The original scribe for Spider-Man 4 – James Vanderbilt, might have been replaced but the studio hasn’t forgotten about him and want him to come back to write Spider-Man 5 and 6.
Sony Pictures has engaged screenwriter James Vanderbilt to write Spider-Man 5 and Spider-Man 6.
Production on Spider-Man 4 will begin early next year for a May 6, 2011 release. Vanderbilt wrote the first draft of the script for the fourth installment. David Lindsay-Abaire was brought on board to do a rewrite, and Gary Ross is now rewriting that script.
The trade adds that director Sam Raimi didn’t embrace all of Vanderbilt’s ideas, but executives at Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios have. Vanderbilt has been hired to pen the fifth and sixth movies, which have an interconnected storyline.
There is also some added speculation that if the original cast doesn’t all sign on, that they may consider rebooting the franchise with a new cast.
While I am not opposed to a new cast, I don’t see any need to reboot it. They could continue on with a new feel, new look and keep the story rolling. Just like the comics. A new artist, a new writer and a new story and its still the same Spider-Man, so why can they not inject some new life into it without having to wipe out everything that happened before?
I know Spider-Man 3 was weak, but they can still recover from it. The first two films were fantastic and there is no reason they can’t make another fantastic Spidey film.
i think thise spider man would be a good thing to do and maybe put the daredevale in it or the punisher the last 3 were pretty good exept the 3rd 1 was kinda weak but u can stil make 3or 4 more great films
Booo! Spiderman 5 and 6? Let it go already. It should have ended after the first one.
Spiderman is a puss.
So you don’t like Spider Man. Guess that means you get to decide for everyone else and forgo the entertainment the films provide, and throw out the the millions of potential dollars to be made by all those people who clearly disagree with you Shawn.
Why only two additional movies and not three? Did I miss something in the last few weeks?
Nevertheless I slowly get the feelings it’s getting ridiculous. If those two movies are successful we’ll probably see another two installments and so on. Then, in some decades, we have twenty movies from which we can chose one to watch in the evening. Now that’s what I call storytelling of the future. And Spiderman finally will be another James Bond with less gadgets.
The first two were good in terms of superhero movies, the third one was a bit of a letdown for those who had been following the story of first 2 movies. Hopefully they’ll get back what made 1 and 2 so great.
Well you know people, Raimi directing might not be as bad as you may let yourselves believe, since it was He and his brother who Wrote the third film, if I remember correctly. 1&2 were better and they had been written by people who, well… Have been more succesfull around the dialog-area. These writers working on the fourth film convince me a little more, since they might have a little better approach.
Oh yeah… My point was… No matter what the writers do, I have faith that Raimi will make a solid movie (I know many disagree with that, but it’s just what I believe).
I enjoyed Spider-man 3 for the most part.
Things I didn’t like:
– Sandman
– British news reporter
– Dialogue between the little (bitchy) girl and J.J. Jameson
That’s pretty much it. There was some camp and some corny dialogue between other characters as well, and if anyone else had directed the movie, I think I would have hated it… But Sam Raimi just has a style of film-making that puts me in awe whether or not MJ and Peter Parker are having their eleventh argument. Oh yeah… I also hate Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane. Let’s have someone kill her off in 4 please.
Really? I thought Sandman was the best part of the film and Venom was the worst.
Spider Man is a grate movie series.SM 3 not very intrestting.Let us wait for the latest Spider Man
I don’t think Spider-Man will be “rebooted” either. A reboot is only needed when something has been around as long as James Bond has, or a film series goes terribly wrong, such as Burton/Shoemaker (* intentionally misspelled *) Batman. Spider-Man 3 may have not been fantastic, but it is just one film, it does have some strengths.
But I have a far better argument. Ever since the development of Spider-Man 2, there have been hordes of rumors, talk, blah blah of Tobey MaGuire being ‘replaced’. Am I wrong? Am I the only oddball who remembers that? Talk of replacing cast members is not a new thing. The call of replacing cast members from the net (specifically Kirsten Dunst, who is unfairly common target practice) is not a new thing.
