The movies are there to support the core businesses of toys, licensing, video games and publishing. Each of these titles is meant to be a franchise.

The scripts that are ready will go first. It's kind of a horse race. We will make the movies by the quality of the script and which is ready to go first.

Obviously, CGI in the last ten years has gone through such leaps and bounds that today, people are looking for these kinds of movies to wow audiences with technology.

There is a director who should make 'Silver Surfer' — he is mentally committed to it.

There is a director who should make 'Silver Surfer' — he is mentally committed to it. He's doing another movie now. What's most important to me about this guy, first, is that he's incredible with visuals. But he's also a spiritual guy, a Zen Buddhist. ... Galactus is a force of nature, not a being. That's all I'm saying.

No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I'm not being high-falutin' about it - but I think our books are great literature with great metaphors of real life dealing with fears and hopes.