20th Century Fox has chosen Academy Award-winning visual effects house Weta Digital to oversee the upcoming film "The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" says Reuters.

The studio tapped Weta to create a state-of-the-art version of the Marvel Comics character Silver Surfer. Noted character actor Doug Jones will provide performance and movement references for Weta, in a process similar to the way Andy Serkis portrayed Gollum in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

The voice casting of Silver Surfer has yet to be determined. Weta has developed an advanced computer-generated animation process that employs motion-capture techniques updated to add further dimensionality to the liquid-metal hero.