According to Mike Fleming over at Deadline Hollywood, (500) Days of Summer director Marc Webb has jumped to the top of the list of directors that Sony would like to helm its new Spider-Man franchise. There have been some big names already talked about like James Cameron, David Fincher, and Wes Anderson, but the emergence of Webb to the top is a huge surprise to everyone.
Supposedly, according to Fleming’s sources, Webb has already met with the film’s producers and executives, “looking to get the picture into production later this year for a Summer 2012 release.” Webb has no superhero experience to date and although at first that might make some of you loyal fans nervous, remember that both Sam Raimi and Christopher Nolan had never done a superhero film before.
What do you think? Ryan, since you’ve seen (500) Days of Summer, do you think Marc could handle the new Spidey world?
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Ryan
If it’s filled with witty banter and heartbreak, I think he could be good. Wait… if it’s a Peter Parker movie, he could be great… but no one is ready for a Spidey origin story. We all know. These movies are grand spectacles in hyper color with huge battles. Scaling down is not an option. Which I think is where they’ve decided to go. Which is funny because I think that Raimi wanted to bring things back to earth a little bit and it sounded like they were pushing him to go bigger than 3. The idea of scrapping the guy who built the franchise because he wasn’t going big enough only to bring in someone else to create a more sparse landscape is typical and ludicrous.
btw, how in the heck did Wes Anderson end up on this list. presumably, he would have Jason Schwartzman as Peter Parker, Bill Murray as Uncle Ben, and Owen Wilson as the Green Goblin.
January 14, 2010 at 9:51 am
Dan
Raimi did want to bring the story back to the basics, but with a $300 million dollar budget, and Sony wanted him to have 3 villains and a more modest $200 million dollar budget.
Wes Anderson probably ended up in that conversation because at one point in time in the Spider-Man franchise, he put out there that he was interested. Most of it is all just conjecture at this point.
January 14, 2010 at 10:11 am
Ryan
I for one, think that Raimi’s request was not out of line
January 14, 2010 at 10:35 am