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A Writer Has Been Hired To Sequelize The Not-Yet-Released AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!!
Merrick here...
James Vanderbilt was writing SPIDER-MAN 4 for Sam Raimi before that project went belly-up.
Vanderbilt transitioned into Marc Webb's reboot of the franchise, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, becoming a primary scripter on the new movie, which isn't due in theaters until next Summer.
Even thought its release is over a year away, Sony is already laying the groundwork for another installment of the Webb-verse Spidey, by putting Vanderbilt to work on a sequel screenplay.
Prior to being ensnared by Spider-Man’s web, Vanderbilt, repped by WME and UFUSE Management, wrote Zodiac, David Fincher’s serial killer tale starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. He recently worked on a polish of Columbia’s remake of Total Recall, which is slated to shoot later this year.
...reports THR, which offers a few more details on the matter HERE.
I wonder if TURN OFF THE DARK will have officially opened by the time AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, or whatever it'll be called, hits screens?
THR's pic of Vanberbilt makes him look like Tim Curry.
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let's see if this first one is worth the time. I really don't need another origin story, but I like garfield, so I'm pretty lukewarm on all this spiderman crap about now.
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If the first one tanks, Sony's gonna have to eat a lot of shite, me thinks.
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So maybe I'm a little more interested. If he can make spiderman as interesting and intelligent as that movie...I am fucking in. Then again, Fincher was behind the camera and not...Marc Webb.
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How about finishing one meal before moving onto the next?
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xen11: I am relieved to find out I am not the only one harboring that theory that the rednecks are the ones keeping us from a yearly Spider-Man tent pole.
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As much as I'm glad Spiderman 4, which had a series descending to a point where Maguire would have envitably spent 2hours crying, making completely stupid irrational decisions with MJ to drive the plot and gurning over the decision to keep being Spidey, got canned (though I did enjoy 2) I'm not crazy they're going the origin route. <p> I don't believe even stupid joe public aren't aware he got bit, turned to lycra and fought crime. We get it.
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And is Darren Aronofsky attached to direct?
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Seriously. It was mediocre at best. You people continue to score zero nerd points by constantly bringing it up in relation to FUCKING everything. Okay?
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So glad they rebooted. Bring it on!
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Really, who is?
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March 25, 2011, 9:30 a.m. CST
I'll Never Understand Why Some of you want Raimi back
by Crusher Creel
"Bring back Spider-Man 4" .. "F the reboot!" What are you a holes nuts???? It was mass appeall cheese Spider-Man, all about a girl Peter Parker has no personality! Thank GAWD they rebooted
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I guess this has kinda been assumed for awhile, with Rhys Ifans playing Connors, but C. Thomas Howell confirmed that Spidey will be battling the Lizard in ASM.
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LETS JUST KEEP REBOOTING REBOOTS UNTIL PEOPLE NO LONGER KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON. I WILL SAY THAT I HATE TOBER MAGUIRE SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR HIS ABSENCE. AS FOR THE LIZARD, I HOPE HE DOESNT LOOK LIKE SHIT AS BIG SCREEN CGI. HE DOESNT SEEM LIKE A GOOD CHARACTER FOR A LIVE ACTION MOVIE.
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March 25, 2011, 10:11 a.m. CST
A bit of the cart before the horse action I'm afraid...
by vorlonkosh
The buzz right now isn't positive, but I'll reserve judgment until I see it. (Unless the reviews are mostly bad, then I won't waste my time)
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How quickly you ingrates forget how universally praised 1 and 2 were. 3, though bloated, is not 'completely' horrible, just a major misstep that reeks of studio string pulling. Outside of Nolan's Batman, there have yet to be a more satisfying superhero franchise.
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Contrary to what I see in comments all the time, writing a sequel for a movie before the first one comes out is not "jumping the gun." It's a sound investment. In the big picture, paying for a screenplay is relatively cheap. So if the first movie is a hit, the studio can hit the ground running on a sequel with a finished script. If the first movie tanks, it's no big deal. They just discard the script. Otherwise, you get studios scrambling to put a sequel script together to make some arbitrary release date -- and we all know how THAT turns out.
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Not the first or third ones at least. The second is I guess to a degree. Personally I find the whole trilogy fucking corny. Need some new blood.
