Spider-man Reboot!!

[Dr Mordrid]

After the announcement that Spider-Man 4 was being postponed, Sony dropped the hammer today. The reason is the usual "creative differences".

Director Sam Raimi: out
Script: out
Star Tobey Maguire: out
Co-Star Kirsten Dunst: out

Sony says it will hire a new crew and re-boot the franchise, starting with a film about Parker's life as a "teenager grappling with contemporary human problems and amazing super-human crises."

Also look for a darker tone and a closer relationship with Marvel.

The revised release date is now rescheduled from 2011 to sometime in 2012.

[Evildead666]

Didn't they go over his young teen life in the 1st film ?
Like from when he was bit by the spider onwards.....

[VJ]

Yep, he got bit in the first movie... sounds more like a remake to me...
Can't they really be more original when it comes to movie making?

[Elie]

I hate remakes, you get used to characters, and the poof! A whole new cast and a time warp back in time as if people need a reminder or something.

[VJ]

Well, it all depends on the time frame, but this is way too soon! If they were to make a remake in 20-30 years or so, it will appear new to many people then.

[Dr Mordrid]

This story from Collider....

SPIDER-MAN Reboot Already Written; Film to be “Gritty, Contemporary”

More details have arisen regarding today’s massive news that Sony would be scrapping Spider-Man 4, kicking out Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, et al., and rebooting the series. EW reports that Sony wants “a more gritty, contemporary redo of the series,” and are focused on younger, up-and-coming directors. I’m going to try and be optimistic and not take that to mean Sony wants someone who can make a good film, but more importantly won’t have enough weight to push any independent artistic decisions.

EW also reports that Sony was always aiming to reboot the series in 2012 no matter what, but they did want one last outing with Raimi, Maguire, and co. This means that Sony just pushed up the timetable on setting up a crappy precedent where they don’t have to use over forty years of material from the comics, but can just keep redoing the series to suit the demographic with the most purchasing power at the time. That’s why when Sony means Peter Parker is going back to high-school, it means they’re skewing towards the Twilight crowd because they know the fanboys will nut up, take it, and then complain about it after they’ve already paid x-amount of dollars to see it (most likely in 3D; Sony hasn’t announced that for this new movie, but it’s a safe assumption they’ll jump on that bandwagon as well).

Hit the jump for more details on the Spidey reboot story, including the status of the script, why Sony is rushing to get this film made, and when we can expect to hear who the new director and star of the series will be.

Variety explains that Sony must continue to actively develop the Spider-Man franchise or else the rights revert back to Disney/Marvel. Knowing that along with their intended 2012 reboot, it should come as no surprise that James Vanderbilt’s (Zodiac) script for the new film is already written. The story of the teenaged Peter Parker is now in preproduction with the announcement of the new director and star expected in the coming weeks. I wish there were a way to measure the groans/outrage from fanboys when the young, unknown actor to be the new web-slinger is announced.

There’s very little hope to be found in this reboot mess, and I’m trying to movie myself to indifference and focus on projects that I may end up enjoying. Maybe if they get a strong director on board or a young star who has real acting talent, I may not be as depressed writing about this new Spider-Man, but it’s hard to muster up any enthusiasm at such a rancid business move that cynically chooses to ignore the potential for better stories in order to water down the one we already saw and enjoyed.

[Elie]

Wow, so there may be some hope. I say it's all going to depend on the director and actor playing Spiderman, but also the actress playing Mary Jane.

[Technoid]

think of it more like they are doing Ultimate Spider-man

[Evildead666]

They probably said " Look what they managed to do with Batman !"

The Later batmans were a pile of cack, but they hit silver with Batman Begins, and Platinum with The Dark Night.

This will probably be a mix of Sin City and Batman, in a Spidey suit.

Wouldn't be surprised if Colt Seavers doesn't make a Cameo....