SPIDER-MAN Reboot Already Written; Film to be “Gritty, Contemporary”
More details have arisen regarding today’s massive news that Sony would be scrapping Spider-Man 4, kicking out Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, etc., and rebooting the series. EW reports that Sony wants “a more gritty, contemporary redo of the series,” and are focused on younger, up-and-coming directors.
EW also reports that Sony was always aiming to reboot the series in 2012 no matter what, but they did want one last outing with Raimi, Maguire, and co.
Variety explains that Sony must continue to actively develop theSpider-Man franchise or else the rights revert back to Disney/Marvel. Knowing that along with their intended 2012 reboot, it should come as no surprise that James Vanderbilt’s (Zodiac) script for the new film is already written. The story of the teenaged Peter Parker is now in preproduction with the announcement of the new director and star expected in the coming weeks.
There’s very little hope to be found in this reboot mess, but it’s hard to muster up any enthusiasm at such a rancid business move that cynically chooses to ignore the potential for better stories in order to water down the one we already saw and enjoyed.
Thanks to collider.com
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