No more Sam Raimi (director) and Tobey Maguire.
AP News | Culpeper Star-Exponent
The 34-year-old actor and "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi will not be returning to the superhero franchise next year.Spidey in High School? Well, I guess this is a new way to bring this character to a younger audience. I hope this means the annoying Kirsten Dunst won't be in the film.Instead, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios announced Monday that a new "Spider-Man" film based on a script by James Vanderbilt that focuses on Peter Parker in high school would debut in the summer of 2012 with a new cast and filmmaking team.
"I am so proud of what we accomplished with the 'Spider-Man' franchise over the last decade," Maguire said in a statement Monday. "Beyond the films themselves, I have formed some deep and lasting friendships. I am excited to see the next chapter unfold in this incredible story."
"Working on the 'Spider-Man' movies was the experience of a lifetime for me," Raimi, who directed all three "Spider-Man" films, also said in a statement Monday. "While we were looking forward to doing a fourth one together, the studio and Marvel have a unique opportunity to take the franchise in a new direction, and I know they will do a terrific job."
what I meant to say was that it's usually not possible to get a descent sequel after a franchise starts to fail,which is why most of the time when the franchise starts to go downhill they'll do a complete reboot,al la the Batman movies. But sometimes after the last few films in a franchise sucked it is still possible to do a sequel that's better than the previous films without doing a reboot,like Rocky Balboa did.
Posted by: buy r4ds | January 21, 2010 at 12:37 PM
I agree. I could have done with Spider-Man #3.
Posted by: El MarvelOso | January 22, 2010 at 08:36 AM