Vin Diesel No Longer Surfing in Fantastic Four Sequel  7/5/06

Vin Diesel has missed out on playing comic book hero The Silver Surfer - to a computer.

The director of The Fantastic Four sequel has confirmed the character will be created using computer generated imagery and internet reports linking Diesel to the role are false.

Movie-maker Tom Story tells website moviehole, "(There's) no truth to it.

The Surfer will be a new CGI design being developed especially for the movie.

It's going to be incredible."

In comic book lore, the Silver Surfer is a galaxy-cruising defender endowed with superhuman strength.