[Anakin.S]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=26681

Looks like they have given up on spiderman 4.

Good call after what the did with a very weak Venom story line

[Basq]

They haven't given up on it.. Raimi & Maguire have.

Looks like Spiderman 4 will get made anyways..

.. with a view to completely rebooting the character in 2012.

The reboot, which will be scripted by James Vanderbilt, will return Peter Parker to his high school/drippy teen origins, as he comes into very close contact with a radioactive spider.

Wise decision by Raimi..

[pablomakaveli]

Their mentioning Zac Efron to play the part in the reboot.

[Niska]

So a reboot with different director and actors.

So what's the chance the baddie discovers Peter's secret identity and kidnaps MJ to use as bait in a trap for Spidie?

Also, I guess this means the Warcraft movie won't be delayed.

[Kipperhell]

In fairness that really is returning to the source material. I wonder if this has anything to do with Marvel Studios. There could be limited characters they can use and they may even be trying to bring Spider-man back into the fold. Empire suggested Marvel Studios are really going to try and become a huge force.

DVD sales of collections are apparently where big money lies considering the illegal download market so making collections is a good idea. People buy the movie when it comes out first and then buy it again in a collection. People who down load moives are more likely to buy a boxed collection. I can't remember where I was reading that but it makes sense

Originally Posted by Niska

So a reboot with different director and actors.

So what's the chance the baddie discovers Peter's secret identity and kidnaps MJ to use as bait in a trap for Spidie?

Likely they would do the Gwen Stacy story line this time. Rami has kind of ruined that though by using scenes from it. He kind of missed the whole point of what it was all about but I suspect studios were partly to blame. Spider-man was meant to actually learn what it is to be a hero not win.

[ziedth]

i'm a little sad by this tbh. 3 was pants but the first two films were right up there in my non comicbook reading opinion.

[JP Liz]

Tobey Maguire and filmmaker Sam Raimi have quit Spider-Man 4 over a reported script issue

[fluke]

Originally Posted by ziedth

i'm a little sad by this tbh. 3 was pants but the first two films were right up there in my non comicbook reading opinion.

Very true.

It's a pity the studio couldn't let Raimi have a go at Vulture. I mean sure S3 was crap but it still made them loads of money!! I kinda wanted to see another Raimi/Maguire film as it would be a chance to redeem themselves of the third movie and I generally like Raimi's direction of the Spiderman movies.

and this thing of a reboot...I hope this just means new director, new lead actor but hopefully doesn't mean back to an origins story.

if that's the case then...gayest.thing.ever. they should explore new villains in new films not rethread old ground so soon.

[ziedth]

i could only see it having a small chance of working if they took in a compeltely new direction. Like would i be right in saying that there was a superman comic done saying what would happen if he landed in russia? Was there a spiderman comic done anything like that?

[podgemonster]

Originally Posted by pablomakaveli

Their mentioning Zac Efron to play the part in the reboot.

Dear God NO!!!!!!!

[Corholio]

Raimi made a complete mess of the third one and i'm glad he won't be directing the fourth. Dont like the origins idea thats been bandied about though, it could be a cheap way out of introducing new villians.

[That_Guy]

The following made me wish that I had never seen Spiderman 3.

http://www.gifbin.com/bin/2003839490.gif

[Kess73]

Originally Posted by ziedth

i could only see it having a small chance of working if they took in a compeltely new direction. Like would i be right in saying that there was a superman comic done saying what would happen if he landed in russia? Was there a spiderman comic done anything like that?

Red Sun is the Superman comic you are thinking of, and it is pretty damn good.


Marvel have used a What If? theme to do short stories about how some of their main characters would have been different if their lives had different turns.

For Spiderman there was one where the Fantastic Four was the Fantastic Five and Spidey was a member. There was one where his Aunt was murdered instead of his Uncle and I think there was one where Gwen Stacy did not die.

There are more versions, but those three are the ones that come to mind.

[Kipperhell]

Originally Posted by ziedth

i could only see it having a small chance of working if they took in a compeltely new direction. Like would i be right in saying that there was a superman comic done saying what would happen if he landed in russia? Was there a spiderman comic done anything like that?

The do have an Indian version of Spider-man and then you have all the alternative universe stuff of Marvel Zombies and 1608. Most comic book characters have been shown in alternative time lines and rebooted more than once. Ultimate Spider-man was the last retooling I know of which could easily be where the will base the story.

Stan lee did a whole lot of retelling of DC characters that was actually really bad which was a pity. Robin was the keeper of a half man half bat for example

[Raekwon]

Too bad Raimi & Maguire have left this project because I was intrigued by the rumoured casting of John Malkovich as The Vulture in Spiderman 4 with the possibility of reprising the role of Dylan Baker as Dr Curt Connors who transforms into The Lizard.

We all saw the results of Sony interference in Spiderman 3 so I'm not really optimistic about a "reboot" of the franchise, especially since it has come so far under Raimi.