There’s really not a need to reboot/restart/retread. Unless of course, Marvel has a serious bleeding heart for the Ben Reilly saga. I hope Vanderbilt doesn’t.
It should be said that we should consider the following:
1- Regardless of how well Spidey 4 goes, that’s not a slam dunk to say Sam Raimi will be back for 5 and 6, at least as director.
2- Regardless of who is directing 5 or 6, that person may or may not use, in whole or it part, Vanderbilt’s drafts.
3- Spidey 4, the success or lack thereof, could alter or influence events in Vanderbilt’s drafts.
4- Of course Sony and Marvel is “for it”- regardless of if those scripts are used or not. The idea is that they may have something to work on/with after 4’s said and done.
@Hazmat
I hate how Vanderbilt had the genius idea to film 4 and 5 back to back but the actors pussied out of it, it would have been great And…the whole “Vanderbilts first draft was replaced by Ross’ script” troubles me.
First of all, Gary Ross is an accomplished writer (and director) in his own right, and, folks both good and bad get rewritten all the time. I am stunned by half of the comments I see here.
It should be said that a writer having an idea to film to films back to back is “genius” is a bit much. In the end, it isn’t his call for such an action (he isn’t directing, let alone producing) and it isn’t “the actors fault” either. Where on earth did you come up with that? Those choices are the choices of the director and/or the producer. Not to mention that “all” of the actors haven’t signed on yet not even those playing new characters, if any. It should also be said that some of said actors cannot commit to a back to back film as they may have other contracts for other films in the works.
I am not suggesting Vanderbilt’s drafts of Spidey 4 were bad, I am not suggesting he is a bad writer. Far from it. But I do think he is being put a bit high on the podium. You made the point yourself: we haven’t read his drafts and haven’t seen the rewrites. To suggest, however, that Ross may not do a good job is asinine.
Darren
Oh I never said any of them where good or bad, that has nothing to do with it. My concern is this “What IF his script was better, what if it was awesome and this guy’s sucks” its a possibility, and its bugging me.
And I only said that was “genius” because it would mean that spiderman 5 would be released earlier, obviously. Less the wait.
Hopefully, the lizard is in the next film. Peter & MJ break up and peter goes w/gwen, but then the green goblin comes back & kills gwen. This brings peter & MJ back together and eventually peter battles sinister six. I wish I could see that. I have complete trust in Vanderbilt bringing the franchise back to its former glory. In addition, I actually found the 3rd one to be entertaining, but still average like the third xmen movie.
Is it even necessary to have a 5th and 6th Spiderman movie? I laughed my way through the 2nd one because it was so ridiculous, the 3rd one looked even more ridiculous so I never went to see it and now they’re going to make three more? Come on! They need to quit while they’re ahead (or in this case, after they’ve completely destroyed the character and already made two ridiculous movies to follow the first one).
You laughed during the second one? That’s the best of the series. Ridiculous in comparison to the third? Please.
Oh well, to each his (or her) own.
All 3 had tons of cheese and corny moments and jokes. It’s just that the 3rd film took it over the top.
do you think that would become tooooo batman like Rodney? like “Spider-man forever” starring a fat val kilmer… or “Spider-man & Robin”? lol
Its no secret I loved SM3 and Im looking forward to all the sequels. I mean…Its a fucking Spider-Man movie
I hate how Vanderbilt had the genius idea to film 4 and 5 back to back but the actors pussied out of it, it would have been great
And…the whole “Vanderbilts first draft was replaced by Ross’ script” troubles me.
What if James had a BEAST idea but Gary’s script is all about MJ and Pete’s marriage?
What if James’ draft had like…massive Lizard/Electro/Volture fight scenes but Gary’s has 2 weak fight scenes with Mysterio
I wish I could read both scripts to see which ones better.
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Spiderman 3 just ruined all my anticipation for any Spiderman film. If you ask me they are making all the wrong decisions on this new film.
I agree. SM3 was almost entirely just more of the same. Hardly anything changed. Oh wait, that’s not true: Pete and MJ got back together. AGAIN!!! If you ask me, the love subplot has lost all tension and intrigue, even though SM3 relied on it so much.