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Mark Webb Directing The New Spider-Man? - 14/1/2010 7:41:53 AM

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3D spider-man? - 14/1/2010 7:41:53 AM

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im still not completely sold on 3D but if theres a film that seems made for it (indeed the first 3 movies are filled with shots of spidey swinging towards camera) its this!

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- 14/1/2010 8:36:42 AM

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'...and has less bargaining power when it comes to following the studio's wishes...'

I'm thinking that's a very BAD thing. The studio's messing is what ruined Spiderman 3, and what got Spiderman 4 cancelled.

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Who the fuck is Mark Webb?! - 14/1/2010 8:47:48 AM

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that 500 Days of Zooey Desk-Channel staring endlessly into the camera was shite! SONY! ask James Cameron very nicely.

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RE: Who the fuck is Mark Webb?! - 14/1/2010 8:55:29 AM

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Maluable smuk for Arad to boss round required - check

Arad couldn't manipulate Raimi for a second time round and so so will go for a lesser name to a) apease the studio and b) remain to be seen to be dominant in the situation in light of his meddling fucking about on 3 and prosed plans for 4 resulting in Raimi rightly walking.

If studios wish to pursue this ideology on production of well loved lore then these are outcomes that will show up time and time again in future situations, studios hire directors to enable a vision and to generate $$$$'s fair enough, but when said director has produced goods on critical and commercial fronts, he deserves the right for creative oversight. I am very agrieved at Raimi's treatment and full marks for Maguire for backing his director.

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RE: Mark Webb Directing The New Spider-Man? - 14/1/2010 9:28:06 AM

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Cue massive over-reaction from fanboys

He could be good. Who knows? Who would have thought Christopher Nolan would have made a good Batman film?

For all we know he could be a total Spidergeek. Just like you

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RE: Who the fuck is Mark Webb?! - 14/1/2010 9:29:01 AM

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James Cameron isn't probably going to do it, I bet that he has a lot of his own projects he interested in. He does what he wants, not what someone else asks him.
Fincher isn't interested in this either. I read an interview and he said that he doesn't want to do a superhero film.

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RE: Mark Webb Directing The New Spider-Man? - 14/1/2010 9:34:42 AM

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For all we know he could be a total Spidergeek. Just like you

yes... Bryan Singer told us all what a big 'Superman Geek' he was remember...?

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RE: Mark Webb Directing The New Spider-Man? - 14/1/2010 9:37:22 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: CORLEONE

Cue massive over-reaction from fanboys

He could be good. Who knows? Who would have thought Christopher Nolan would have made a good Batman film?

For all we know he could be a total Spidergeek. Just like you

I won't be watching the new Spiderman flick through fanboy protest Raimi got fucked over, I don't forgive easily Arad

I knew

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It's not the end of the world. - 14/1/2010 10:27:55 AM

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I never liked any of the Spider-Man movies - they were all so unexciting and shrug-worthy - so I for one am not bothered that they're switching to a new team. Unfortunately, if Sony want more say in the content of the movies then they're going to be even worse. Oh well!

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Did someone just say Wes Anderson? - 14/1/2010 10:30:04 AM

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In my head Wes Anderson's Spider-man sounds amazing! Just imagine Jason Schwartzman as PP/Spidey with Anjelica Huston as Aunt Mae and Bill Murray as the baddie whoever it might be. Never gonna happen but amusing all the same.
Also with the Mark Webb possibility would that make Joseph Gordon-Levitt one of the frontrunners for Spidey?

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RE: Did someone just say Wes Anderson? - 14/1/2010 10:42:30 AM

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In my head Wes Anderson's Spider-man sounds amazing! Just imagine Jason Schwartzman as PP/Spidey with Anjelica Huston as Aunt Mae and Bill Murray as the baddie whoever it might be. Never gonna happen but amusing all the same.
Also with the Mark Webb possibility would that make Joseph Gordon-Levitt one of the frontrunners for Spidey?

Probably not, he's fast approaching 30 and while he looks quite youthful you can see he's pursuing more adult roles these days (eh, GI Joe being an exception). If the new film is definitely a reboot back to Peter's high school days then I think Joseph might just be a bit too older looking to really convince. Tbh Maguire made an unconvincing teenager but the high school days went by reasonably quickly so it wasn't a big point of contention.

