....	paint and rotoscope artist
Maung Maung Hla Win	....	layout technical director
Dark Hoffman	....	matte painter
Chad Hofteig	....	pre-visualization artist
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor
Sunghwan Hong	....	lead paint/roto artist: The Orphanage
Grant M. Hortin	....	modeler: The Orphanage
Michael Horton	....	visual effects production assistant
Josiah Holmes Howison	....	digital compositor
Roberto Hradec	....	shader writer: Image Engine
Victor Huang	....	senior animator: Weta Digital
Michael Hutchinson	....	resource technical assistant: The Orphanage
Stephanie Ide	....	digital compositor
Atsushi Imamura	....	visual effects
Yasamin Ismaili	....	visual effects coordinator
Anna Ivanova	....	texture artist: Soho VFX
James Jacobs	....	creature technical director: Weta Digital
Mike Jahnke	....	animator: previz
Kimberly Jase	....	visual effects accountant
Lars Johansson	....	creature technical director
Amiee Johnson	....	technical director: The Orphanage
Justin Jones	....	digital compositor
Marchand Jooste	....	character animator: Weta Digital
Zack Judson	....	particle effects
Sean Kaczmarek	....	visual effects
Patrick Kalyn	....	animator
Carl Kaphan	....	digital effects artist
Michelle Kater	....	paint/roto artist: The Orphanage
Michael Griffin Kelly	....	visual effects production assistant: The Orphanage
Chris J. Kenny	....	rotoscope artist
Josh Kent	....	character animator
Scott Kilburn	....	senior technical director: Hammerhead
Jin Yong Kim	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Nicholas Kim	....	digital compositor
Jason Knight	....	digital compositor
Athena Kouverianos	....	production coordinator: SOHO VFX
Michael Kowalski	....	visual effects supervisor: Soho VFX
Michal Kriukow	....	modeler: The Orphanage
Shannon Krueger	....	visual effects production assistant: CafeFx
Daniel Kruse	....	tracker
Bill Kunin	....	lead Inferno artist: Hydraulx
Benjamin Kutsko	....	digital compositor
Keith Lackey	....	animation technical director: Weta
Jessica Lai	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage (as Jessica Y.C. Lai)
David Huynh Lam	....	technical assistant: The Orphanage
Jeremy Lang	....	head of information technology: Custom Film Effects
Ivan La Rosa	....	effects technical director: Weta Digital
Shandy Lashley	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Gary Laurie	....	camera technical director: Weta Digital
Diana K. Lee	....	roto/matchmove coordinator: The Orphanage
Don Lee	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Playground
Kim Lee	....	visual effects producer: Pixel Playground
Soyoun Lee	....	paint/roto artist: The Orphanage
Woei Lee	....	compositor: The Orphanage (as Woei Hsi Lee)
Phillip Leonhardt	....	sequence lead compositor
Shahar Levavi	....	character animator: Weta Digital
Dan Levitan	....	lead compositor
Dan Levitan	....	look development
Erik Liles	....	digital compositor
Adam Lisagor	....	compositor: Hydraulx
Gresham Lochner	....	digital compositor
Zoe Lord	....	roto/paint artist
Ryan Lorie	....	matchmoving artist: Hydraulx
Blaine Lougheed	....	lead visual effects set coordinato