The new Fantastic 4 film has started a Wiki based around the identity of the Silver Surfer, the iconic Marvel character who appears in it.
Fox are allowing fans of the series to edit the wiki and build a community around it.
This is from the official press release:
Los Angeles, CA…. In the upcoming summer film FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SIVER SURFER, the Fantastic Four meet their greatest challenge yet, as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. Just who is the Silver Surfer? Comic book fans around the world are invited to collaborate together to answer that very question. Through a new wiki website, fans can work together and share information about one of the most revered comic book characters, and speculate on the ultimate mystery in the comic book world.
www.whoisthesilversurfer.com is a one-stop destination to find everything you need to know about the origins of the Silver Surfer. Built using DokuWiki, a leading open source wiki solution that allows for multi-language functionality, fans can contribute to the official Silver Surfer wiki in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian. Other languages can be added by request by fans around the globe.
โWikis are a very popular way to share information, and fans of this franchise are a very passionate group,โ comments Bettina Sherick, Vice President of Digital Marketing, Fox International Theatrical. โThere are already wiki entries online about the Silver Surfer. Weโre creating one destination for those fast and true fans to share their knowledge and love for the Silver Surfer with a whole new audience who will meet the power cosmic for the first time this summer in cinemas.โ
Adds Dan Light, Head of Interactive for creative marketing agency Picture Production Company (PPC) in London, โWe are excited to help Fox bring this project to life. Itโs truly a collaborative authoring effort bringing together the fans and the distributor to an unprecedented extent.โ
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer opens in the US and UK on Friday 15th June
> Check out the Silver Surfer Wiki
> Official site for the Fantastic 4 film
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