According to reports on the Internetz, the Spider-Man series is already getting a reboot, as the crew of director Sam Raimi, actor Tobey Maguire and actress Kirsten Dunst will not be back. This came after clashes between Marvel Studios and Raimi over what villains to use, and reportedly, the reboot will bring the series back to high school.This whole thing makes me very worried. Did Spider-Man 3 suck? Most definitely - Peter as a bad ass was horrible, as was the whole business with him being a spiteful bitch toward Mary Jane, who was WAY out of his league. While I didn't think Maguire or Dunst were unbelievably awesome in their roles, the success of the first and second installments of the series should have at least bought the crew a chance to make up for the atrocities of the third with a new movie.
The rumor that the series reboot will take place in high school makes me nervous. If this was a few years ago, then I would have thought that Spider-Man would follow in the footsteps of the Batman Begins series, and gone super-gritty and realistic. That doesn't really fit in with the theme of the series... which is precisely why they SHOULD do something like that! A gritty Spider-Man would be a fresh take on the series, and something new that's worth exploring.
Instead, I imagine that it'll have more in common with Twilight than Batman Begins. This is because movie executives are stupid, and would rather copy proven "successful" stuff than to take the time to nurture something. Look at James Cameron - He's responsible for about $2 billion in revenue between Titanic and Avatar and Terminator 2, but even he gets shit for taking a long time to ensure that something is justtttt perfect. The new Spider-Man will probably be more like a merging of the shitty Wolverine movie, X-Men 3 and Twilight, although I really hope I'm wrong.
The picture comes from this blog, which also has a review of Spider-Man 3.
It makes sense for them to remakae superman or batman movies with new actors, because it happens all the time. But, Maguire is spiderman. I don't want to see it with someone else.
ReplyDeleteThe only other one I was okay when they changed the actors was when they remade The Incredible Hulk with The Hulk. The first dude was horrible and that movie sucked. But Edward Norton was much better in The Hulk and I liked that one.
There's also rumors of a Pirates of the Caribbean 4...without Orlando Bloom or Keira Knightley. I mean, yeah, sure, Depp will be in it, so yay, but it's still going to be awful.
ugh.
I agree with you, Danielle - I thought Maguire was perfect casting for that role. Maybe Elijah Wood could play the character, but meh.
ReplyDeleteA new Superman would be good, because despite the huge numbers it did, Superman Returns kind of blew. Really, really plodding and slow.
I haven't seen any of the Hulk movies, and I fell asleep during Pirates of the Caribbean. Impressive, no?