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RE: Mark Webb Directing The New Spider-Man? - 14/1/2010 10:43:54 AM

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I agree Raimi got screwed and deserved better after the success he had with his films. However he had that success DESPITE uninteresting leads, annoying supporting characters and some trite dialogue (this coming from a huge fan of the 1st two)
I'm looking forward to the possibility of my favorite character getting another chance at a great adaptation.

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RE: Mark Webb Directing The New Spider-Man? - 14/1/2010 10:47:52 AM

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I agree Raimi got screwed and deserved better after the success he had with his films. However he had that success DESPITE uninteresting leads, annoying supporting characters and some trite dialogue (this coming from a huge fan of the 1st two)
I'm looking forward to the possibility of my favorite character getting another chance at a great adaptation.

Get ready to be exceptionally disapointed then Gabriel, Raimi's handling of the back story was exceptional and got the balance of goofiness light / incredibly dark spot on in Parker and bar some mis-casting (Dunst) produced an excellent base from which to build, which he did.

It won't be like that next time round believe me.

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Is there any way we can stop this movie happenning? - 14/1/2010 11:49:40 AM 1 votes

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I think we need to get a petition or something going...the 1st 2 movies were highly enjoyable, lets just leave it be....Sam Raimi did a great job and I think it tarnishes his movies by re-booting them already! Or get him and Tobey Maguire back on......Somebody should be concentrating on making sure the Captain America movie doesn't suck instead...

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Mr Mcavoy... - 14/1/2010 12:06:30 PM

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Mark Webb could be ok, and it'd be interesting to see his take on this...but I cant believe they're missing out on looking at the perfect guy for Spidey...James Mcavoy! He'd be amazing, has the build and the acting chops, and can do an accent with ease...come on Sony, get Mcavoy onboard!!

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Mr Mcavoy... - 14/1/2010 12:14:59 PM

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RE: Is there any way we can stop this movie happenning? - 14/1/2010 1:01:36 PM

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I think we need to get a petition or something going...the 1st 2 movies were highly enjoyable, lets just leave it be....Sam Raimi did a great job and I think it tarnishes his movies by re-booting them already! Or get him and Tobey Maguire back on......Somebody should be concentrating on making sure the Captain America movie doesn't suck instead...

Come on, this is just farcicial. He tarnished his own movies!

I can't believe how blind some people are.

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hmmph 2 - 14/1/2010 1:06:37 PM

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they killed spiderman they took him out and executed him. Just bury him and salt the earth. 1 2 and 3 were pure ballz. I have read and loved spidey all my life but those films made me sad. Wat I loved about ol webhead was his humour and his determination to do the right thing. None of wich were in sams blockbusting trilogy of shame. Don't send him back to highschool for the sake of roping the kids dollers in. Why not try and make a great film instead of a great deal of money? Look at that wolverine fiasco, that movie made me angry, it was absolutly shocking wat they did to logan but will they learn? This is spidey we r talkin about here, the man is an instatuition please learn from past mistakes . Peter Parker hasent been a geek since the 60s and M.J is a firecracker not a damp squib. Do it right or don't do it at all

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RE: Mark Webb Directing The New Spider-Man? - 14/1/2010 1:08:15 PM

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At this stage I would much rather see Marc Webb's Spider-Man than Sam Raimi's. Marc Webb isn't a hack, for my money he made the joint-best film of 2009 with (500) Days of Summer, a film which shows that he can actually make a film that involves characterisation. As much as I like the previous Spidey-flicks, and that includes the third film, it'll be nice to see some new blood take a shot at this.

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RE: Mark Webb Directing The New Spider-Man? - 14/1/2010 1:10:31 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Snake-Eyes

quote:

ORIGINAL: CORLEONE

For all we know he could be a total Spidergeek. Just like you

yes... Bryan Singer told us all what a big 'Superman Geek' he was remember...?

before making one of the finest superhero films of all time.

Superman Returns bashing is so noughties.

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RE: Is there any way we can stop this movie happenning? - 14/1/2010 1:17:52 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: The Todge

quote:

ORIGINAL: betsy101

I think we need to get a petition or something going...the 1st 2 movies were highly enjoyable, lets just leave it be....Sam Raimi did a great job and I think it tarnishes his movies by re-booting them already! Or get him and Tobey Maguire back on......Somebody should be concentrating on making sure the Captain America movie doesn't suck instead...

Come on, this is just farcicial. He tarnished his own movies!

I can't believe how blind some people are.

er...no he didn't, he had a clear plan of intention for three and the studio ran over his input, ideas and authority and took number three away from him.

