Silver Surfer Pursuit | MCU Location Scout

The Silver Surfer flying out of the Chrysler Building.

It looked like a man, but completely covered in silver, and it flew this, like surfboard-type thing.

As the Silver Surfer disrupts Reed and Sue’s wedding, Johnny “flames on” and races after the herald of Galactus.

The first building they encounter is the Chrysler Building in Midtown East Manhattan.

  • The Silver Surfer flying towards the Chrysler Building.
  • Aerial view of the Chrysler Building.
  • The Human Torch in Midtown.
  • The Human Torch in Midtown.

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The Surfer then cruises down the wave-like structure of the Grace Building on W 42nd Street in Manhattan. Johnny follows and as he flies above cars below they flip over. While the footage of the building is based on imagery of the real Grace Building in New York, the street sequence was filmed around 1055 W Hastings Street in Vancouver with the Grace Building added in post.

  • The Silver Surfer flying down the Grace Building.
  • The Silver Surfer flying along 42nd Street outside the Grace Building.
  • View along 42nd Street with the Human Torch flying.

MAP – Grace Building

MAP – Street Plate/Car Stunt

The Surfer then zips into the Lincoln Tunnel at the Weehawken entrance. He cruises through the tunnel and out the other side–which is also the Weehawken entrance.

  • The Human Torch flying into the Lincoln Tunnel.
  • The Silver Surfer flying through the Lincoln Tunnel.
  • The Silver Surfer flying out of the Lincoln Tunnel.

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The Torch chases the Surfer over Raritan Bay, south past Long Island.

  • The Human Torch chasing Silver Surfer in the sky above Staten Island.

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Then, miraculously, the two combatants are suddenly in Washington, DC.

  • The Human Torch chasing Silver Surfer in the sky above Washington, DC.

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From there the Surfer takes Johnny up into the atmosphere where his flame burns out and he plummets back towards the Earth. He crashes into a sand dune, igniting a tent belonging to a couple of Bedouins. This is reportedly a background plate from Dumont Dunes in California (just west of Las Vegas), which is a filming location mentioned at IMDb and by a forum user on DumontDunesRiders.com. The actors by the tent were presumably filmed in Vancouver on the same small set used for Giza in the films opening.

  • The Human Torch crashing into a sand dune.
  • The Human Torch crashing into a sand dune by some Bedouins.

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(Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, 2007)