Director Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire are out of “Spider-Man 4″ – and this film blogger couldn’t be happier.
The word was that Raimi wanted to focus on having only one villain in the fourth film in the series, while the studio preferred multiple baddies.
Anyone who has seen “Batman & Robin” or “Spider-Man 3″ can tell you the error of the multi-villain approach.
Now, TheWrap.com is reporting both Raimi and Maguire have bailed from the project and a “reboot” is in the works. The new, “improved” Spider-Man will thrust our hero back into high school.
Sounds like a CW drama to me.
Raimi nailed the superhero movie, and Maguire was note-perfect as Peter Parker.
Chalk one up to pure greed. It’s hard to see it any other way.
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Oh god why the hell do they want to reboot the franchise? I don’t understand that, plus I agree that Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker was good casting..I don’t know who else can do it better in a new one.
What a disaster.
Disney buying Marvel a disaster for the Spidey movies? The devil you say!
Way to drop the ball, suits. You got rid of the two main reasons the movies were successful to begin with.
Good points … and yeah, puts the Disney/Marvel connection in a new, unflattering light
Question for Toto. How many times can you recall a director putting his foot down and terminating a production because of artistic differences? I mean in a main stream production with tens or perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars on the line?
Seems to me that Raime is to be congratulated for his artistic integrity. Something which Hollywood often aspires to but rarely does.
The multi-villain approach certainly didn’t help Spider-Man 3 or Batman & Robin, but it wasn’t the only problem those movies had. They were badly written, for starters.
Both of Nolan’s Batman movies had multiple villains, and they were still excellent films.
K — it’s very rare, indeed. I assumed Raimi would give in and the film would go on with him.
Bravo for him … even if “Drag Me to Hell” wasn’t all that!
The Dark Knight did have multiple villains – but Joker was the main baddie and TwoFace was an evolving creation. Frankly, I didn’t care much for Batman Begins … and the multi-villain approach didn’t work for me there.
Batman Begins was the better film. Yeah, I said it. Get over it.
Oh no, he di-int!