Well here is something that no Spider-man fan expected. As of today, director Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, and Kirsten Dunst are out of the Spidey franchise.
Also, say goodbye to Spider-man 4, as Sony has canned that production as well.
The hype around Spider-man 4, included everything from script disputes, to difficult villain choices, to problems with the reception of Spidey 3. Raimi decided to walk away and chose not to deal with the direction that the Spider-man franchise was heading in.
Reports can be found all over the web that Raimi insisted on The Vulture as the next villain in the franchise, who the studio rejected as old and non-popular. The series had already screwed up with Venom, the most important villain in the franchise, and I had a large feeling it was dead in the water.
Spidey on the big screen is not dead for good. Sony plans to reboot the franchise with a new
director, new actors, and a new production crew. This time, it will be centered around Spider-man's angsty high school years....
Wait, this sounds all too familiar...
Noooooooooooooooo!
Sony is pitching it as dark and "gritty." They say it will be akin to Batman Begins.
The real problem here is that isn't who Spider-man is. Anyone who read the comics, or even saw the first two movies knows that Spidey has always been a funnier, comedic superhero who still
kicks major ass. To turn him into a sad Batman copy with some dark teen-angst plot line would be a severe injustice to his character.
In my mind, Tobey Maguire will always be Spider-man and unfortunatly his role attached to the terrible Spider-man 3 script. I would suggest anyone watch the first 2 Spider-man movies to see what brought superhero movies back into the mainstream.
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