In retrospect, watch Sam's maintained input (Sandman, Goblin conclusion) against shoe horned plot driven by studio (Venom) and compare, whilst I agree the reveal with the Butler was badly handled, on the whole three works, it's just unfortunate to come up and be compared with 1 & 2

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RE: Is there any way we can stop this movie happenning? - 14/1/2010 1:21:45 PM

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er...no he didn't, he had a clear plan of intention for three and the studio ran over his input, ideas and authority and took number three away from him.

In retrospect, watch Sam's maintained input (Sandman, Goblin conclusion) against shoe horned plot driven by studio (Venom) and compare, whilst I agree the reveal with the Butler was badly handled, on the whole three works, it's just unfortunate to come up and be compared with 1 & 2

I think on all of the films Raimi has had a problem with the villains, attempting to make each sympathic in some way - Doc Ock controlled by his own tentacles for god's sake!

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RE: Is there any way we can stop this movie happenning? - 14/1/2010 1:29:19 PM

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ORIGINAL: tftrman

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er...no he didn't, he had a clear plan of intention for three and the studio ran over his input, ideas and authority and took number three away from him.

In retrospect, watch Sam's maintained input (Sandman, Goblin conclusion) against shoe horned plot driven by studio (Venom) and compare, whilst I agree the reveal with the Butler was badly handled, on the whole three works, it's just unfortunate to come up and be compared with 1 & 2

I think on all of the films Raimi has had a problem with the villains, attempting to make each sympathic in some way - Doc Ock controlled by his own tentacles for god's sake!

A bit of a shift I grant you but works in the scale of how he was represented on screen, in that he went through a personality shift to be mentally and physically scarred by the accident plus Molina had the acting chops to pull this off.

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RE: Is there any way we can stop this movie happenning? - 14/1/2010 1:33:10 PM

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I felt Molina's acting skills were sorely under-used. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot to love in all of Raimi's films but I think 3 is enough for any one director to helm.

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RE: Did someone just say Wes Anderson? - 14/1/2010 1:36:02 PM

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Yeah, I agree he is a bit too old, but I was kind of just working off of the fact that they worked together on Webb's debut feature. Possible villain maybe, but I think things are a long way off confirmed, so just see what happens.
As far as I am concerned Sony have to sign up some pretty amazing talent if they want to get past the ire that has surfaced since Raimi was axed.

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superman was what now? - 14/1/2010 1:39:34 PM

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1 of the best super hero films ever u say? Well I must have missed that memo cuz wat I seen was a film that dident know how to start or finish, it looked great but smelt terrible.
I think synger sold his soul for the usual suspects cuz everything since has been terrible, u might say everyhing he does is usually suspect, but anyway back to the point at hand,raimi dident get screwed he screwed us 3 times and dident even leave us anything to get ourselves something nice with. Ask del toro if he fancies it. But for me jj abrams would be magic for it he's funny and smart like ok spidey himself.

Edited because that is a horrible thing to say

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RE: Is there any way we can stop this movie happenning? - 14/1/2010 1:56:25 PM

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Great point by tftrman about sympathetic villains. I hated that. Why can't be just have an out and out evil bad guy? Like Sandman SHOULD have been.

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RE: superman was what now? - 14/1/2010 2:05:14 PM

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quote:

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1 of the best super hero films ever u say? Well I must have missed that memo cuz wat I seen was a film that dident know how to start or finish, it looked great but smelt terrible.
I think synger sold his soul for the usual suspects cuz everything since has been terrible, u might say everyhing he does is usually suspect, but anyway back to the point at hand,raimi dident get screwed he screwed us 3 times and dident even leave us anything to get ourselves something nice with. Ask del toro if he fancies it. But for me jj abrams would be magic for it he's funny and smart like ok spidey himself.

I take it grammer, punctuation and spelling are a bit of an ask are they, christ, you don't text your replies in this forum you know, bloody modern teenagers

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Wes Anderson - 14/1/2010 2:32:02 PM

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I would absolutely love to see what Wes Anderson would do with Spider-man. He's the master of coping with angst (Tenebaums, Rushmore, Life Aquatic- even Fantastic Mr Fox!) and his films are all beautiful and instantly recognisable as his. Of course, this wouldn't work with such a blockbuster series of merchandise adverts directed by marketing strategists rather than the actual directors, but I think it would be the closest thing you'd ever get to seeing Jeph Loeb and Tim Sales' "Spiderman: Blue" on the screen. That's got the villains and the heart.

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