Tim Story, the director of the currently named Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, has spoken on his blog about the rumours regarding Doug Jones for the Silver Surfer, and it sounds like he's confirmed it...without actually saying so.

Here's what he said on his latest entry:

Here's the low down. Doug has been working on a number of things regarding the Surfer. In order for the presence of the CGI SS to appear and move real, we need someone to perfect movement and provide a base, to which WETA can do their thing. That the jest of it. I don't know what that confirms for you guys but there you go.

Well, what do you think? I'm inclined to take that as read and a confirmation. Tell me if I'm wrong. What it does mean though is it confirms what I've been saying all along and hoping for, that Surfer will not all be CGI but modelled on a real person. This is going to make him much more convincing than all computer generated.