According to reports, Sony Pictures has decided to 'reboot' their "Spider-Man" movie franchise without director Sam "Evil Dead" Raimi and star Tobey "Seabiscuit" Maguire.
Apparently Raimi had 'creative' differences with the "Spider-Man 4" screenplay and was unable to deliver a film within Sony's time-frame.
Although "Spider-Man 3" earned $890,871,626 worldwide on an "Avatar"-sized budget of $258 million, Sony refused to acquiesce to Raimi's production start delay, or his multi-million dollar asking price.
Raimi reportedly didn't 'get' the fan-fave "Spider-Man" villain 'Venom', showcased in "Spider-Man 3" and his choice of the 'Vulture' to be the main super-villain of "Spider-Man 4", played by 56-year old John Malkovich, apparently didn't fly too well either.
Keeping in line with "Spider-Man" comic book tradition, when Marvel updated the boxy figures of "Spider-Man" co-creator Steve Ditko's illustrations with "Jazzy" Johnny Romita, the studio will now develop a fresh take on the character with a new screenplay by Jamie Vanderbilt and a real 'teen' actor to play teenager 'Peter Parker', aka "Spider-Man".
Apparently Raimi had 'creative' differences with the "Spider-Man 4" screenplay and was unable to deliver a film within Sony's time-frame.
Although "Spider-Man 3" earned $890,871,626 worldwide on an "Avatar"-sized budget of $258 million, Sony refused to acquiesce to Raimi's production start delay, or his multi-million dollar asking price.Raimi reportedly didn't 'get' the fan-fave "Spider-Man" villain 'Venom', showcased in "Spider-Man 3" and his choice of the 'Vulture' to be the main super-villain of "Spider-Man 4", played by 56-year old John Malkovich, apparently didn't fly too well either.
Keeping in line with "Spider-Man" comic book tradition, when Marvel updated the boxy figures of "Spider-Man" co-creator Steve Ditko's illustrations with "Jazzy" Johnny Romita, the studio will now develop a fresh take on the character with a new screenplay by Jamie Vanderbilt and a real 'teen' actor to play teenager 'Peter Parker', aka "Spider-Man".
Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal and Columbia Pictures' Matt Tolmach mutually agreed that their Marvel movie franchise needs a fresh start.Click the images to enlarge...
