^ I hope he doesn't start pestering Marc Webb to include characters Webb has no interest in 'because it's what the fans want.'
Spider-Man movie (casting, rumors, pix till release)
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Wait, Nero is in this?!
"Peter Parker was a dweeb with a regular-sized neck... but that was another life."
He's probably just trying to minimize the backlash from people who liked the Raimi films.
Pretty much. Besides Spider-Man 3, the Raimi films are pretty fondly remembered. The Amazing Spider-Man will have some barriers to overcome in the sense of people who might be apprehensive about a reboot so soon after Raimi's films (and I've seen such indignation from members of this very board).
It's obvious what his comments were trying to do...I didn't care for them. I was against the reboot happening but have pretty much come to support it. To try and reconcile the reboot as being part of the Rami films...I dunno. Fans will either accept the reboot or they won't. They don't need a producer making comments to help them.
Wait, Nero is in this?!
"Peter Parker was a dweeb with a regular-sized neck... but that was another life."
With J Jonah going back in time.
And lots of 'SPLOTIONSSSSSS and LENS FLAREZ!!!!!11!1!11!!1!!!!11!!!!!
So this will be like Superman Returns, which was still kinda in continuity with the Richard Donner Superman?
No. This is a straight up reboot of the film franchise. Ignore what Avi said.
Imagine if Sam Raimi followed that same advice. Spider-Man 3 probably wouldn't have sucked!
They might as well just keep rebooting it every time, we can have every director and hot young actor/actress combo in Hollywood take their turn one after the other... no messy problems with script ideas. Julie Tamor is penciled in for 2027!
...in case you can't tell, I think this is pointless lol.
...in case you can't tell, I think this is pointless lol.
I thought it was pointless too until I saw the quality of the people working on the film, that changed my mind pretty quickly. I personally think Sony should have given the franchise a bit of a rest but don't mind where they've taken it now.
They couldn't give it a rest. They would have lost the film rights had they done so.
^ Indeed 
You're confusing the Sony and Fox deals with Marvel. Sony's deal for Spider-Man was for a certain number of films, and that contract length was extended in exchange for Sony returning the television / animated Spider-Man rights to Disney. (Which is why we lost Spectacular Spider-Man.
) The Fox deal, however, is the one that's bound in blood, so that as long as Fox keeps developing movies based upon its properties, it will hang onto those rights in perpetuity.Granted, this was the deal that saved Marvel from bankruptcy, so it made sense at the time.
No, the Sony deal wasn't for a certain number of films, nor was it extended. Had it been for a certain number of films Marvel and Disney would have reclaimed the film rights and not granted an extension. Simple as that. There's no way they would grant an extension on the film rights for Marvel's most lucrative character merely in exchange for the TV rights. No, Sony had the same type of deal that Fox does, but Disney had their lawyers go over the contract with a fine toothcomb trying to find a way to get the rights away from Sony. The two sides came to an agreement that Sony would give the TV rights back and Disney wouldn't try to prise the film rights away from them, instead leaving the initial contract whereby the film rights would replenish in perpetuity in place without a court fight. Sony nevertheless had to make another Spider-Man film within five years to keep the rights intact.You're confusing the Sony and Fox deals with Marvel. Sony's deal for Spider-Man was for a certain number of films, and that contract length was extended in exchange for Sony returning the television / animated Spider-Man rights to Disney. (Which is why we lost Spectacular Spider-Man.
All I know is at one point a break will come. Most likely due to a series of reboot/restart too soon. Those films doing poorly at the box office. Saturation of one character in a continual loop will have eventually a diminishing returns effect leading the studio to feel the financial gamble isn't there. At some point. That point may be 10 yrs away but it will come. Spidey and X-Men will at some point be back under Marvel/Disney. Who then can allow the character(s) time to breath without the stress of turning out a film in 5yrs or else.
