The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is a 2007 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Fantastic Four. The sequel to the Fantastic Four (2005), it was directed by Tim Story, from a screenplay by Don Payne and Mark Frost. The film stars Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Jensen Ackles and Michael Chiklis as the title characters, with Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, David Hasselhoff, Patrick Stewart and Laurence Fishburne in supporting roles. The plot follows the Fantastic Four (and Doctor Doom) as they confront the Silver Surfer to save Earth from Galactus.