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Having someone hired to write a sequel in advance is a good gamble. If the film is a success, they have a script ready to go for number two and can start production right away. If it bombs, the studio could be out half a million or so dollars in payment to the writer... small potatoes for Hollywood. No big issue. As I recall (and my information is decades old), screenplays often sold for $50,000-$500,000 or even upwards to $1,000,000 depending on the writer and the project. As to the material, I cared very little for Sam Raimi's Spider-Man series. I didn't mind it, but I didn't care about it. I moderately enjoyed the first one, left the second one thinking "meh," and I didn't even see the third one out of sheer apathy. We'll see what happens with this reboot.
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March 25, 2011, 10:55 a.m. CST
I hope they hire Julie Taymor to play a villain in ASM:2
by WriteForTheEdit
She's done her best to kill Spider-Man already...
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funny world.
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when the F*** is it GOING TO HAPPEN...TELL ME... Apparently...they are all pulling your leg. yesYES you
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And her costume should be spectacular. And she can shout things like, "Hey, Spider-Man! BREAK A LEG!" Or, "It's CURTAINS for you, Spider-Man!"
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March 25, 2011, 11:11 a.m. CST
And at the end, when Spidey is about to kill The Great White Witch, he'll tell her...
by WriteForTheEdit
"It's time to TURN OFF THE DARK!"
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because if Marvel got it's hands on it and the FF, it's game over. Civil War and Secret Invasion movies would be epic if done by one house CORRECTLY.
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March 25, 2011, 11:17 a.m. CST
amazing spiderman 2: the rise of the silver slipperess!©
by vulturess
where do i get paid?
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of this article is the comment on how Vanderbilt's pic makes him look like Tim Curry
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March 25, 2011, 11:26 a.m. CST
End-credits theme song composed and sung by Bono, of course.
by WriteForTheEdit
I'm telling you, a weird meta Spidey film that's all about the Broadway debacle would be fuckloads of awesome. To me, anyway.
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every decade they'll get new young actors and do the origin story and a few sequels.
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The second that I saw that I thought that Sony is just doing this so that they can keep Spiderman in their control
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Can't quite place it; the sillouette with the spinning head...for some reason I keep thinking a Hitchcock/Vertigo hybrid but I'm probably way off. Anyone have any ideas?
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Why aren't YOU writing in Hollywood?
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It makes sense, from a business point of view. I don't understand why more franchise films don't do it. The next Indiana Jones film should have been written years ago. Harrison Ford is only getting older.
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...with ideas as shitty as mine, I should be a fucking multi-millionaire by now...
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Spiderman should have a fucking sword, a totally fucking rock out with it conan style.
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Ah man. Now I know this movie is going to suck.
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face fucking of stunt men
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The Spectacular Spiderfuck You read it here first.
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Spiderman needs some fucking fangs and his spider bite turns his enemies into fucking cheeseburgers. Sweet fangs of justice!
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If they are going to have spider man make a camo in the avengers movie, it does need to be rebooted. Otherwise leave it alone. They could have better movies though and I personally am not convinced that Disney is going to do all to hot on the marvel movies either. I'm nervous.
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Sounds catchy :D
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Who will they hire to redesign the awful Spidey suit for the sequel after everyone HATES and LAUGHS AT the one in the upcoming reboot?
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I hope the new movie is good, despite racing stripes on his jammies, a Tron grid on his suit and silver booties.
