As the filmmaker’s three-year journey wound down on the project, he realized a key moment was missing, and managed to shoot it within a few months of the film's opening.

The Silver Surfer has returned to movie screens, but this time, the character is not who longtime fans were expecting. Instead of the well-known Norrin Radd, Marvel Studios is introducing a different version of the character in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

After nearly 20 years, the Silver Surfer is back on the big screen -- though, probably not the one you expect. "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" reboots Marvel's First Family with an all-new, all-different cast: Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic,

In fact, she might be the fastest character the MCU has ever seen and in the same league as DC’s The Flash. Silver Surfer Gives the Fantastic Four a Run for Their Money in First Steps As soon as the Silver Surfer delivers her message,

Garner also noted that she’s portraying Shalla-Bal, a female iteration of the Silver Surfer, and not Norrin Radd, the male version of the character who was played Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne in 2007’s “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.”

There was a moment in the ‘80s and early ‘90s when the Silver Surfer almost rode a wave of psychedelic rock straight onto the big screen. This nearly-made movie would’ve mashed up the philosophical space opera energy of 2001: A Space Odyssey with a soundtrack driven by a rock ‘n’ roll legend.

The Silver Surfer made his Marvel Comics debut in the original "The Coming of Galactus" storyline, and here are his best comic storylines.

The unmade Silver Surfer film nixed the silver, gave the hero a teen sweetheart, and also featured...the Punisher?