<Li> Kevin McNulty as Baxter Building Doorman </Li> <P> With Fantastic Four grossing $330 million worldwide, 20th Century Fox hired director Tim Story and screenwriter Mark Frost in December 2005 to return for the superhero team's sequel . Screenwriters Frost and Don Payne were hired to write the screenplay . Payne has said the film is based upon "The Galactus Trilogy", in which Galactus also makes an appearance, as well as issues 57 - 60 in which Doom steals the Surfer's power . Payne has also said the film takes inspiration from the Ultimate Marvel limited series Ultimate Extinction . As of March 2, 2007, Galactus's design was not yet done, and by April 18, until hiring Laurence Fishburne to perform the voice of the Silver Surfer, the filmmakers were unsure of whether the character would speak . </P> <P> The film includes the Fantasti - Car, a larger role for Kerry Washington's character Alicia Masters, and in June 2006, the Silver Surfer was announced to appear in the sequel as a "villain / hero". The Silver Surfer was created by combining the performance of actor Doug Jones and a grey - silver suit designed by Jose Fernandez . FX shop Spectral Motion created the Surfer, who was then enhanced by a new computer - generated system designed by WETA . </P> <P> The sequel, whose working title was Fantastic Four 2, was officially titled Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer in August 2006 with filming beginning on August 28 in Vancouver and set for a release date of June 15, 2007 . Michael Chiklis's prosthetics as The Thing were also redesigned to allow him to take it off in between takes and for better ventilation . </P>

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