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1) A montage origin with the new actors doing key moments. Peter getting shoved into a locker, getting bit by a spider, pulling on the mask, uncle Ben dying etc. of course this will confuse the fuck out of people because they will wonder if it's a sequel, but fuck 'em. I don't want to sit through another origin. 2) The Lizard. Fucking PERIOD. This should be a borderline horro movie. Thematically Peter is dealing with his split identity just like the Lizard is. Peter bonds with Gwen Stacy and he's sure she's the one. It ends with Doc Conners completely taken over by the Lizard and in a somewhat empathetic Creature of the Black Lagoon moment (the second film, or check out Splash for roughly the same idea) he is captured to spend his life studied by other scientists. 3) In this film Peter lives the horror of Doc Connors. He becomes the spider as he morphs into Man-Spider. This movie is dark and freaky as fuck. Think Cronenberg's The Fly. More coloful and not as heavy, but same idea. The villain is Rhino and Speder-Man learns to accept his spider side and unleash the powers within him to defeat Rhino. By the end he relies on Gwen, but he is realizing a normal relationship isn't going to work for him. A deep emotional investment is more than Spider-Man can deal with because the city needs him clear-headed and able to rush to it's defense at a moments notice. 4) Green Goblin. Gobby fucks with Spidey's sense control by undermining him at every turn. Goblin is an instigator from teh shadows and tries to avoid fighting out in the open. He sets traps for Spider-Man and sets him up to look foolish and out of control. In this film Peter learns to see the bigger picture and that being flashy can work against you. Getting the job done is what counts. We already know how this film ends. Goblin and Gwen. We can't use the bridge for obvious reasons, but Gwen dies and it takes all of Peter's control to keep from killing Goblin. By the end Peter has learned sacrifice. He has felt deep, troubling pain and yet he comes out of it a hero. 5) Electro. Peter is now a full-time reporter for the Bugle. He is a much more mature and thoughtful person than he used to be, but the scar of Gwen's death has made him a bit morose. NOT EMO, just a bit withdrawn. This changes when the neice of a friend of Aunt May's comes to the door. Peter can now see that if he wants something bad enough, he can get it. He is determined to balance his life. The film ends with Peter on one knee asking for MJ to marry him. 6) Peter and MJ are married. They have an adventurous life together and are deeply in love. MJ also has a secret she doesn't want to reveal to Peter. She has ovarian cancer. She cannot have children and she may die. Because she feels she has to lie to him about her doctor appointments, Peter is fearing that she is cheating and his paranoia that she married the spider and not Peter is causing him to resent her. Little does he know that he recently picked up a microbe in the jungles of south america that is slowly turning him into Venom. Kraven the Hunter has followed him from this jungle and the idea of who has the right to chase and capture anyone comes up. This ties in with the theme of marriage and by the end of the film it looks like Peter and MJ might not make it as a couple. 7) VENOM! Peter seperates himself from the parasite and it attaches itself to Eddie Brock, forming the symbiote Venom. Now Peter must confront the darkness within himself, both on the streets with Venom and in his relationship with MJ. Peter finds out about MJs cancer. He is devastated and this affects his ability to fight Venom. Just when it looks like Venom might kill Spider-Man, MJ sacrifices herself to save him, destroying Venom in the process. Peter now understands that justice requires sacrifice and it is a very bitter pill to swallow. Ok so MY version of the Spider-Man films are fairly dark and serious, which is why I'm not in charge of Spider-Man films. But what do you guys think? Do those sound like storylines you'd like to see?
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BOIGOGNOGNSONGOSNG
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In addition to fangs and a huge fucking sword, spiderman should be paking a fucking gun. A fucking LASER gun!
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why the hell not? Just having a script ready to go for a potential future project is always a good thing. The reboot wont tanks because idiots will likely check it out no matter what. In any case, they'll be ready to shoot even faster than usual. Plus since they are already writing that gives a nice amount of time to really come up with something solid.
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the bastards couldnt wait to spend first the money from the remake and then make the sequel.
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March 25, 2011, 7:37 p.m. CST
fat_rancor_keeper thats correct.Hollywood is producing nowadays
by KilliK
in the rhythm's of an assembly line in a car factory: the faster you have the parts of the car ready,the faster you can assemble it , the faster you can sell it thus the faster you can profit. Hollywood is on fast road down to its self-decline.
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March 25, 2011, 8:21 p.m. CST
Let's be honest, it's fucking Spider-man... no way it'll bomb.
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
From day one the studio were aiming for a whole new franchise not just one movie.
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...with hair.
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someone earlier mentioned making both. I never thought of that but its actually an interesting idea. if the only reason not to do it is that idiots will be all confused and doing such a thing would break their brains then i don't see the problem. Idiots are confused by anything anyway.
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That's all I'm saying. Would be nice to see Gwen Stacy and technology web shooters too, for example.
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Just follow this sad, sad link: http://nukethefridge.com/movie-images/spider-man%e2%80%99s-lizard-revealed There should not be any spaces. Or ridiculous ideas for character design concerning Dr. Connors. ... but there is...
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Was this legit? Anyone else have it?
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March 27, 2011, 10:52 p.m. CST
I can't wait for the reboot of the reboot of the remake of the reboot of "The Killing Fields."
by IronEagle74
Should be some better genocidal gore in the latest version, at least we can only hope. I KEED, I KEED!!!
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March 27, 2011, 10:56 p.m. CST
kevin_costners_recycled_piss, of course it won't bomb.
by IronEagle74
Hollywood has proven quite successfully in recent years that if you have a transparent plot, place a few bad actords as human stand-ins in frotn of the camera, and throw in tons of unrealistic-looking CGI topped off with 3D, then it's going to be box office GOLD. Why? Because Americans are a bunch of fucking retards.
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